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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.
- Education and Early Career
- Producer and Songwriter
- Film and Television
- Record Label Positions
- Pianist and Performer
- Foster’s Own Recordings
- Personal Life
- Charity Work and Philanthropy
- Honours
- Legacy
David Foster grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, with six sisters. His father was an occasional amateur church organist. Foster began playing piano at age four with teacher Catherine Dash, and it was soon discovered that he had perfect pitch. He learned to play other instruments from high school music teacher Bob Bergeson. In his teens, Foster f...
In 1979, Foster undertook a career as a record producer. He quickly became known for taking a hands-on role in the studio, often co-writing or arranging material. The first of Foster’s dozens of hit records as a producer and/or songwriter was the Earth, Wind & Fire smash hit “After the Love Is Gone” (1979). Some of the No. 1 hits he produced includ...
In addition to producing albums, Foster wrote the score for such films as St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987) starring Michael J. Fox, Stealing Home (1988) and One Good Cop (1991). He also contributed songs to such movies as Urban Cowboy (1980), Night Shift (1982) and Ghostbusters (1984). He received Academy Award nominations fo...
In 1994, Foster became vice-president of Atlantic Records (part of the Warner Music Group). It was in this position that he signed Irish supergroup The Corrs and guided them to multi-platinum success. He also produced All-4-One’s international No. 1 hit song “I Swear.” Soon after, he formed the production company 143 Records. In 1997, he was appoin...
Although Foster was a keyboardist in bands and as a studio session musician, his first experience performing live as a soloist was as a guest artist at a Kenny Loggins concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 1985. Foster went on to perform his own occasional concerts and recordings, appearing in concert at Expo 86 and playing with the Vancouver Sympho...
Under his own name, Foster has recorded several albums of instrumentals and songs: The Best of Me (1982), David Foster (1986), The Symphony Sessions (1987) and River of Love (1990). A vocal duet with Olivia Newton-John, “The Best of Me,” was popular in 1986. He won the Juno Award for Instrumental Artist of the Year in 1986, 1987 and 1989. His rousi...
Foster was married to singer and Skylark co-member B.J. Cook from 1972 to 1981. They had one child together. He was then married to Rebecca Dyer from 1982 to 1986 and had three children with her. He wed his songwriting partner Linda Thompson in 1991. They divorced in 2005. He was then married to actor and model Yolanda Hadid from 2011 to 2017. In J...
David Foster formed a charitable foundation in British Columbia for children in need of medical transplants. He has hosted, produced or directed numerous benefit concerts including annual concerts for tennis star Andre Agassi. The David Foster Foundation Theatre at Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria opened in 2013. He received the Humanitarian Award f...
David Foster’s influence on pop music and songwriters in North America and abroad has been acknowledged by major music industry associations. He was named Billboard’s top singles producer and R&B producer in 1993, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Famein 1998 and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2007. He was named a BMI Ic...
David Foster ranks among the most commercially successful and influential pop-music producers of all time. He has successfully maintained that status even as the public’s tastes and pop-music styles have changed. The great commercial success of his music has earned him the nickname “the Hit Man.” A 1995 Time magazine article called Foster “the real...
David Foster was born on November 1, 1949, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, as the only son of Maurice (Morry) Foster and Eleanor May Foster, née Vantreight. He has five sisters: Jaymes, Ruth, Jeanie, Maureen, and Marylou. His father worked as a maintenance yard superintendent to support their big family while his mother stayed at home ...
5 days ago · “Not all songs have a story,” David Foster says. “But these five do.” He would know: In a career that stretches across more than half a century — and which took him from his native ...
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.
May 17, 2022 · Tubes frontman Fee Waybill credits Foster with saving the band. "If it hadn't have been for David Foster, we would have been done in 1980," he told the San Francisco Herald in 2001. "After we got ...
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Jul 1, 2020 · Here are eight of the most fascinating things we learned. 1. He played with Chuck Berry, who was an “asshole” to him. Originally hailing from Canada, Foster relocated to London in the mid ...
