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David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, film composer, and music executive. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. [1] [2] Foster's career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s [3] before focusing largely on composing and production.
While Foster is primarily known for writing and producing huge, chart-topping hits for megastars, David steps back to his roots, seated at the grand piano and delivers emotional and meaningful piano melodies.
- He played with Chuck Berry, who was an “asshole” to him. Originally hailing from Canada, Foster relocated to London in the mid-Sixties as part of the Strangers, whom he describes as “a clean-cut, horrible dance band.”
- Even when he tried to be a rocker, Foster just wasn’t born to be one. After relocating to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, Foster landed a job as the keyboardist in a Rocky Horror Picture Showstage production, where he met L.A.
- He once tried to tell Neil Young how to sing. In 1985, Foster oversaw “Tears Are Not Enough,” Canada’s answer to “We Are the World”; the benefit single brought together Great White North pop stars old (Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, the Guess Who’s Burton Cummings) and new (Bryan Adams, Loverboy).
- Foster was the Yoko when it came to the Chicago/Peter Cetera breakup. By the time Foster was recruited to produce Chicago in the early Eighties, that once-ubiquitous band had been hitless for years.
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May 17, 2022 · Foster was a frequent collaborator with Earth, Wind and Fire in the late 1970s and early '80s, but his influence is especially prevalent on 1979's I Am, where he was credited on five of the...
Jul 18, 2020 · But when it came to a new documentary about his life and career, David Foster: Off the Record, directed by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich, the 16-time Grammy winner was actually hands off...
Mar 4, 2022 · David Foster is one of the most successful music producers to ever tinkle with a tune, but there's more to this multi-Grammy winner than just the music.
David Foster, a pre-Yes bandmate of the group’s original lead singer, Jon Anderson, who together co-wrote several songs that were released as singles from Yes’ second album, died yesterday (Nov. 2), at 71. The announcement was made today by Yes; the cause of death was not announced.
