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| | Clive Davis: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU |
 | | The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music offers a course of study leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts that is designed to educate students in all aspects of contemporary recorded music, with a special focus on the art of identifying musical talent and developing creative material within the complex range of recorded music technologies. | | | Davis has long been an advocate of high professional standards in the recorded music industry and has taken a keen personal interest in the establishment of a program in recorded music at the Tisch School of the Arts. | | | Clive Davis has acquired a legendary reputation for spotting and developing new musical talent in the course of his 35 years in the recording industry. |
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http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/object/clivedavis.html
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| | Clive Davis —The - Classic Rock |
| | Davis had the knack for recognizing the qualities needed in both the artist and the song to make a hit. | | | Davis continues to drive the music industry forward with J Records. | | | With a love of music and a big creative genius, Clive Davis has charted the course of the music industry to deliver the superstars of today. |
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http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art8023.asp
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| | CNN.com - Transcripts |
| | DAVIS: I don't think I had a deep and abiding love of music when I was a kid. | | | DAVIS: To me, it's a lyric that can touch you with a melody that just lingers on in you always. | | | DAVIS: It's about the music, it's not about buying marketshare. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0206/15/pin.00.html
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| | The Golden Ears Of Clive Davis, Wallace Talks To Storied Music Executive - CBS News |
| | Davis signed Janis Joplin and her band to CBS Records -- and he says that at that contract signing, Joplin made him a surprising offer. | | | Davis first heard Houston sing when she was a teenager -- and he took her on "The Merv Griffin Show." The rest, of course, is music history. | | | Clive Davis, the man with the "golden ears," who helped guide them all to the musical summit. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/09/60minutes/main628630.shtml
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| | Industry Veteran Clive Davis Takes Key Music Job Sound Generator |
| | Clive Davis has long been an advocate of high professional standards in the recorded music industry and has taken a keen personal interest in the establishment of an educational program in recorded music. | | | Davis has acquired a legendary reputation for spotting and developing new musical talent in the course of his 35 years in the recording industry. | | | Davis formed J Records after he left Arista. |
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http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=3125
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| | Clive Davis: bio and encyclopedia article |
| | Clive chin is a legendary jamaican record producer whose work includes seminal recordings by the wailers, EHandler: no quick summary. | | | (Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[Click link for more facts about this topic] in the non-performers branch. | | | [For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] (NYU) to create the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/cl/clive_davis.htm
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| | AskMen.com - Clive Davis pics |
| | Davis dealt closely with the legal department of subsidiary Columbia Records and soon, executives there noticed his business acumen and love for music. | | | Never letting go of his love for music, Davis simply turned on his heel and started up Arista Records in 1974. | | | It was in 1999, as well, that Davis was receiving credit for the revival of Carlos Santana's career, whose Supernatural album was becoming an all-time bestseller. |
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http://www.askmen.com/men/business_politics_60/64c_clive_davis.html
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| | 2004: Nippy News Release Articles |
| | Davis previously ran the BMG's RCA Music Group, which consisted of RCA and J Records, a label he founded after he left Arista. | | | After a public relations debacle ensued, BMG wound up bankrolling J Records, which was headed by Davis and scored a hit with Alicia Keys debut Songs In A Minor. | | | In late 2002 he was named to lead the RCA Music Group, a merger of J Records and RCA Records, which has produced an array of No. 1 records from a diversity of artists such as Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Clay Aiken, Luther Vandross, Monica and Ruben Studdard. |
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http://www.whitney-fan.com/nr/misc/2004/015.shtml
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| | Clive Davis Picks Chicago's SOiL to Redefine Heavy Metal |
| | Clive Davis is a legend behind the scenes in the music industry. | | | Davis launched J Records in 2001, titled from his middle name ‘Jay.’ With an unprecedented $150 million investment from Arista’s German-based corporate owner Bertelsmann, J Records became what Davis calls an “instant major” recording company. | | | Clive Davis stepped in and J Records won the bidding war, making SOiL the first ever Heavy Metal act signed to the label. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/rikkileetravolta/news/soil.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Rod Stewart signs with Clive Davis |
