Featuring Florida Georgia Line. And the legendary roots crew. Questlove 808. 808. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about. That is a hot crowd. That is a hot new york city crowd right there, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] thats what we get. Welcome. Welcome to the tonight show. Im so happy youre here, you guys. Heres what people are talking about. I saw that today a white house adviser compared President Trump to houdini. [ laughter ] because, quote, if you keep him in a cage, hes going to get out. [ laughter ] when asked how he knows that, he said, because we put him in a cage and he got out. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] he said, trumps like houdini. If you think about it, trump is a pretty good magician, cause in the past year he sawed his Approval Rating in half and made everyone who worked for him disappear. [ laughter and applause ] not bad. Ill give you that. In the meantime trump keeps demanding money for his border wall, even though there are limited funds. Trump is like that couple on house hunters who wants a a fivebedroom mansion on a a 70,000 budget. [ laughter ] and it has to have marble countertops. That is a must, i wont even look at it. [ laughter ] still, the white house is calling the deal that reopened the government a win for republicans and a loss for senator chuck schumer. Well, we actually got ahold of schumer, and heres what he had to say. First he said, this was a a temporary deal to get the government up and running again. Then he said, Mitch Mcconnell promised me that we will talk about d. A. C. A. Then he said, we didnt cave and well continue fighting for the american people. And then he said, itsh not sho hard to shee that republicans wont negotiate, certainly. [ laughter ] and finally his necklace said, dude, im actually a pair of glasses. [ laughter and applause ] it just kept going falling as he was meanwhile the white house announced new restrictions on washing machines imported to the u. S. Its partially to protect consumers, mainly because trump was eating too many tide pods. [ laughter ] dont do that, dont do that. [ applause ] i saw that melania was supposed to go to switzerland with donald this week, but is backing out due to, quote, logistical issues. It turns out melania uses a lot of different excuses to get out of things with her husband. She even has her own excuse generator to come up with them. Ill show you how it works. For example, when donald asks, do you want to join me at a a Campaign Fundraiser . She says [ computer calculating ] [ laughter ] unfortunately im actually attending a fundraiser for oprah. [ cheers and applause ] steve it works. Jimmy you see how it works . Next up, when donald asks, do you want to watch the super bowl with me . She says [ computer calculating ] i totally would, but theres a a Government Shutdown in my mind. [ laughter and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy and finally, when donald asks, do you want to have dinner with the British Ambassador . She says [ computer calculating ] i cant, i have an appointment to take our dog to the vet right after i buy us a dog. Well, thats interesting. You dont have a dog. Hey, oscar nominees were announced today, you guys. The nominees [ cheers and applause ] thats exciting. Nominees for best picture include ladybird, get out, and the shape of water. [ cheers and applause ] while the favorite for worst picture is still this. Oh, thats unfortunate. [ laughter and applause ] hey, this is cool. The History Channel show pawn stars is celebrating its 500th episode. To celebrate, the network gave the producers gold watches, which they immediately knew were fake. [ laughter and applause ] finally, i saw that a Grocery Store in scotland had to let an employee go for not being helpful enough to customers. But its kind of an odd story. Take a look at this video. A robot named fabio was recently given his Rolling Papers from a scottish Grocery Store after he failed at, well, being human. He allegedly would not listen to directions and had often directed people to the alcohol aisle when it didnt know how to answer a customer. [ laughter ] jimmy the good news is, when they heard he wasnt helping anyone, he was immediately hired by home depot. There you go. We have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots, everybody [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much, everybody. Very quickly i want to say thank you to the wwe. Yesterday i went and saw raw. 25. You were there . I remember you, yeah [ laughter ] that was great, wasnt it . It was awesome. I was actually at the Manhattan Center. Jimmy