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As the record industry's most innovative and influential executive, Clive Davis has had a profound effect on the world of music spanning over 50 years. He has earned four Grammys in his role as Album Producer, has received the Grammy Trustees Lifetime Achievement Award, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and, in 2010, The Recording Academy named The Grammy Museum theatre in his honor. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Davis graduated from New York University and Harvard Law School. He first worked at Columbia Records, where he was named President in 1967. In 1974, Mr.

Bruce Morrow (AKA Cousin Brucie) started his career in the 1950s at WINS-AM New York (where he acquired his famous nickname), after starting New York University’s first-ever radio station. In 1961, he became the voice of WABC-AM New York, just as rock ‘n roll started to take over popular music. Over the next 13 years, Cousin Brucie’s radio programs were adored by teenagers for their mixture of Motown, doo-wop, and rock.

As half of the duo Sam & Dave, Sam (along with Dave Prater) released a string of hits on Stax/Atlantic Records, starting with 1965’s “You Don’t Know Like I Know.” Their songs were all written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, and “I Thank You,” “Hold On I’m Coming,” and most famously, “Soul Man” – which was re-recorded on Atlantic by The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi) in 1978 – have become some of the best-known songs of the past 50 years.

Tommy James is a hit singer, songwriter, and live performer with a career that started in 1966 and is still going strong today. Tommy is best known for his hit records like Mony Mony, I Think We’re Alone Now, Crimson & Clover, Hanky Panky, and many others.

As a songwriter, a solo artist, and one half of the 70’s duo Loggins and Messina, Kenny has charted close to 20 Top 40 hits including all time classics like “Danny’s Song,” “House At Pooh Corner,” “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” “Whenever I Call You Friend,” and “This Is It,” as well as his hits from the movies: “I’m Alright” (from Caddyshack), “Danger Zone” (from Top Gun), and the #1 iconic title song from Footloose. With a career that started at age 17, Kenny has released 19 Gold or Platinum albums, sold 25 million albums worldwide, earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and won two Grammy