Prince was peerless as a musician, performer and songwriter. He was clearly one of the all-time greats, always mesmerizing, magical and cutting edge. He was one-of-a-kind in every respect. To know Prince personally was to know someone kind and gentle, phenomenally brilliant and intellectually curious, with every bone in his body loving music. The world of music has tragically lost one of its greatest defining members. – Clive

Since its 2003 founding, the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music has boasted students and alumni responsible for multiple Billboard Top 40 songs, receiving acclaim from publications like Rolling Stone and Billboard. WSN spoke with Jeff Rabhan, Nicholas Sansano, Jason King and Bob Power — the faculty of one of NYU’s most selective programs with roughly 60 students per graduating class — to learn more about what goes into this prestigious arts program.

WSN: What is the importance and appeal of the program among students?

Jeff Rabhan: It’s a contemporary music industry broad-based program, and it’s holistic. So you will leave here understanding all the components of the business, regardless of what you want to do.

For the full article, please click on link below

http://www.nyunews.com/2016/04/11/exploring-clive-davis-the-school-with-the-next-big-hit/

Clive Davis Reflects on 40-Year Friendship & Creative Partnership With Aretha Franklin

3/25/2016 by Melinda Newman

Since Aretha Franklin left Atlantic Records in 1979, many of her most successful records have been executive-produced by Clive Davis, first as founder/president of Arista Records and more recently in his role as chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment. He offers reflections on a four-decade creative process.

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http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7285336/clive-davis-aretha-franklin-interview

Exclusive to Hollywood Reporter:

2/17/2016 by Shirley Halperin

for full article please click link below

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fetty-wap-tori-kelly-dave-866218

by Leah Greenblatt

Grammy week in Los Angeles is a wild, strange piñata of parties, but there’s really only one soirée where you can see the likes of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap nibble on roast chicken at adjacent banquet tables while Courtney Love, Sylvester Stallone, Chris Rock, and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson socialize in the aisles, Gwen Stefani perches giggling on Blake Shelton’s lap, and estranged bandmates Harry Styles and Zayn Malik pose separately for photos but do not (sorry, One Direction dreamers) take the stage.

The man who has brought this annual event together for four decades now is Clive Davis, the legendary 83-year-old record mogul and raconteur. And he did, as he does every year, take care to point out the many friends and artists in the room – a black-tie tangle of EGOTs, industry icons, and tech billionaires – and describe their accomplishments. Those introductions can make for a very extended evening, but they’re actually just interstitials for the performances, which this year included Beck and the surviving members of Nirvana paying tribute to David Bowie with a standout “Man Who Sold the World”; Earth, Wind and Fire running down funk classics like “September” and “Shining Star” in honor of late leader Maurice White; Carly Simon cooing “You’re So Vain”; Melissa Etheridge honoring the Eagles’ Glenn Frey with a husky “Take It to the Limit”; and a grinning Barry Manilow, recently recovered from an undisclosed health scare, singing duet with the videotaped ghost of Judy Garland on “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.” Before the end of the evening, the crowd would get Fetty’s “Trap Queen” too, plus performances from Best New Artist nominee Tori Kelly and Andra Day, who is up tonight for Best R&B Album, and a reprise Bowie finale with Adam Lambert and Jack Antonoff strutting through “Let’s Dance.”

For full article and a video link:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/15/grammys-2016-clive-davis

The Los Angeles Times has posted their review of Clive Davis’ new book. Check out the piece, on their website HERE >>

Clive will be presenting both the Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston albums exclusive to Grammy members in Los Angeles this Sunday.

October 12th 2014
4:30pm
The Grammy Museum
Downtown Los Angeles, CA

Please attend if you are one.

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. The Queen of Soul reinterprets classic songs from other great female singers. The album is to be released on October 21, 2014. Timeless songs such as Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Barbra Streisand’s “People” and Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman,” as well as Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” are included. Co-producer of Diva Classics and Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music, Clive Davis will preview select tracks as well as discuss the making of the album with GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli. Mr. Davis will also preview the upcoming Whitney Houston DVD/CD release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances to be released on November 10, 2014. The six-time GRAMMY-winner’s first-ever live album features the most memorable live performances from her storied career.

http://www.grammymuseum.org/events/detail/an-exclusive-preview-from-clive-davis-on-the-forthcoming-aretha-franklin-and-whitney-houston-albums

Aretha Franklin and Clive Davis join The Today Show to talk about the release of Franklin’s new album, “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics.”

NBC’s TODAY SHOW
October 3rd, 2014

Aretha Franklin and legendary record producer Clive Davis join TODAY to talk about the release of Franklin’s new album, “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics.” Franklin also reveals she has a crush on Maxwell.

Watch the video via link below:
http://www.today.com/video/today/56170251#56169922

Watch Aretha Franklin and David Letterman on CBS’s the Late Show with David Letterman discuss her collaboration with Clive Davis on “Aretha Sings The Great Diva Classics”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Tgt9Jw2Fk