oh, no, you had to be at the brooklyn one. That was the one to be at. [ laughter ] i was at the one there was one in Manhattan Center and there was one in brooklyn. We went down and we had so much fun. It is unbelievable. Theres not a dull moment. Even when they go to commercial, something is happening at the place. People screaming, booing, clapping. It was so much fun. I mean, i like booing just as much as steve you like that. Jimmy i got a couple of boos in there, it was fantastic. Someone tried to pick a fight with me. Steve i love booze. Jimmy whats up . Steve i love booze. [ laughter ] thats what youre talking about, right . Jimmy hows everything at home . Everything okay . Steve not well. [ laughter ] been sleeping on the couch. Jimmy i want to thank the wwe again for having me and taking good care of me. [ cheers and applause ] all the fans made me feel good. We have a fun show tonight. He is one of the greatest players in Major League History and one of the stars of the current season of shark tank. Alex rodriguez is here steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy Alex Rodriguez thats my man. Alex and i are going to catch up. Then he and i are going to face off in a hitting contest [ audience oohs ] against a 22monthold kid from georgia. [ laughter ] youre going to want to see this kid hit the ball. Plus, from the new tv series waco, Taylor Kitsch is stopping by. Steve oh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy plays david koresh. And hes the biggest Music Executive of the past 50 years. Theres a new documentary about him called clive davis the soundtrack of our lives. The legendary clive davis is on our show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] the one and only. Keeping it going, weve got great, great, great music tonight, bebe rexha and Florida Georgia Line [ cheers and applause ] thats a show right there. Guys, it is january, it is the new year. And its a great time to start some good habits like reading. But i dont want you to guys to read any duds. So to help you out, im about to show you some books that you should avoid at all costs. Thats right, its time for my latest installment of my do not read list. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] do not read do not read do not read these books these books jimmy now, before we start, i want you all to know that every book im about to show you is 100 real. These are actual books. You can find them on amazon or check them out at your local library. They are real. All right. Lets see whats on my do not read list. This first one is a nature book. Steve oh, i love nature. Jimmy yeah, this is called the secret life of clams, mysteries and magic of our favorite shellfish. [ laughter ] lets see spoiler alert, see what one of these secrets are. Elvis recorded a song called do the clam in 1965. Not so much of a secret, more clam trivia. Steve nobody is keeping that a secret. Jimmy like a clam trivia book. Steve dont let anybody know jimmy lets see what this Chapter Seven here says, invite me to your next Cocktail Party and i can assure you i will not discuss bovine insemination. [ light laughter ] you just got yourself uninvited from every party. Steve yeah. Jimmy whats going on . Steve i think clams can talk is a bigger secret. Jimmy bovine is a cow. Steve yeah. Jimmy has nothing to do with clams. I cant believe i shelled out money for this. Steve oy [ laughter ] [ audience groans ] cost you 50 clams. [ light laughter ] jimmy when i got to the ending, i was steamed. I was so steamed. [ laughter ] next up is a childrens book. Steve love em jimmy i love those. Yeah, i love those too. This is the love affair of mr. Ding and mrs. Dong. [ laughter ] steve okay. No. Oh, my gosh. Jimmy on the back it says first level reader for this is for kids just beginning to read. I dont know about that. Steve okay. [ laughter ] jimmy lets see here what we got here. There they are. Thats the nice animation there. It says, mr. Ding and mrs. Dong listened to their two hearts beating together, ding dong ding dong ding dong. [ laughter ] steve oh, my god. Jimmy ding dong. Ding. Mr. Ding slowly puts his hand on mrs. Dongs hand. Ding dong. [ laughter ] mrs. Dong pricks her cheek as she puts a kiss on mr. Dings cheek. Steve wait, what . [ laughter ] jimmy maybe im wrong, maybe this is perfect for kids, i dont know. I dont know. Next book is for you animal lovers out there. This is called dogs and their women. [ laughter ] shouldnt it be women and their dogs . Steve one would think. Jimmy dogs and their women. Well, look at the size of this dog. Now i get it. Oh, my goodness. Steve the size of this what . [ laughter ] jimmy