Music mogul Clive Davis, producer and label executive who signed musicians like Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston, has died

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Music mogul Clive Davis, the celebrated producer and label executive who signed and nurtured genre-defining musicians such as Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston, died Monday at his home in New York City, according to Davis’ representative Aliza Rabinoff.He was 94.Davis had recently been hospitalized with an upper respiratory infection.Known for an unfailing ear for innovative music and an innate ability to navigate the shifting currents of popular music, Davis ruled Columbia, Arista and J Records.

He most recently served as the chief creative officer for Sony Music Entertainment.The Grammy Award-winning producer’s career spanned six decades and was marked with both success and turbulence as he developed an astonishing stable of talent, with Rod Stewart, TLC, Carlos Santana, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera among others.

He also co-founded Bad Boy Records with Sean “Diddy” Combs, home to hip-hop artists such as the Notorious B.I.G.Admirers said the veteran producer’s longevity as a high-profile record company chief was due largely to his knack for matching artists with can’t-miss songs, which often soared up the charts and raked in Grammy nominations by the armful.His annual pre-Grammy party was a not-to-be-missed industry event, even when it went virtual amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.Davis’ driving goal was “to find a song that fits naturally, so there’s no sense of artificiality when they sing it,” he told The Times in 2014.

Music Arista chief Clive Davis has survived a roller-coaster career to come out on top again.His secret? From Janis Joplin to Whitney Houston, he knows a hit when he hears it.Born April 4, 1932, in Brooklyn, Davis’ parents died when he was still a teen and he moved in with a sister.

He received full scholarships to New York University and Harvard Law School and graduated with h...