When talking about Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who died Monday morning at the age of 94, it’s probably best to start with the names. Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Santana, Alicia Keys, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, and Earth, Wind & Fire. And there’s more, of course. Over the course of his storied career, Davis became as much a household name as the artists he discovered and championed. Such was the velocity of his impact on popular music.