Clive Davis was born on April 4, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. His full name is Clive Jay Davis. He was an American music executive and producer who helped numerous musicians advance their careers and ran a number of labels, most notably CBS Records (1967–73) and Arista (1974–2000).
Davis received a scholarship to attend New York University (B.A., 1953) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1956). He began working in the legal department of Columbia Records, a CBS subsidiary, in 1960.
He immediately signed Joplin’s band Big Brother and the Holding Company to Columbia, and Joplin quickly became one of the best rock vocalists of the 1960s.
Davis was successful in bringing major rock acts like Billy Joel, Aerosmith, and Bruce Springsteen to Columbia.
What was Clive Davis accused of?
For allegedly misappropriating company funds, which Davis denied, Davis was fired from CBS Records in 1973, and the following year, he took over Arista Records.
