Los Angeles, June 22 -- Grammy-winning record producer Clive Davis has passed away at 94, confirmed a Variety report.

Davis, who famously steered Columbia, Arista, and J Records to the pinnacle of the pop music business, died at his Manhattan residence.

This came after he was recently hospitalised with an upper respiratory infection.

In a dramatic 50-year career that accounted for the sale of millions of records, Davis' life in the world of music were distributed into three distinct acts.

In the late 60s, Clive Davis lucratively moved staid Columbia into the rock business, signing or developing the likes of Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and Bruce Springsteen. However, it was in 1973 that he was ejected from the company in 1973 for all...