CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 24, 2026
CLIVE DAVIS, WHO DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 94, IS BEING HAILED BY THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND OTERS AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DISCOVERERS AND PROMOTERS OF TALENT SINCE ELVIS PRESLEY.
CONSIDER JUST A FEW OF THE SONGS AND SINGERS HE DISCOVERED AND PROMOTED.
“I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU” BY WHITNEY HOUSTON IN 1992. HOUSTON TRAGICALLY DIED IN A HOTEL BATHTUB FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE.
“SMOOTH” BY SANTANA IN 1999.
“FREEWAY OF LOVE,” ARETHA FRANKLIN 1985. ARETHA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A PREACHER AND SANG GOSPEL MUSIC IN HER CHURCH AS A YOUNG GIRL.
“FALLIN’ BY ALICIA KEYS 2001
“MANDY” BARRY MANILOW 1974
“PIANO MAN’ BY BILLY JOEL 1973
“SINCE YOU BEEN GONE” KELLY CLARKSON 2004
AS ANOTHER OLDER SONG SAYS: “FAME IF YOU WIN IT, COMES AND GOES IN A MINUTE. WHERE’S THE REAL STUFF IN LIFE TO CLING TO? THAT WOULD BE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHERE YOU ARE HEADED WHEN YOU DIE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
