The Clive Davis Annual Pre-Grammy Party
Sunday, February 14, 2016 is not only Valentines Day but the date of one of the hottest parties in Los Angeles during Grammy weekend. The entire week leading up to the Grammys are filled with parties throughout the City but none creates the hyper madness as Clive's pre-grammy affair. This year there is a battle for A-list star attendance between Davis and the wedding of Apple Executive and Interscope Records founder Jimmy Iovine's marriage to Liberty Ross (ex-wife of movie director Rupert Sanders). Low and behold they are both schedule for the same date and time. The Iovine/Ross wedding is being held at David Geffens Beverly Hills mansion which is only a few miles from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, site of the Davis annual A-list soiree. There was an attempt made by the Davis organizing team to change the date to Saturday evening which has been the day of the party for the past 40 years, but unfortunately the hotel had already booked the date. The reason for this years Sunday date is because the pre-grammy party was always held the day before the Grammy and this year the Grammy's have been moved to Monday instead of Sunday, thus canceling out the Saturday date.
The logistics this year included a massive security checkpoint for partygoers with scanners and waning of guest before they are even checked into the ticket line.
From my perch in the Beverly Hilton lobby I spotted a number of A-Listers and B-Listers lining up to be waned and scanned, dressed in black tie and evening gowns.
The annual pre-Grammys event honored music manager Irving Azoff, who received the Recording Academy’s Industry Icon Award and a cast of movie stars, music industry hotshots were also in attendance. Party goers included Jamie Foxx, Sylvester Stallone, Chris Rock, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Jane Fonda, Christina Aguilera, Carly Simon, Barry Manilow, John Legend and a whole lot more.
There were several musical performances with Beck and Dave Grohl providing a tribute to David Bowie by performing his song “The Man Who Sold the World.” Some other performances included Carly Simon, Barry Manilow, Fetty Wap, and Earth, Wind & Fire, who honored the recently deceased founder and front man Maurice White.
At the pool the next day I spotted several of the attendees (Dionne Warwick, Chaz Ebert) resting up and getting some sun before the nights Grammy Awards. I actually hung out with Jamie Foxx who was babysitting his daughter and some young relatives while they played in the hotel pool. We sang some old school music that he was playing on his boombox, including the Average White Bands, Play That Funky Music White Boy and Bell Biv Devoe's Poison. He was busy signing autographs for anyone who came up to him and taking selfies with anyone who asked. He finally turned it into a party when he and another pool attendee started dancing to BBD's song. He kept turning the sound up until finally security came over to see what was going on. It was funny watching the guys face when he realized it was Jamie. Of course he couldn't do anything about it because it was Jamie. The perks of being an A-lister. #CliveDavisGrammyParty @JamieFoxx #BeverlyHiltonHotel #Grammy #Pool #Party #BellBivDevoe
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| Jamie Foxx with his daughter and nieces and nephews in the Beverly Hilton Hotel Pool |
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| Jamie Fox, Evelyn Wheeler and Linda O'Bannon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel |
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| Jamie Foxx and Evelyn Wheeler and the Beverly Hilton Hotel |
Jamie Foxx and friend dancing to BBD, Poison at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Pool
Jamie Foxx and friend dancing to BBD, Poison at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Pool
Jamie Foxx and friend dancing to BBD, Poison at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Pool
The 58th Grammy Awards
Monday February 15 was the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center hosted by LL Cool J.
