| LC control no. | n 87800931 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Davis, Clive |
| See also | Graduate of: New York University Member: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Sponsor of: Tisch School of the Arts. Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music |
| Other standard no. | 0000000067428758 23656197 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1932-04-04 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Music trade |
| Affiliation | Columbia Records, Inc. Arista (Firm) RCA Music Group J Records BMG North America Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Sound recording executives and producers |
| Found in | nuc87-1063: His Clive, 1976, c1974 (hdg. on NjR rept.: Davis, Clive; usage: Clive Davis) The soundtrack of my life, 2012: jkt. flap (Clive Davis is currently the Chief Creative Office, Sony music Entertainment) Wikipedia, December 15, 2013 (Clive Davis (born April 4, 1932); American record producer and music industry executive; born Brooklyn, New York; years active: 1966-present; from 1967 to 1973, Davis was the president of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975 through 2000 until founding J Records. From 2002 until April 2008, Davis was the chairman and CEO of the RCA Music Group (which included RCA Records, J Records and Arista Records), chairman and CEO of J Records, and chairman and CEO of BMG North America. Currently Davis is the chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment; member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer; in 2013, Davis publicly came out as bisexual in his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life) New York times, 25 May 2011: page C-3 ("Gift to N.Y.U. will expand Music Business Program"; The music executive Clive Davis is giving an additional $5 million gift to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, allowing the expansion of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music into the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. The Department of Recorded Music opened with a $5 million gift from Mr. Davis in 2003. Mr. Davis, who graduated from NYU in 1953, has had a storied history in the music world.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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