that is insane. Steve that is insane. Oh, thats his tail, sorry. Jimmy thats like clifford. [ laughter ] steve i got confused. Jimmy what are you looking at . Steve my eyes are going. Im old. Jimmy thats his tail, yeah. Steve thats his tail, yeah, thank god. If he had more than that between his legs jimmy dogs and their women. Look at this right here, theres another photo here. Someone in this photo [ laughter ] someone in this photos got a a drinking problem. Steve uhoh. [ laughter ] the just play poker. Jimmy you hate to see that, you hate to see that. Were down our last book here. Steve aw jimmy this is a how to book. Steve oh, good. Jimmy thats fun, right . Steve i love them. Jimmy this is called dancing for busy people. [ laughter ] none of these people look like theyd be particularly busy. Is that like an old boy . What is that . [ laughter ] what is he so busy with . Lets so what kind of dances they have here. I like a good all right, this ones called the ding dong daddy. Steve come on [ laughter ] you wrote a screenplay about this . Steve yeah, yeah. Jimmy so this is ding dong daddy. Its very easy. Tariq, higgins, if you guys want to do it. Or you at home. This is a fun new dance called the ding dong daddy. Ill give you the description. Steve okay. Jimmy and here we go. All right. So it says intro first of all, wait eight counts. Clap knees twice. Clap hands twice. Slide right hand over left twice, palms down. Slide left hand over right twice. Pound right fist over left fist twice. Pound left fist over right fist twice. Touch palm to left elbow twice. Touch left palm to right elbow twice. Repeat all of the above, one through 16. [ laughter ] make swimming motion with right arm then with left arm. Make swimming motion with both arms twice. Make motion of twirling a lasso with the right arm four times. Twirl lasso with left arm. Make hitchhike motion with right arm, thumb extended, hitchhike motion with left arm. Make motion of catching a fly. Place the fly on opposite hand. Swat the fly and blow it away. [ cheers and applause ] and that is how you do. Come on baby lets do the ding dong daddy jimmy thats all i have for this edition of my do not read list. If you have a book you think should be on our next do not read list, i would like to see it. Send your titles to our blogs at donotread tonightshow. Com. Well be right back with Alex Rodriguez, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] come on baby you know the ding dong daddy so clap your hands twice outta chips. Can someone make a target run . Great idea, sweetie get some more soda. Wed love some cheese dip noooo she likes guacamole. Get low prices, today and every day. Target run done. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec®. Its starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. My bladder leakage was making me feel like i couldnt spend time with my grandson. Now depend fitflex has their fastest absorbing material inside, so it keeps me dry and protected. Go to depend. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy we are joined right now by a world series champion, threetime mvp and 14time major league allstar, who is part of the emmywinning team covering Major League Baseball for fox. Hes also a guest shark this season on shark tank. Their next episode airs sunday at 9 00 p. M. On abc. Please welcome back a a hardworking man, here is Alex Rodriguez [ cheers and applause ] jimmy they love you, buddy. What an amazing crowd. Jimmy they love right . The best crowd. New york city. Jimmy new york city, they love you. You know that. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming back to see us. Last time we talked about you on your Major League Baseball team on fox, during the world series. You were fantastic. Congrats on the emmy. And now today you just got a a new job. This is a big deal. [ cheers and applause ] unemployed to new job. Jimmy unemployed to new job in a matter of, yeah, weeks. No, you do such a good job. Today it was announced, i dont even know how you pulled this off, but youre going to be on espn sunday night baseball. Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. Jimmy thats fantastic. You know, first of all, jimmy, the leaders at fox, eric shanks and john entz, they discovered me. They gave me my first opportunity. And they allowed for this day to really be a groundbreaking day for me. So, im really excited to be working with two major companies, disney and fox. Jimmy i mean, how are you pulling this off . I mean i know. Jimmy this is i mean, its going to be fantastic. I mean, cause youre great at it. And who is the team over at espn . So, we have matt and we have jessica mendoza. Jessica is the first female thats been in the booth doing color on a national platform. And because of her [ cheers and applause ] yeah, this is awesome. Jimmy thats great. Im so excited to be teaming up. Theyre both wildly talented. And because of espn, and because of jessica, maybe my daughters one day get to be in the booth with dad. Jimmy yeah, why not . [ cheers and applause ] that would be cool. That would be fun. I love seeing you in the booth. cause i miss i would go to yankee games and i would root for the yankees, and id root for you. And i remember just like, i dont know, we just didnt click or we didnt gel or something. You would come up to the batting circle and i had really nice seats. I was behind home plate. It was great. And i would go, arod, yo, whats up and you would come out and you would come and have the bat and youd look at me and youd go [ laughter ] and you would go and then id go, what was that about . And then you would hit a home run or something and i go, you have me to thank. I got you hyped up. I got you angry. Ready to go out there and win. You know what happened . This is a true story. I think the night before i watched fever pitch [ laughter ] so i was like jimmy oh, i get it now. I get it now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jimmy now lets talk about shark tank. This is your 20th job. [ light laughter ] how did you get involved with shark cause i love shark tank. You know, its a wonderful job. First of all, its such a great show, because if you think about over the last nine season, over 100 million deployed. Over 10,000 jobs for the u. S. Economy. And in many ways on sunday nights, america gets their mba. Maybe not from Harvard Business school, but from shark tank. And its just been a blast. Jimmy i feel like i would be good at that. But then i make some decisions and i go no. [ light laughter ] now, heres my question jimmy no one would agree with me. Im like, i think they should and they have that. Now, would you be a shark or would you be an entrepreneur . cause i can see you with a lot of ideas. Jimmy i would be the first person to be both. Okay, there you go. [ laughter ] jimmy i would pitch myself the idea then pass on my idea. [ light laughter ] i love it. I love it. I love it. Jimmy i have an idea. I think they should invent, you know, like bearskin rugs . Thats a thing of the past. No more bears getting used as rugs. But a gummy bearskin rug. [ light laughter ] a giant gummy bear with a giant gummy bear head gummy bearskin rug. Ill let you in ground floor. [ cheers and applause ] 60 . I would say jimmy i love you, i like fever pitch. I think its a stupid idea, and for that reason, im out. [ laughter ] jimmy do you feel that way, when you give your criticism . cause you guys are competitive on the show. Oh, yeah. You know, it gets friendly, but then once the game its just like a game, we get competitive. And the girls, theyre nasty. They get tough. Like, barbara and laurie, theyre tough. Jimmy oh, yeah. I always like to partner with the ladies. Barbara and laurie is amazing. Jimmy really . Yes. Oh, theyre smart. Jimmy now coming up, is there something youre like, oh, this is going to be a a gamechanger . Or every i mean, is there something you saw you go like, thats going to be something thats going to be big . You know, i dont focus on the product. A lot of times i bet on the jockey, not on the horse. So im reading body language, background, track record of the entrepreneur. Jimmy see this is why im terrible. I would never be thats why theyd never asked me to go on, because i would be like, i think this is great idea, gummy bearskin rugs . [ light laughter ] i think everyone would have one of those in front of the fireplace. Exactly. [ light laughter ] jimmy i mean, really awful ideas. Ive come up with so many bad ones. You are fantastic and i have a a clip. Heres Alex Rodriguez on this sundays episode of shark tank. Check this out. In 1994, i entered the league as an 18yearold baseball player for the seattle mariners. In the clubhouse, kentucky fried chicken, burger king, mcdonalds. Players were eating this 45 minutes before game time. Today before a game . Cmon. Before the game. Right . Wow. Today we have brown rice, sweet potato, vegetables. The game has changed tremendously. So, i think theres a lot of white space, a lot of opportunity for you in the sports world. Im also in the business of gyms and fitness. I own part of a thousand gyms in 20 countries. So i think with that im going to make you an offer. