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Throughout the last 50 years of music history, Clive Davis has been one of the only co-signs worth anything at all.
READ: Clive Davis Praises Chance The Rapper, Loves Hip-Hop + Talks Criticizing His Artists
As head of Columbia Records, Davis expanded the label's traditional leanings to rock, funk and r&b, signing Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and Earth, Wind & Fire, amongst others, before jumping ship to Arista, where Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick would find homes, before helping Babyface and Diddy found their own labels and blaze trails in hip-hop and r&b with legends like, The Notorious B.I.G., OutKast, TLC and more. His venture into sole propriety, J Records, though it was eventually acquired by RCA, would release albums by D'Angelo (Black Messiah,) Alicia Keys and Jazmine Sullivan.
READ: 10 Things We Learned From Clive Davis' Tribeca Documentary
Now, after premiering earlier this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, a trailer for Apple Music's new documentary, Clive Davis: The Soundtrack To Our Lives, has been released, featuring testimony from a grip of the aforementioned artists, as well as fellow executives. You can watch it above. Tune in for the full reveal on October 3rd.