Clive Davis helped build the Grammy Museum. Its president says 'his legacy is not going to be replicated'
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Walk into the Grammy Museum in downtown L.A., and you’ll see Clive Davis’ legacy everywhere.The museum’s intimate performance space is named for the late record executive, and his visage greets guests at the front door.(Davis was the first million-dollar donor to the nascent Recording Academy archive and exhibition space.) His sprawling roster of acts — Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Earth, Wind & Fire — defined an entire art form and business model as preserved in the Grammy Museum.
Davis’ pre-Grammy gala was the most coveted invitation in music every awards season.Davis’ death at 94 is “devastating,” said Michael Sticka, chief executive and president of the Grammy Museum.“Clive was always a north star of music and talent and artistry.
We’re all lucky to have his legacy to look up to.”Davis’ death marks the end of perhaps the most important and enduring career in the record industry.Sticka spoke to The Times about Davis’ remarkable longevity, creative vision and how a career like his will likely never be possible again.
Music 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, has died.Clive was a giant of the record business.How did his career shape the modern record industry?His career was iconic.
He really had a unique ability to not just bring an artist to their fullest potential artistically, but commercially.From attending Monterey Pop and first seeing Janis Joplin to Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, I don’t think anybody had that ear in them the way that he did.With Clive, what you got was not just hearing commercial viability, but an understanding of what was going on in the zeitgeist.
That’s what propelled his career and legacy beyond most record executives.His name’s on the...