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy what were they selling . Donuts . A wholefood donut . Something with equipment in the fitness space. Jimmy wow. But they were really cool. They were great entrepreneurs. They were a nice couple. Jimmy i love it, man. I love the show. Im happy youre on. Would you like to have a a hitting contest against a a 22monthold child . [ light laughter ] wow, i would love to. Jimmy you would . Yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about. Alex rodriguez and i are having a hitting contest after the break. 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But were going to need some opponents and we think weve found some good ones. Their names are asher and cory willig and this video of them at batting at a batting cage just went viral. Take a look at this. [ bat crack ] whoa [ bat crack ] nice, bud jimmy hes got it right there, right . Good job jimmy yeah. Fist bump, there you go. Ladies and gentlemen, from lawrenceville, georgia, please welcome cory willig and his 22monthold son asher. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, buddy. Hey, cory, nice to see you. Nice to see you. Jimmy how are you . Thank you for being here. This is alex right here. Hi hi, buddy jimmy what is your name . Asher [ audience aws ] jimmy thats great. Now how old are you . One. Jimmy one . One year old . Oh, my goodness. Asher this is going to be fun. What color is this, asher . Neen. Jimmy its not neen, its blue [ laughter ] blue. Jimmy thats right, blue. All right, here you go. Are you going to hit today . Youre going to hit the ball . Wow. And thats your bat right there . All right, get ready, this is going to be some tough competition right here. [ laughter ] heres how the contest works. Each team will have 30 seconds to see how many soft tosses they can hit out there. And since were up first, i want to make this fair. Since asher is a leftie, youre going to have to hit leftie. And also, youre going to have to use his size bat. [ laughter ] okay. Jimmy here you go, yeah, thats perfect. Youre using ashers look, we have another bat, asher, right here. Hey, jimmy, asher saw me hit my last year, so hes not really intimidated. [ laughter ] so hes good. Jimmy no, hes good. Hes like, this is going to be easy. Jimmy ashers 22months. Alex, how old are you . Im around 500 months. Jimmy there you go, perfect, all right, perfect. 500 months Alex Rodriguez right here. All right, im getting nervous cause im getting im feeling the old i got to go to therapy cause im feeling the glare coming back. All right, here we go. Oh ooh [ audience ohs ] whoa thats why im doing tv now, fellas. [ laughter ] whoa [ cheers ] jimmy sorry, buddy. Sorry, sorry, sorry. [ laughter ] whoa jimmy oh, my goodness. Yes [ cheers ] whoa jimmy getting pelted by arod. This is fantastic. [ cheers ] whoa jimmy oh, this is so fun oh, my god. I could do this all day. Sorry about that. That was my bad. That was my bad. [ buzzer ] i think that was good. [ cheers and applause ] hey, fist bump fist bump eight hits not too shabby thats how you do it right there. Asher, are you ready, buddy . You ready . Come on, ash. You want to go . Daddy jimmy daddy, okay, yeah, daddy is coming im not going to do it. You ready, bud . Jimmy are you going to hit . You ready . Okay. Ready . Here we go. Here. Jimmy get ready, buddy. [ cheers ] [ cheers and applause ] here, bud. [ cheers and applause ] here jimmy yes here, bud. Good job here, ash [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hes unbelievable. Oh here we go. 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Jimmy thank you for being here. Waco premieres tomorrow night. It does. Jimmy this is a big deal for you, because not only do you star in it, but you also produced this as well. I did, yeah. I think any time can you get a a bit more creative control, youre going to take it. Jimmy but its more work. My ego loved it. Jimmy it did, yeah . It loved it. Jimmy its a crazy story though. It is, yeah. Jimmy from what i remember, it was a standoff between david koresh. Yeah, a 51day standoff 25 years ago between david koresh and the Branch Davidians in waco, texas, basically against the atf and the fbi. And it started with a 50minute gunfight more or less jimmy yeah. Where four agents passed and a bunch of davidians did as well. So, its a tragic story. No matter what side, or if you want to take sides. But yeah, and we get to shed some light on this. Jimmy was it tough to get into, david koresh, playing him . Not at all. [ laughter ] jimmy it was easy . So easy. Jimmy yeah, right. I woke up day of jimmy exactly. What are my lines . Jimmy yeah, exactly. Theres a lot of memorizing in there. Yeah. Jimmy unless youre using cue cards, but i mean, theres a lot of sermons and yeah, we i