“You saw something in me that I was just beginning to see in myself,” Keys recalled, reading a letter to the late music mogul.
to pay tribute to the late great mogul Clive Davis — including a devastated Alicia Keys who wept through her speech at an Upper East Side synagogue.
Keys, whom Davis helped launch into stardom, was in tears and had to borrow someone’s handkerchief as she approached the podium at Central Synagogue.
“I’m actually not a crier. I’m in a strange place,” the “Empire State of Mind” crooner told the crowd, before telling the story of when she first met Davis when she was just 15 years old.
“You saw something in me that I was just beginning to see in myself,” she read in an emotional letter to him. Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Ja Rule and Stevie Wonder were among the other A-list musicians who attended the private service – where Kenny G delivered a somber sax solo, Jennifer Hudson gave a powerful performance and Bruce Springsteen reflected on theClive Davis – the iconic music mogul responsible for the monumental careers of Whitney Houston, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kelly Clarkson and countless others – died at age 94 last week.
He was 94. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adrien Brody, Hoda Kotb and Gayle King were also among the notable figures who turned out to honor Davis. A devastated Alicia Keys was in tears and had to borrow someone’s handkerchief as she approached the podium to give a speech at the funeral. Springsteen called Davis “big, bombastic and brave” during an emotional tribute.
“He was born to run everything,” quipped The Boss, who recalled his first meeting with Davis during an audition in 1979, when he was just 22. After the audition, the executive simply said: “Welcome to Columbia Records. ”Other music legends shared similar stories of Davis’ uncanny ability to spot talent.
Warwick recalled initially resisting Davis’ suggestion that she work with Manilow in the 1970s – a partnership that ultimately led to the iconic album “Dionne,” which went platinum and earned two Grammy Awards. Manilow, meanwhile, recounted how Davis urged him to record the Scott English and Richard Kerr rock track “Brandy” – and then helped transform it into the smash hit “Mandy.
” Hudson sang Leonard Cohen’s hit song, “Hallelujah,” and then grew teary-eyed as she transitioned to Houston’s “I Will Always Love You. ” With Post Wires Clive Davis – the iconic music mogul responsible for the monumental careers of Whitney Houston, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kelly Clarkson and countless others – died at age 94 last week.
A devastated Alicia Keys was in tears and had to borrow someone’s handkerchief as she approached the podium to give a speech at the funeral.
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