11 Essential Songs from Clive Davis's Legendary Career at Columbia, Arista, and J Records
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Rob Tannenbaum
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Clive Davis, the legendary record executive who died on Monday, is remembered through 11 essential songs he helped shepherd during his influential tenures at Columbia, Arista, and J Records. Known for his passion for hits — especially those he personally masterminded — Davis had a remarkable career spanning decades, with highlights including his pivotal attendance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and his role in shaping iconic albums like Santana's "Supernatural," where he assured Carlos Santana that "Smooth" would be the most important song on the album — a prediction that proved correct as it spent three months at No. 1.
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· 3 pulledThe label boss, who died on Monday, had a passion for hits — especially ones he masterminded — during his formidable tenures at Columbia, Arista and J Records.
After Clive Davis, right, assured Carlos Santana that 'Smooth' would be the most important song on the album 'Supernatural,' it spent three months at No. 1.
Clive Davis had been running Columbia Records for only about a year when he attended the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967. It was a pivotal moment in the counterculture, a watershed for the budding sound of psyched
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