| | "Clive is a wonderful music man, a 'suit' who really knows his music," Stewart says. | | | Davis will play "an integral part" in crafting a concept album that Stewart says is unlike anything he's done. | | | Other labels expressed interest, but Stewart felt an immediate kinship with Davis, credited for reviving Santana's career with the Grammy-showered Supernatural album. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-02-22-rod-stewart.htm
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| | 1999: Nippy News Release Articles |
| | Davis has maintained a phenomenal track record as a hit-maker for decades and BMG has allowed him to run Arista with no interference from anyone inside the corporation. | | | Davis also got in on the ground floor with Bad Boy Records, the highly successful hip-hop music label launched by generation X mogul Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs. | | | Davis' boss, Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Arista's parent company BMG Entertainment, stated publicly that he wants to keep Davis on but that Arista badly needs a successor to the 66-year-old music veteran. |
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http://www.whitney-fan.com/nr/misc/99/094.shtml
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| | Davis moves to the top of BMG charts |
| | In late 2002, Davis was named head of the RCA Music Group, which was formed by a merger of J Records and RCA Records. | | | Davis left Arista after a highly publicized power struggle that ended with Reid taking the reins at Arista and Davis securing his own label, J Records, in a joint-venture deal with BMG reportedly worth $150 million. | | | Davis' ascension to this top BMG post has been one of the most closely watched music industry sagas. |
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2082109
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| | Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| | This year, Clive Davis was named Chairman/CEO of the RCA Music Group and now oversees both J Records and RCA Records. | | | In August of that year, Davis began a new phase in his career unveiling J Records, the largest new label ever launched in music industry history. | | | live Davis has had a profound effect on the world of music. |
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http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/award_recipient_detail.asp?ceremonyId=24&awardRecipientId=133
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| | NARM 2004 |
| | After realigning the labels, Davis now oversees an expanded RCA Music Group, which includes J Records, RCA Records and Arista Records as well as the newly formed Zomba Label Group, which includes Jive Records, LaFace Records and So So Def Records. | | | Davis was also the keynote speaker at the NARM event. | | | "Clive Davis has helped write and rewrite the history of the music business," noted Jim Donio, Acting President of NARM. |
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http://www.narm.com/Content/NavigationMenu/Media_Center/Press_Releases/20041/PresAward.htm
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| | Clive Davis Takes O-Town to the Top - Dec 15, 2000 - E! Online News |
| | Davis says J Records is planning to ship over 500,000 copies of the disc, certifying it gold. | | | But instead of dissolving their relationship, BMG helped Davis start J Records, which, according to BMG reps, is the biggest record company ever launched. | | | But Davis, who knows the ins and outs of the music biz better than anyone, has a different take. |
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http://movies.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7526,00.html
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| | brandchannel.com J Records Brand Clive Davis, BMG, Arista Records Music Industry Branding brands brand branding ... |
| | Davis’ continued success is a testament to his ability to surf the fickle waters of the music biz, building solid success stories based on talent and future potential in an environment where trends come and go like the tides. | | | Prior to J Records, Davis became a figure for the history books as founder of Arista Records and by nurturing many of the music industry’s top-selling artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Santana, Patti Smith, and Sarah McLachlan. | | | In an ironic turn that illustrates the capricious nature of the music business, Davis was recently named Chairman and CEO of BMG North America, putting him at the helm of numerous labels including Arista. |
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http://www.brandchannel.com/features_webwatch.asp?ww_id=222
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| | The Record Breaker: Clive Davis |
| | Clive Davis '56 was not talking about the past year, when the music executive was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while reports swirled about the end of his 25-year reign at Arista Records. | | | The time was long before Clive Davis discovered and signed a coterie of talent that reads like a Who's Who of recent music history. | | | After 25 years at Arista Records, Clive Davis '56 hopes the hits will keep on coming. |
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http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2001/spring/feature_3-1.html
