Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ line about Clive Davis cracks up funeral for legendary music exec - Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Alicia Keys also spoke at the memorial service, which featured performances from Kenny G and Jennifer Hudson.

Bruce Springsteen was among the music dignitaries to speak at Clive Davis’ funeral on Monday morning (June 29) at Central Synagogue in New York City.

The “Shackles” singer noted that the song was one of Davis’ favorites, one that was performed by Whitney Houston and “also written by the maestro, Richard Small.”