David Foster Biography
David Foster born David Walter Foster, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger.He was born on November 1, 1949 was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of a maintenance yard superintendent Maurice Foster and a homemaker Eleanor May Foster.
In 1963, at the age of 13, he enrolled in the University of Washington music program. In 1966, he joined a backup band for Chuck Berry. In his teens, he moved to England with the Victoria rock band, the Strangers, and then back to Toronto where he played with Ronnie Hawkins In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles with his band Skylark.
David Foster Career
Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark, discovered by Eirik Wangberg.In 1973 . When the band disbanded, he remained in Los Angeles and together with Jay Graydon he formed the band Airplay, whose album of the same name is often labeled as important within the west coast AOR genre. He played on George Harrison’s album Extra Texture ,in 1975. He followed that up by playing the Fender Rhodes and clavinet on Harrison’s album Thirty Three & 1/3 a year later. In 1976 Foster joined Guthrie Thomas on Thomas’ 2nd Capitol Records album, “Lies and Alibis,” with Ringo Starr and a host of many other famed performers. Foster was a major contributor to the 1979 Earth, Wind and Fire album I Am, both as a studio player and arranger, as well as being a co writer on six of the album’s tracks. The most noteworthy being the song “After the Love Has Gone” for which Foster, and his co writers Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin, won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
Foster worked as an album producer on albums for The Tubes: 1981’s The Completion Backward Principle, and 1983’s Outside Inside. Foster co wrote such songs as “Talk to Ya Later”, the Top 40 hit “Don’t Want to Wait Anymore,” and the number 10 US hit “She’s a Beauty”. The 1980 Boz Scaggs album Middle Man saw Foster co write and play keyboard on some of Scaggs most successful songs, including “Breakdown Dead Ahead”, “Jojo”, and “Simone”, followed by “Look What You’ve Done to Me” from Urban Cowboy.
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Foster was a major contributor to Chicago’s career in the early and middle 1980s, having worked as the band’s producer on Chicago 16 (1982), their biggest-selling multi-platinum album Chicago 17 (1984), and Chicago 18 (1986). As was typical of his producing projects from this time period, Foster was a co writer on songs such as the US Chart No. 1 hit “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”, “Love Me Tomorrow” (US No. 22), “Stay the Night” (US No. 16), and “You’re the Inspiration” (US No. 3). These four songs were co written with the band’s lead vocalist Peter Cetera. Foster also helped Cetera co write (along with Cetera’s wife Diane Nini) his US No. 1 solo hit “Glory of Love” in 1986. Foster co wrote Kenny Loggins songs “Forever” (US No. 40), from the 1985 album Vox Humana, and “Heart to Heart” (US No. 15), from the 1982 album High Adventure. Foster also worked with Country singer Kenny Rogers on the hit albums What About Me? (1984) and The Heart of the Matter (1985), both issued by RCA; the latter of which featured “The Best of Me” a song co-written by Richard Marx that was covered by Cliff Richard in 1989, resulting in a number-two UK hit.
In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the “master of … bombastic pop kitsch”. That year, Foster composed the score for the film St. Elmo’s Fire, including the instrumental “Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire”, which hit No. 15 on the US pop charts. Another song from the film, “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)”, recorded by John Parr, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985. In the following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including for the Michael J. Fox comedy The Secret of My Success (1987), which featured a song co-written by Foster titled “The Price of Love”, a track of which was performed by Roger Daltrey from the album Can’t Wait to See the Movie which Foster also produced, and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon film Stealing Home, both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song “I Have Nothing”, sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard; the couple also appeared in the film’s Oscars scene as the conductor and an Academy member.
Foster composed “Winter Games”, the theme song for 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. “Winter Games” is also the soundtrack for fountain shows at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas. In 1995, Foster signed a deal with Warner Brothers that enabled him to set up his own boutique label, 143 Records, as a joint venture with Warner. Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet. One of the label’s first signings was a then-little known Irish folk-rock band, The Corrs, for whom he produced their debut album. By the year 1997,Foster had come to the realisation that, in the American market at least, “logo labels” like 143 were in a “bad spot” and, as a result, Foster sold the label back to Warner and became a senior vice-president at the corporation. Foster, along with Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, composed “The Power of the Dream”, the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Foster produced major-label debut albums for Josh Groban in 2001, Michael Bublé in 2003, Renee Olstead in 2004, and Charice in 2010, which were released under his 143 Records. Foster collaborated with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record English-language, French-language, and bilingual (French/English) versions of the Canadian national anthem, “O Canada”, for a promotion of the Canadian government. Foster, with his then-wife Thompson, composed “Light the Fire Within”, sung by LeAnn Rimes for the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2003, Foster won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for The Concert for World Children’s Day. His song, “I Will Be There With You” (sung with Katharine McPhee), has been used by Japan Airlines to promote the introduction of new aircraft to its US flights.