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| | Extratv.com : Clive Davis |
| | Clive says, "You don't expect someone over 50 to come back and then sell 26 million albums." | | | To understand how a man pushing 70 still has his finger on the pulse of pop success, you have to go back and hear Davis’ own success story. | | | Nor do you expect a multi-million dollar Harvard graduate senior citizen to start up a brand new company in this age of music mergers. |
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http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailynews/extra/02_02/02_28d.html
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| | Rolling Stone : Clive Davis Starts J Records |
| | Davis will also work with his Arista successor L.A. Reid in a joint effort producing a new album by | | | The label's first signees include Florida boy band O-town, and the label's first wave of releases are set for release in October. | | | Davis left Arista in July following a highly successful year of sales, which included Santana's Supernatural, an album he helped conceive. |
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http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5924445/clive_davis_starts_j_records
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| | curlio.com: American Idol contestants give one it one last shot |
| | Clive told Bo that the two of them would have a great time making a very special album. | | | Clive said that Bo made the song his own. | | | The theme, as we announced earlier would have the contestants singing three songs. |
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http://www.curlio.com/new_showarticle.php?id=7096&page=last
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| | Final three show their stuff on ‘Idol’ - American Idol - MSNBC.com |
| | We are going to have a great time making a very special album together,” Davis told Bice, after the second of Bice’s three songs of the night. | | | In a night that saw each performer sing three songs — a song of their choosing, and one each from Clive Davis and the judges — each of the performers had enough chances to give their supporters the encouragement to pick up the phone and vote. | | | They could make Clive Davis a prophet, or could send Bice home to Helena for a few weeks before he inevitably signs his own deal. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7889270
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| | Blogcritics.org: Clive Davis and This Business of American Idol: Whose Music Is It, Anyway? |
| | Clay, the only person to speak up to Clive Davis about the content of the song and title of his CD, "Measure of A Man" proved that you don't have to dirty up the lyrics to go triple platinum. | | | Today's grandmother not only takes kick-boxing, but she grew up immersed in the deep and varied musical streams that sprung up in the wake of the tectonic shift that was Elvis and the British invasion. | | | Isn't it funny how the industry seems to act as if Clive Davis is genetically superior because, at 67 years old, he (supposedly) still has an ear for pop music? |
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/17/092911.php
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| | CNN - 'Supernatural' success surprises Santana - January 5, 2000 |
| | Back in 1969, around the time of Santana's fiery debut at the original Woodstock festival, Davis signed the band to Columbia Records. | | | The record executive who made it happen says he wasn't surprised at all. | | | He subsequently created his own label, Arista, finally bringing Santana over to the label with this Grammy-nominated recording. |
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http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/05/santana.success
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| | Fans Of Reality TV - Clive Davis Comments on Last Night's (5/18) Show |
| | I dont think he was talking about a vocal comparison obviously. | | | I think she has the vocal talent and poise and positivity to make a wonderful, enduring, growing singer throughout her life! | | | 05-20-2004 02:31 PM In my biased mind, how I see Clive's comparisons is that Fantasia=Aretha=Whitney=Legend with signature style, and Diana=Avril=Christina=pop princess to fit today's popular music scene. |
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http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/printthread.php?t=29987&pp=100
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| | Record mogul Clive Davis returns to ‘Idol’ - American Idol - MSNBC.com |
| | Davis, who heads the U.S. division of the BMG music conglomerate, has guided the debut albums of each of the "Idol" winners and that of runner-up Clay Aiken. | | | Each of their albums has sold more than 1 million copies. | | | Mirek Towski / MIREK TOWSKI/DMI VIA AP Record mogul Clive Davis is returning to "American Idol" to give his expert opinion on this year's remaining finalists. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7843837
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| | Clive Davis music : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
| | For all the great songs and albums they midwived, moguls like Berry Gordy and Clive Davis have well-deserved reputations as hard-asses, and there are lots of execs who model themselves after those titans. | | | Of course, some would argue that it was ever thus, that music has always been a business, and a dirty one, at that -- just like publishing or movies. | | | More than a decade ago, I interviewed Maurice Starr, the mastermind behind New Kids on the Block. |
