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David Foster
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Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 128
Top works
- Baker Street
- Scientific Angler - Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling
- In Heaven and in Earth
- Iron Fists of Ned Kelly
- Death Reveals All
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Film & TV
Sound · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Often in tandem with songwriter Diane Warren,[4] Foster has contributed to material for prominent…
Known for
- Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart — Self2026
- Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
- Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration — Self2024
- Christmas with Andrea Bocelli & Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special2024
- David Foster's EGGGPAA — Self2022
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self2020
- David Foster: Off the Record — Self2019
- The Masked Singer — Self2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1949
Discography
- The Best of Me1983
- David Foster1986
- The Symphony Sessions1988
- Time Passing1989
- River of Love1990
- Rechordings1991
- The Christmas Album1993
- Love Lights the World1994
- Love Lights The World1994
- A Touch of China1996
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 120,275
- Total plays
- 873,396
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David Foster, OC, OBC, LL.D. born November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is a multi Grammy Award winning musician, producer, composer and arranger. David Foster was part of the group Skylark whose song "Wildflower" was a huge hit in 1972. He has worked with Clay Aiken, Josh Groban, Katharine McPhee, Céline Dion, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, The Corrs, George Harrison, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Filippa Giordano, Laura Pausini <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+Fos
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,086x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,608x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,983x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,990x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,024x
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Key facts
- Born
- David Walter Foster , ( 1949-11-01 ) November 1, 1949 (age 76) , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada United States
- Occupations
- Record producer composer songwriter arranger musician
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Genres
- Pop rock gospel R&B
- Instruments
- Synthesizers keyboards vocals
- Labels
- Verve Reprise 143 Atlantic
- Formerly of
- The Strangers Skylark Attitudes Airplay
- Website
- davidfoster .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.davidfoster.com
- Image
- David Foster by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- date of birth
- 1949-11-01
- Commons category
- David Foster
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- social media followers
- 371000
- birth name
- David Walter Foster
- name in native language
- David Foster
- P12674
- Max Heinze
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Article
David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian and American record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 45 nominations across four decades (the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s). Across the last fifty years, Foster has composed and produced some of the most successful songs of each decade, with multiple songs reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and other individual genre charts.. He has also been nominated three times in the Best Original song category at the Academy Awards.
Foster has contributed to material for prominent music industry artists across various genres. Some of the notable songs he has been involved with include: "I Will Always Love You," "I Have Nothing," "The Prayer," "After the Love Has Gone," "Hard to Say I'm Sorry," "Hard Habit to Break," "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)," "Glory of Love," "Winter Games," "Grown-Up Christmas List," "Best of Me," "Look What You've Done to Me," "She's a Beauty", "Somewhere," and “Wildflower.”