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    • Apr 4, 1932
    Label executive Clive Davis is born in Brooklyn, New York. He heads Columbia Records, affecting the careers of Lynn Anderson and Sonny James, and launches a country wing for Arista Records, associated with Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
    Feb 1, 1968
    Janis Joplin signs with Columbia Records as a member of Big Brother & Holding Company. For the label, she records "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
    May 15, 1972
    Columbia president Clive Davis announces he's signed Sonny James
    May 23, 1973
    Clive Davis leaves as the head of CBS Records' pop division, which includes Columbia and Epic. He later heads Arista and establishes a Nashville division, which spawns Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Diamond Rio, among others
    May 21, 1974
    Bell Records announces Clive Davis will be a consultant for the company. Davis, who signed Sonny James to Columbia several years earlier, eventually authorizes Arista's Nashville division, building careers for Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
    Nov 9, 1974
    Clive Davis unveils his new Arista Records label to distributors in Chicago. He waits until 1989 to establish a Nashville branch, which debuts such acts as Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Pam Tillis and Brad Paisley, among others
    Jun 24, 1975
    Former Columbia Records president Clive Davis and 18 other executives are indicted for six counts of income tax evasion. Davis later pleads guilty to one count
    May 24, 1976
    Arista president Clive Davis pleads guilty in New York for failure to report $8,800 as income in 1972 during a well-publicized tax case. Davis will authorize a Nashville division 13 years later, launching the careers of Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
    May 8, 1989
    Clive Davis announces he's establishing a Nashville office for Arista Records. The country division debuts such acts as Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio and Brad Paisley
    Jan 28, 1997
    Record executive Clive Davis gains a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Through his work with Columbia and Arista Records, he has a hand in the careers of Sonny James, Alan Jackson, Lynn Anderson, Brooks & Dunn and others
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