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http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,198477~4~0~howmusicbusinessruins,00.html
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| | Clive Davis |
| | He was a key influence on Miles Davis - Diana Krall loves his music as well - but lots of people still say "Ahmad who?" If you want to make his acquaintance, try these two live albums. | | | Compare and contrast with Sarah Lyall’s account of the antics she witnessed at the recent British Press Awards. | | | There I was, enjoying Janie Dee's breezy performance at the Shaw Theatre when she broke off from the song and dance to recite Harold Pinter's poem, "God Bless America". |
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http://clivedavis.blogspot.com
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| | ABC News: Clive Davis' Grammy Party Relocated |
| | Davis likes to keep the list of performers as a surprise. | | | LOS ANGELES Feb 7, 2006 (AP)— There will be a bit more breathing room this year for the A-list celebs who attend Clive Davis' swank pre-Grammy shindig. | | | There will be a bit more breathing room this year for the A-list celebs who attend Clive Davis' swank pre-Grammy shindig. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1588968
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| | USATODAY.com - Clive Davis to head BMG music labels |
| | Last month, Antonio "L.A." Reid, who took the helm at Arista Records after Davis's departure, and oversaw platinum successes from acts including OutKast, Pink and Avril Lavigne, left the label. | | | USATODAY.com - Clive Davis to head BMG music labels | | | Clive Davis with Luther Vandross, one of many recording stars he's shepherded over his storied career. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-02-03-clive-davis_x.htm
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| | The Pink Floyd Archives Library |
| | Synopsis: An historical account of the record business from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s by Clive Davis, former record executive with Columbia Records. | | | Clive: Inside the Record Business by Clive Davis with James Willwerth | | | Includes the inside story of how Columbia Records signed Pink Floyd away from Capitol Records in 1972. |
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http://rac.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/PFbooks/BooksAG.htm
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| | Clive Davis funds NYU music program |
| | The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music will offer a four-year undergraduate degree for record producers, NYU says. | | | In preparing students for a degree, the program will educate them in all aspects of contemporary recorded music and focus on production as a creative medium. | | | Noted music producer Clive Davis announced today that he has donated $5 million to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to create a new department of recorded music bearing his name. |
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http://www.newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?id=4478
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| | Clive Davis named head of BMG |
| | He also helped the world rediscover Santana with the 'Supernatural' album. | | | To unsubscribe from Undercover Music News click here | | | Clive Davis is the only non-performer to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/feb2004/20040203_clivedavis.html
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| | The Big Picture: Clive Davis: Music Retailers a Bore |
| | "You have got to make it exciting." Davis said he was impressed by Tower Records, which has staff members well-versed in music, and Virgin Megastore, which recently redesigned some stores. | | | competition from digital distribution," Davis warned hundreds of merchants and recording industry executives who gathered Sunday for a conference. | | | The Big Picture: Clive Davis: Music Retailers a Bore |
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http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2004/08/clive_davis_mus_1.html
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| | Prince at Clive Davis' Grammy party |
| | When Davis introduced him from the stage, the musical genius got a standing ovation. | | | Printable version (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic) | | | That's what it sounds like to me. Otherwise, why would he hang out with Clive and and his "J Records" artists during the After-Grammy Party. |
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http://www.prince.org/msg/thread.html?fid=5001&tid=37571
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| | Korn Clive Barker Jonathan Davis Paul Shaffer : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
| | As for Korn, the quartet recently entered an L.A. studio with producer Michael Beinhorn (Hole) to start their fifth album. | | | ''I did the rock songs, and I'm Lestat's singing voice in the movie,'' says Davis. | | | Take me.' That's what we're saying.'' Davis is also working on music for next year's Anne Rice movie, ''Queen of the Damned,'' in which Lestat becomes a rock star. |
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http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,129184~10~0~korncollaborateswithhorrormeister,00.html
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| | NYU - Press Release |
| | Davis to Discuss the Current State of the Music Industry | | | Davis, a benefactor of the Tisch School of the Arts and member of its Dean’s Council, will discuss his career, music producing and the music industry. | | | Clive Davis, president of Arista Records and the record industry’s most innovative, outspoken and influential executive, will speak to students and faculty at New York University. |
