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Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Kenny G,
Carly Simon and R&B band Earth Wind & Fire turned out to sing
for Davis, 85, on the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival
on Wednesday.
"Mr. Davis, for so many years it's been a real pleasure. I am
honored to have been an artist of his and to still be an artist
of his," Franklin said from the stage at Radio City Music Hall.
The documentary "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives,"
traces the Brooklyn-born producer's journey from lawyer to the
record division of CBS/Columbia in 1966, and how Janis Joplin
became his first ever signing in 1967.
Davis has since signed or helped manage the careers of dozens of
musicians ranging from Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys to
Santana and Kelly Clarkson.
As part of the tribute, Oscar and Grammy Award winner Jennifer
Hudson performed a medley of the biggest hits of Whitney Houston
- the protege who Davis discovered and mentored but ultimately
could not save from premature death.
Houston drowned accidentally in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in
2012 after years of drug abuse.
"I hate the word legend, but he is a legend and we are so happy
to give him all the respect and to open the festival with his
movie," said Robert De Niro, who co-founded the festival in
2002.
(Reporting by Reuters Television, editing by G Crosse)
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