Clive Davis

Music Producer

Birthday April 4, 1932

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Brooklyn, NY

Age 91 years old

#16754 Most Popular

About

Music executive and producer known for winning numerous Grammy Awards and for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year on two separate occasions. He was played by Stanley Tucci in the movie I Wanna Dance with Somebody.

Before Fame

He earned a scholarship to Harvard Law School in 1953, from which he graduated in 1956. His law career took off after he joined the firm Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, and Freund. 

Trivia

He fronted several notable record labels, including Columbia Records, RCA Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and BMG. He has earned more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. 

Family Life

He was married first to Helen Cohen, then to Janet Adelberg. He fathered four children. He revealed in his 2013 autobiography that he was bisexual. 

Associated With

He contributed greatly to the internationally successful careers of such artists as Whitney Houston, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, and Barry Manilow