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http://www.nyu.edu/publicaffairs/newsreleases/b_Clive.shtml
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| | CLIVE DAVIS |
| | The Billboard pop album charts tell the story of Columbia’s shift in fortunes: between 1965-1967 none of its releases reached the number one position; in 1968, its releases spent twenty-four weeks at number one; in 1969, eleven weeks; and in 1970, eighteen weeks. | | | Davis, however, seemed free of the prejudices found in many of the musicians occupying the company’s management positions; he understood that rock was entering an era of unprecedented creativity. | | | Clive Davis played a key role in transforming the Columbia label into a major force within the record industry in the late 1960s. |
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http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/other_notable_genres/support/DavisC2.htm
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| | Clive Davis |
| | One of the few music people to come out of Harvard. | | | Sorry - whenever I see the name "Clive", I immediately connect it to Mr. |
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http://bbs.fuckedcompany.com/index.cgi?okay=get_topic&topic_id=761729
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| | Clive Davis Department Of Recording Music Built At NYU's Tisch School |
| | Clive Davis Department Of Recording Music Built At NYU's Tisch School | | | New York, NY (February 26, 2004)--Clive Davis, chairman and CEO of BMG North America, recently commissioned Troy Germano, of Studio Design Group, to design and build a studio to be named, "Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music" at New York University's Tisch School of Arts. | | | The studio will be used for a university course, and needed to be designed and equipped to provide students with a well-rounded background in the inner workings of the recording industry. |
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http://www.prosoundnews.com/articles/printer_334.shtml
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| | Barry Manilow News: Briefly: Barry Manilow, James Brown, Clive Davis, Iggy Pop >> liveDaily |
| | According to a press release, the newly formed BMG North America will combine all operations of the BMG owned record labels, including Arista, J, RCA, and Jive. | | | Arista Records founder Clive Davis (music), who was ousted from his position as head of that label in 2000, has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BMG North America, Arista's parent company. | | | Davis will also oversee BMG Distribution, BMG Strategic Marketing, and BMG Canada. |
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http://www.livedaily.com/news/6067.html
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| | The Party of the Year: Inside Clive Davis' bash |
| | Oscar nominee Jamie Foxx got the crowd screaming with an amazing Ray Charles tribute medley before performing a few tracks with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Mary J. Blige. | | | Illinois native Gretchen Wilson opened the show, followed by "American Idol" winner Fantasia, about whom Davis said, "I would have signed even if I had found her in a basement in Kansas!" Her duet of "Summertime" with Chicago's own Chaka Khan was the first of many goosebump-raising performances. | | | Davis loves to mix up his talent, a rule that led to such intriguing onstage pairings as Maroon 5 and Mos Def. |
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/music/cst-ftr-clive14.html
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| | Clive Davis - Holistic Counsellor |
| | Let us never forget that we all have a purpose in life, and that we are all loved and wanted. | | | Disclaimer: I have no connection with Mr Clive Davis formerly of Arista Records in USA and do not represent him in any way. | | | It is purely coincidental that we have the same name and I have no intention on infringing upon his good name or reputation. |
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http://www.clivedavis.com.au
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| | Music Written By Clive Davis |
| | No, it isn't free, but thanks to our wholesale buying power you can enjoy huge discounts on almost all of our wide range of CDs, karaoke discs, sheet music and accessories. | | | Recorder Sheet Music - 1 match for "Clive Davis" | | | Guitar Sheet Music - 2 matches for "Clive Davis" |
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http://www.earfloss.com/music-written_by_Clive+Davis.html
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| | Biography for Clive Davis (I) |
| | Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (under the category Non-Performer). | | | In 1974, he took over the record division of Columbia Pictures and launched his own label, Arista, famous for such acts as Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston. | | | Davis was forced out of Arista by parent company BMG in 2000, but not long thereafter started a new label, J, to be distributed by BMG. |
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004860/bio
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| | Clive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. | | | Clive Exton, British television and film scriptwriter and sometime playwright | | | Clive Barker, British author, director and visual artist. |
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