The 2001 film, The Score, starring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, features a Diana Krall recording, “I’ll Make it Up as I Go”. This song, which accompanies the film’s ending credits, was composed by David Foster (together with his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies), and was used in the film.
Foster, his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies, and Beyoncé wrote “Stand Up For Love” as the anthem to the World Children’s Day, an annual worldwide event to raise awareness and funds for children’s causes, in 2005. Over the years, more than $50 million has been raised to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children’s organizations. In 2009, it was revealed,by whom? that Foster had worked with songwriter Diane Warren to produce records for Whitney Houston’s upcoming album, and her comeback single would be the Foster-produced “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength”.
On the 15th December , 2011, it was confirmed that Foster would become the Chairman of Verve Music Group.Foster produced Mary J. Blige’s first Christmas album A Mary Christmas released October 15. The album includes 12 classics such as swing-styled “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” it also features artists such as: Marc Anthony, Jessie J, The Clark Sisters, Barbra Streisand, and Chris Botti. Foster produced Andrea Bocelli album, Passione, released in January. The album is a collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, and a virtual duet with Edith Piaf.Foster left Verve in 2016 in a label reorganization.
David Foster Dating
David Foster, 68, and Katharine McPhee, 33, enjoyed a rare red carpet appearance at Elton John’s annual Academy Awards Viewing Party together in Los Angeles on Sunday. They went public with their relationship last year after friendship turned to romance.
David Foster Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be around $30 million.
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David Foster Dating
David Foster, 68, and Katharine McPhee, 33, enjoyed a rare red carpet appearance at Elton John’s annual Academy Awards Viewing Party together in Los Angeles on Sunday. They went public with their relationship last year after friendship turned to romance.
David Foster Personal life
He has married four times , his first married singer/writer B.J. Cook, his second wife Rebecca Dyer on October 27, 1982 and divorced in 1986, they have three daughters.His third wife, actress Linda Thompson, in 1991 and divorced in 2005. He finally married Dutch model Yolanda Hadid in Beverly Hills, California on November 11, 2011, in an 11/11/11-themed ceremony On December 1, 2015. Foster announced that after four years of marriage and nine years together, he and Yolanda had made the decision to divorce. The divorce was finalized on May 2017, he has five biological daughters and seven grandchildren,4 girls, 3 boys.
David Foster Children
His first child, Allison Jones Foster,was born in 1970, she is from a previous relationship when David was 20, others are Sara Foster, Erin Foster, Gary Foster, Jordan Foster, Allison Jones Foster.
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David Foster Wallace Books
- Infinite Jest
- This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays - String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
- The Pale King
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Oblivion: Stories
- The Broom of the System: A Novel
- Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
- The David Foster Wallace Reader
- Girl With Curious Hair
- Both Flesh and Not: Essays
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
- Signifying Rappers
- The Last Interview Expanded with New Introduction: and Other Conversations
- McCain’s Promise
- The Last Interview:
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again:
- Everything and More:
- David Foster Wallace: This Is Water
- Unendlicher Spaß
- Oblivion
- Signifying Rappers
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Consider The Lobster
- The David Foster Wallace Reader
- Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All
- Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All
- Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache
- Grand Street 55
- Schrecklich amüsant
- Schrecklich amüsant – aber in Zukunft ohne mich
- Tennis, tv, trigonometria, tornado
- La scopa del sistema
- Der große rote Sohn
- Das hier ist Wasser / This is water
- Una cosa divertente che non farò mai più
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
- Der bleiche König
- Das hier ist Wasser
- Alles ist grün
- Oblivion
- Pale King by David Foster Wallace
- Signifying Rappers by David Foster Wallace
- Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
- Infinite Jest
David Foster Songs
- After The Love Has Gone
- Because You Loved Me
- Bi-Coastal
- Earth Song
- Forever
- From The Inside
- Glory Of Love
- Hard Habit To Break
- Hard to Say I’m Sorry
- Hold Me ‘Til The Morning Comes
- I Didn’t Know My Own Strength
- I Swear
- I Will Always Love You
- I’m Alive
- In The Stone
- Jojo
- Mornin’
- Note to God
- Red-Suited Super Man
- She’s A Beauty
- Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)
- Stay The Night
- Talk To Ya Later
- The Prayer
- The Real Thing
- Through The Fire
- Un-Break My Heart
- Voices That Care
- Weight Of My Mistakes
- Who’s Holding Donna Now
- You’ll See
- You’re the Inspiration
David Foster Concert
- Friday 03 August 2018
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The Colosseum, Caesar’s Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada - Monday 13 August 2018
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The Newmark Theatre, Portland, OR,
David Foster House
Foster House
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Yolanda Foster sold their Malibu mansion for $19.45 million. Last listed at $23.5 million, the couple first floated the 3.25-acre estate off market in the fall of 2013, before it was officially hoisted on the open market in early 2014, with an in-hindsight chimerical $27.5 million price tag.