mean, first day was a sermon of joy and what it was or is to be a a davidian. And that was a ninepager. And i think just scripture and everything is hard to kind of wrap your mind around it. You know, i had whiteboards all over the house with the scripture and the monologues and jimmy what did you use for research . Like old tapes from him . Yeah, recruitment tapes. So obviously there are his theres a bunch of his sermons online that you can see. And then the dowdle brothers, who wrote and directed it, sent me just an insane amount of material. And then you get into his backstory of him as a kid, raised seventh day adventist. His mom was 14 when she had him. He had memorized the bible by 17. Jimmy memorized the whole thing . Memorized the bible. Yeah. Jimmy wow, wow, wow. So, its a very enigmatic, complex story. And so is he, you know. So, it was an incredible journey. Amazing cast, mike shannon, paul sparks. Jimmy i love michael shannon. Hes eh. Jimmy hes been on the show a bil i love him so much. [ laughter ] i love him. I do, too. Hes amazing. Truly is, he plays gary noesner, the jimmy he probably helped you with a little levity there. cause hes a very funny oh, yeah. Really jimmy very funny human being. Very romcomy when hes around. [ laughter ] jimmy i wouldnt say hes romcomy, but i think hes funny, man. Hes unbelievable. He is. Hes got great together dry sense of humor. Jinx jimmy jinx besties forever. Oh, what . [ laughter ] jimmy but what do you do as an actor to come down when you do such a serious role like this, and youre like, oh, i just need a break. Do you go to an island somewhere . I get on my motorcycle to be honest. And yeah, so jimmy youre one of those guys . I am one of those guys. [ light laughter ] yeah. Jimmy no, i look up to you. Oh, thank you. Jimmy i have, like, posters of you in my bedroom. Whoa. [ laughter ] those are the ones i sent you though, right . Jimmy yes, you sent them to me. Yeah, thank you for signing them. I appreciate it. No, i would be im a little afraid of going on a a motorcycle. Really . Ill double you. Jimmy yeah . Yeah. Jimmy youd teach me how to do it . No, youd just be on the back. I wont [ laughter ] jimmy i dont think thats the rush, right . Jimmy but where do you go . Do you plan we went through, like, italy and then croatia, the dolomite mountains in italy. Went to montana, Glacier National park to the redwoods, bend, oregon. Amazing places. Jimmy and is it all planned out . Never. No, we dont really plan too much. Its just like literally meet in salt lake and then well just cruise jimmy hit the road. Yeah, you just open the map up and see a tributary, and just take it. And i love that. But it kind of sometimes leads to a bit more improv. Jimmy yeah. Yeah, you know, were in tuscany and like the back road and were like, oh, its going to be amazing. You know an hour into it youre literally in the middle of nowhere. And jimmy youre like, dude, can we drink gasoline and survive . [ light laughter ] and its like, no, we cant drink were going to try it. Jimmy well try a sip of it, yeah. I mean, you also learned i didnt even know david koresh played music. Yeah, he could rip on the guitar and wasnt the greatest singer. But in my humble opinion. Which actually i sing in the show as well, which im perfect for, because im not good, either. Jimmy oh, really . Like, does that make you more nervous than doing the acting part . The singing part . I mean, its funny because i have, like, some amazing musician buddies, and they want to be actors and i want to be a a musician. So, its like you know, it takes a lot of time. You just got to tip the hat to being able to play guitar and sing at the same time. That was a learning experience to say the least. Jimmy kirk is getting there. [ laughter ] yeah, so i hear. Jimmy yeah, hes very, very close. I want to show everyone a clip. Yeah. Jimmy here is Taylor Kitsch in waco. Premieres tomorrow. Take a look at this. Where are you off to . Back to l. A. At this hour . Dont drive through the night. I got to place not far from here where a bunch of us stay with an extra room if you want. Im warning you, it is a hell hole. Nothing fancy. No running water. We built it ourselves. But we play music. And we study. And we live as a family. And its kind of fun. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you look just like him, dude. Wow. Taylor kitsch, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] waco premieres tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. On paramount network. Well be back with clive davis, everybody come on back. [ cheers and applause ] lock its tuition. From your first dream to your first dollar. From between shifts and after hours. From the struggle, to the reckoning. