(FILES) Legendary US record producer Clive Davis speaks during the Recording Academy and Clive Davis' Salute To Industry Icons pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 2026. Davis, the pioneering American music executive who made megastars of Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood and many others during half a century of shaping modern music, died on June 22, 2026 at age 94, US media reported. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)