In short, the CLIVE DAVIS album producer will turn 90 but, far from retiring, it still has an infinity of plans despite its scandal sounds.
The most famous were those of supporting duo Milli Vanilli, the great fraud of the century because none knew how to sing and influence the death of her protege, Whitney Houston, due to the brutal demands of her.
Despite these accusations, Davis is finalizing Whitney Houston’s Fine Biography, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, whose premiere is scheduled for upcoming Christmas.
Orphan from his adolescence, thanks to a scholarship graduated in Law in Harvard.
Among the first clients of his firm highlighted several record companies that required their personalized services, becoming president of the CBS Records in 1967. It went to its label Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and launched Janis Joplin’s career.
However, despite the multimillionaires dividends contributed to the company, the managers fired him for misappropriation of funds.
At that time he had already divorced Helen Cohen, mother of his children Fred (62) and Lauren (60) and had remarried Janet Adelberg, with whom he had two other stems, Mitchell (52) and Doug (48)
.
The greed and ambition of him had not paid.
He used his resources so that Columbia Pictures will enter the musical field when founding the record arrest recorded in 1974 with which he turned Barry Manilow, orchestrated the reinvention of Aretha Franklin and in 1983 he signed the contract to an unknown Whitney Houston
.
The main theme of the film The bodyguard (1992), I Will Always Love You, reached the climax of his career and made a multi-million dollar a moment forgotten Dolly Parton (76), author of the theme best sold by a soloist in the history of the
music.
Next to Quincy Jonese one of the Midas Reyes of Music.
The figures speak for themselves: between 1985 and 1998 its seal sold more 50 million copies in the United States and got 11 numbers one on the Billboard list and the Supernatural Album (1999) of Carlos Santana sold more than 26 million units at level
world.
That lynx eye has allowed him to accumulate a fortune of 850 million dollars.
After the last divorce of him he began experiencing sex with men in the legendary nightclub New York Studio 54, reaching several stable couples.
Journalist Katie Couric (65) influenced him to publicly confess on television the bisexuality of him.