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David Foster Wallace Essays
- “All That”
- “An Interval”
- “Asset”
- “Backbone”
- “Big Red Son”
- “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men”
David Foster Grammys
- 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2010)
Win
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Crazy Love - 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2009)z
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
A Change Is Gonna Come - 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2007)
Wins
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Call Me Irresponsible - 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2005)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
Can’t Buy Me Love - 47TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2004)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
Summertime - 42ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1999)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
The Prayer (Track) - 39TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1996)
Wins
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Falling Into You
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
When I Fall In Love
Nominations
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Because You Loved Me (Theme From “Up Close And Personal”) (Track)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Producer Of The Year - 38TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1995)
Nominations
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
History Past, Present And Future Book I (Album) - 37TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1994)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
I’ve Got A Crush On You (Track)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Producer Of The Year - 36TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1993)
Wins
RECORD OF THE YEAR
I Will Always Love You
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack Album
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
When I Fall In Love
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Nominations
BEST SONG WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR FOR TELEVISION
I Have Nothing (From The Bodyguard)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
I Have Nothing (Single)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
Some Enchanted Evening (Track) - 34TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1991)
Wins
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Unforgettable
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Unforgettable With Love
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON CLASSICAL) - 31ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1988)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION (OTHER THAN JAZZ)
Winter Games (Track)
BEST PERFORMANCE MUSIC VIDEO
The Symphony Sessions (Video) - 29TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1986)
Wins
PRESIDENT’S MERIT AWARD (MICHAEL GREENE, PRES.)
(president’s Merit Award)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALS
Somewhere
Nominations
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE (ORCHESTRA, GROUP OR SOLOIST)
David Foster (Album)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Producer Of The Year - 28TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1985)
Nominations
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE (ORCHESTRA, GROUP OR SOLOIST)
Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire (Single)
BEST RHYTHM & BLUES SONG
Through The Fire (Single)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire (Single)
BEST ALBUM OF ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR A TELEVISION SPECIAL
St. Elmo’s Fire (Album)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
Through The Fire (Single)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Producer Of The Year - 27TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1984)
Wins
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
Hard Habit To Break
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Nominations
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Hard Habit To Break (Single)
BEST ALBUM OF ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR TELEVISION SPECIAL
Ghostbusters (Album)
BEST VOCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO OR MORE VOICES
Hard Habit To Break (Track)
BEST VOCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO OR MORE VOICES
What About Me? (Track)
26TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1983)
Nominations
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCAL(S)
Mornin’ (Track) - 25TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1982)
Wins
BEST CAST SHOW ALBUM
Dreamgirls
Nominations
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Producer Of The Year - 23RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1980)
Nominations
BEST ALBUM OF ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE OR A TELEVISION SPECIAL
Urban Cowboy (Album) - 22ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1979)
Wins
BEST RHYTHM & BLUES SONG
After The Love Has Gone
Nominations
SONG OF THE YEAR
After The Love Has Gone (Single)
BEST ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
After The Love Has Gone
David Foster News
David Foster Is Not Planning on Marrying Katharine McPhee
Updated:Wed., Jan. 10, 2018
While David Foster and Katharine McPhee are enjoying their May/December relationship right now, don’t expect wedding bells in the near future.
A source tells E! News that the musical duo, who just can’t keep their hands off each other, isn’t talking about marriage anytime soon, but they are “enjoying the bond that they share right now.”
The insider also says that, “Their relationship is very healthy and in a good place.”
Despite already walking down the aisle four times, the source says that, “David has not shown any interest in getting married again. He hasn’t discounted how he feels about Katherine but there are no plans for them to even get engaged anytime soon.”
The source also made it clear that Katharine wasn’t pushing to get married, in fact the couple is “content” where they are.
Luckily everyone seems to have a good sense of humor about the marrying man, who split from his fourth wife Yolanda Hadid in December 2015.
“David’s daughters joke that their father would indeed require a strict prenup for his fifth marriage,” said the insider.
David has eight children, five of which are daughters.
The source also admitted, “No one sees him walking down the aisle again and it has not been a discussion.”
Source:https://www.eonline.com