Tributes have been cascading in for Clive Davis, one of the great record company men, who died yesterday, aged 94.
Davis’s career stretched from the early 1960s – he joined Columbia Records at the age of 28 – to the 21st Century. He’ll be best known as a nurturer and backer of talent who established close relationships with a number of artists across a wide range of genres. Among those he mentored are Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys.
