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    • 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.
  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_FosterDavid Foster - Wikipedia

    Early years. Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark, discovered by Eirik Wangberg. The song "Wildflower" was a top ten hit in 1973. [3] . When the group disbanded, Foster remained in Los Angeles [8] and, together with Jay Graydon, he formed the band Airplay. In 1975, Foster played on George Harrison 's album Extra Texture.

  2. Jul 1, 2020 · Directed by Barry Avrich, the film allows the multi-award winning producer and songwriter ample opportunity to open up about his life and career, foregoing any unneeded modesty in the process.

  3. With more than half a billion records sold, David Foster — who has worked with greats like Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston — has had a fascinating career and a wild life....

  4. 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. In his own words, Foster talks about his lifelong passion of the piano. “A lifelong passion began for me as a child sitting at the piano.

  5. Mar 4, 2022 · Fans of reality TV may have first gotten to know David Foster thanks to The Princes of Malibu, which focused on the lives of his former step-sons (and the sons of former Keeping Up with the ...

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  7. 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 when...