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5 unusual facts about Clive Calder


Barry Weiss

In 1981, Clive Calder of Zomba started his first U.S. record label Jive Records, which released British dance and pop music such as Q-Feel, A Flock of Seagulls and Tight Fit.

Clive Calder

In the late nineties, Jive expanded its success to include teen pop phenomenons such as Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync and Britney Spears, all of which topped the charts.

Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-born based record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon and its subsidiary Jive Records.

In 2002 he sold Zomba for US$2.74 billion to the German-based media group Bertelsmann.

Otis Waygood

This led to an invitation to a residency in a Johannesburg club and then to their being signed up by the Clive Calder-Ralph Simon management team who produced the group's first album in two days.



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