Music can cross the borders that keep people apart. It can carry memory, joy, grief, resistance, and freedom.
Clive Davis, who died on June 22, 2026, spent his life helping music reach people across generations and communities. He championed artists whose voices changed culture and opened space for more people to feel seen, heard, and connected.
His legacy is not only in the careers he helped build, but in the humanity he helped bring forward through music.
Today, we honor Clive Davis by listening to the artists he supported and celebrated, including Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Santana, Dionne Warwick, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Bruce Springsteen, and many others.
May their music remind us that liberation can be sung, shared, and felt together.