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy it is an honor to have our next guest on the show tonight. Hes been called the man with the golden ear. Hes the chief creative officer of sony music entertainment. Hes a grammywinning producer and hes in the rock and roll hall of fame. Theres a new documentary about his life and career called clive davis the soundtrack of our lives. Its currently available on itunes. Everyone please welcome the one and only, clive davis. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats an intro right there. Thats clive davis were so happy that youre here. Welcome back and we love you. Clive, i love the documentary. I saw it the first day it came out. And just looking at the artists that youve worked with, im just blown away. Thank you. Oh, jimmy what a career. I mean, janis joplin, aretha franklin, whitney houston, alicia keys, barry manilow, grateful dead, miles davis, earth, wind fire, jennifer hudson, santana, billy joel, bruce springsteen. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, its the documentary was insane. Every other second i was like, oh my god, i love that song. Oh, i love that as well. Like, tell me a story about bruce springsteen. Okay, well john hammond and i signed bruce springsteen. Obviously, his lyrics, his story telling, his great imagery. But when he started out, were talking about 45 years ago. He played small clubs. And fastforward about six months later, were at a a Charity Event and the stage as large as radio city. And hes up there singing and im at rehearsal and i go up there and i say, bruce, think about the size of this stage. Youre going to get dwarfed by it. And maybe consistent with what youre writing about. You could go from one side of the stage to the other. Okay. Two years later, i then, by that time, had founded arista records. He was still on columbia, writes me a note, im coming with my new album. Hear my new songs. Come see me at the bottom line. I go down to the bottom line, a a rock club in the city. Jimmy yeah. And there is the springsteen that we all know today. Riveting, compelling, dashing, jumping on tables. I mean im stunned, i cannot believe it. Jimmy your advice was move more. I go backstage, hes there alone in the dressing room. I walk in. He looks up. And he says, clive, did i move around enough for you . [ laughter ] [ applause ] jimmy now hes one of the most famous concerts of all time. Best showman out there. But this documentary, congratulations on it. Because it came out. I just saw it was number one on itunes for like i dont know, still might be number one on itunes. But you just won a critics choice award. Yes. Jimmy youre winning all these awards. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Jimmy thats got to feel good. One of the stories in the documentary, it talks about your famous pregrammy parties. You have the Biggest Party in music every year for as long as i think i can even remember. You were in just knickers then. Jimmy yeah, i was in knickers then. [ light laughter ] but how did that start . How did the grammy parties start . Just because youre in the business and yeah, i got to throw a party . Okay, i start arista records. Our very first record was mandy by barry manilow. Jimmy i own that record. [ cheers and applause ] and it goes straight to number one. Nominated for two grammys. Barry looks at me and he said, where are we going to have our party . Now, traditionally every label has a party the night of the grammys. And i said, you know, if we have it that night, and its just us, well have two tables. At that time, the legendary restaurant chasens in l. A. So i got the idea of doing it the day before. And we did it. Elton john came. Stevie wonder came. John denver came. I knew i was on to something great. So now 42 years later, for the first time in 15 years, were in new york city this saturday night. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and youre throwing the party. I mean, crazy stories has come from this party, but this week youre honoring jayz. Yes. Jimmy and i know this is the hottest ticket. Even to just get an invite from clive davis, which by the way my mailbox is totally ready. [ laughter ] whenever youd like to drop an invite by. Do you know you must know who is performing, but you cant say . You dont say. Well i can say who is performing, but ive got to tell you over the years you see people on stage. Whitney with natalie cole. Lou reed with rod stewart. Alicia keys with aretha. You see performers together you never saw before. We are going to celebrate new york. Were not a slave to the grammy. Yes, there will be young artists. Yes, there will be grammy nominees. But we have some of the most incredible oldtime performers that if you come it will knock your socks off. Jimmy i will be there. Yeah. Are you kidding me . Yeah again, im there if you want me to be there. [ applause ] i want to show a clip from your documentary that shows the significance of your pregrammy party. Heres clive davis the soundtrack of our lives. Take a look at this. Pass the courvoisier what ya gonna tell that brother pass the courvoisier everybody sign it now everyone from all walks of life in the same room. But of course music brings everyone together. It aint me it aint me i aint no millionaires son it aint me it aint me i aint no Fortunate One im looking in this audience right now. I have to bow in the presence of greatness. This will be you and me yes siree eternally huggin and squeezin and kissin and pleasin together forever through rain or whatever yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah theres nobody who can get the whole industry together but clive davis. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy he is the man clive davis, everybody clive davis the soundtrack of our lives is available now on itunes. And well be right back with a a performance from bebe rexha, featuring Florida Georgia Line. Stick around. [ cheers and applause ] at Stanford Health care, we can now repair complex aortic aneurysms without invasive surgery. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. And if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. If we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy she is a talented singer and songwriter, and theyre a multiplatinum duo whose new collaboration is number one on the country chart for the eighth week in a row. Thats what im talking about. [ cheers and applause ] performing meant to be off of the ep all your fault part two, give it up for bebe rexha and Florida Georgia Line [ cheers and applause ] baby lay on back and relax kick your pretty feet up on my dash no need to go nowhere fast lets enjoy right here where we at who knows where this road is supposed to lead we got nothing but time as long as youre right here next to me everythings gonna be all right if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be so wont you ride with me ride with me see where this thing goes if its meant to be itll be itll be baby if its meant to be i dont mean to be so uptight but my hearts been hurt a couple times by a couple guys that didnt treat me right i aint gon lie aint gonna lie cause im tired of the fake love show me what youre made of boy make me believe whoa hold up girl dont you know youre beautiful and its easy to see if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be so wont you ride with me ride with me see where this thing goes if its meant to be itll be itll be baby if its meant to be cmon so cmon ride with me ride with me see where this thing goes wont you ride with me ride with me baby if its meant to be maybe we do maybe we dont maybe we will maybe we wont but if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be if its meant to be itll be itll be baby just let it be so cmon ride with me ride with me see where this thing goes if its meant to be itll be itll be baby if its meant to be if its meant to be itll be itll be baby if its meant to be if its meant to be itll be itll be baby if its meant to be [ cheers and applause ] thank you guys so much. Thank you. Bebe rexha, everybody jimmy oh, my goodness thats how you do it. Thats how you do it, right there standing o. Bebe rexha, Florida Georgia Line [ cheers and applause ] meant to be is out now my thanks to Alex Rodriguez, Taylor Kitsch, clive davis, cory and asher willig, bebe rexha, Florida Georgia Line [ cheers and applause ] thank you guys. Thank you to the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania. [ cheers ] stay tuned for late night with seth meyers. Thank you for watching. Have a great night. I hope to see you tomorrow. Byebye everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in new york, its late night with seth meyers. Tonight michael che and colin jost, musician and producer Jack Antonoff music from ashley mcbryde, featuring the 8g band with brann dailor. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. Seth good evening, everyone. Im seth meyers. This is late night. How is everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] fantastic in that case, lets get to the news. The government reopened last night after a threeday shutdown. And they immediately realized theyd left Mitch Mcconnell there. [ light laughter ]