David Foster

 

 David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (conceived November 1, 1949), is a Canadian performer, author, arranger, record maker, and music official. He has been a maker for performers including Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli, Toni Braxton, Michael Bublé, Peter Cetera, Chicago, John Parr, Natalie Cole, Alice Cooper, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Josh Groban, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Jennifer Lopez, Cheryl Lynn, Air Supply, Madonna, Olivia Newton-John, Brandy Norwood, Kenny Rogers, Seal, Blake Shelton, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Evancho, Donna Summer, The Corrs, and Jake Zyrus. Cultivate has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 assignments. He was the director of Verve Records from 2012 to 2016
Early life and profession

Cultivate was conceived in Victoria, British Columbia, the child of Maurice (Maury) Foster, a support yard director, and Eleanor May (Vantreight) Foster, a homemaker In 1963, at 13 years old, he took a crack at the University of Washington music program. In 1965 he tried out to lead the band in an Edmonton dance club possessed by notable jazz performer Tommy Banks. Tommy coached David in jazz, delivering records, and music business. Following a year there, he chose to move to Toronto to play with Ronnie Hawkins. In 1966, he joined a reinforcement band for Chuck Berry. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles with his band Skylark.

Vocation
1971–1999

Encourage was a keyboardist for the pop gathering Skylark, found by Eirik Wangberg. The band's melody "Wildflower" was a best ten hit in 1973.[8] When the band disbanded, Foster stayed in Los Angeles[6] and along with Jay Graydon, he shaped the band Airplay, whose collection of a similar name is frequently named as significant inside the west coast AOR type. In 1975, he played on George Harrison's collection Extra Texture. He followed that up by playing the Fender Rhodes and clavinet on Harrison's collection Thirty-Three and 1/3 every year later. In 1976 Foster joined Guthrie Thomas on Thomas' subsequent Capitol Records collection, Lies and Alibis, with Ringo Starr and a large group of numerous other acclaimed entertainers. Cultivate was a significant supporter of the 1979 Earth, Wind, and Fire collection I Am, as a studio player and arranger, just as being a co-essayist on six of the collection's tracks. The most critical being the tune "After the Love Has Gone", for which Foster and his co-scholars, Graydon and Bill Champlin, won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
Cultivate functioned as a collection maker on collections for The Tubes: 1981's The Completion Backward Principle, and 1983's Outside Inside. Cultivate cowrote such tunes as "Converse with Ya Later" co-composed with Tubes and Steve Lukather from Toto, the Top 40 hit "Would prefer Not to Wait Anymore," and the number 10 US hit "She's a Beauty". The 1980 Boz Scaggs collection Middle Man saw Foster cowrite and play the console on a portion of Scaggs' best melodies, including "Breakdown Dead Ahead", "Jojo", and "Simone", trailed by "Look What You've Done to Me" from the film Urban Cowboy.
Encourage was a significant supporter of Chicago's profession in the early and center 1980s, having functioned as the band's maker on Chicago 16 (1982), their greatest selling multi-platinum collection Chicago 17 (1984), and Chicago 18 (1986). As was common of his creating ventures from this timeframe, Foster was a co-writer on melodies, for example, the US Chart No. 1 hit "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", "Love Me Tomorrow" (US No. 22), "Remain the Night" (US No. 16), and "No doubt about it" (US No. 3). These four melodies were co-written with the band's bassist Peter Cetera. Encourage additionally helped Cetera co-compose (alongside Cetera's significant other Diane Nini) his US No. 1 performance hit "Magnificence of Love" in 1986. Encourage cowrote Kenny Loggins' tunes "Everlastingly" (US No. 40), from the 1985 collection Vox Humana, and "Heart to Heart" (US No. 15), from the 1982 collection High Adventure. Cultivate additionally worked with nation vocalist Kenny Rogers on the hit collections What About Me? (1984) and The Heart of the Matter (1985), the last of which highlighted "The Best of Me" a tune co-composed by Richard Marx that was canvassed by Cliff Richard in 1989, bringing about a number-two UK hit.
In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "ace of ... pretentious pop kitsch".[9] That year, Foster made 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 diagrams. Another tune 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 next years, Foster kept turning out infrequent film scores, including for the Michael J. Fox satire The Secret of My Success (1987), which included a melody co-composed by Foster named "The Price of Love", a track of which was performed by Roger Daltrey from the collection Can't-Wait to See the Movie, which Foster likewise delivered, and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon film Stealing Home, the two of which generated soundtrack collections with conspicuous Foster-wrote commitments. He teamed up with then-spouse Linda Thompson on the tune "I don't have anything", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard; the couple additionally showed up in the film's Oscars scene as the conductor and an Academy part. In 1985 Foster additionally co-composed and delivered "Tears are Not Enough", which arrived at the top 15 status. It was delivered by Foster and recorded by a gathering of Canadian craftsmen, for example, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bryan Adams, and others in comparative style to the UK's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the US's "We are the World".
Cultivate made "Winter Games", the signature melody for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. "Winter Games" is additionally the soundtrack for wellspring appears at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas.
In 1995, Foster marked an arrangement with Warner Brothers that empowered him to set up his boutique name, 143 Records, as a joint endeavor with Warner. Cultivate gave the duty regarding running the mark to then administrator Brian Avnet One of the name's first signings was a then-generally secret Irish society musical gang, The Corrs, for whom he delivered their introduction collection. By 1997, Foster had gone to the acknowledgment that, in the American market at any rate, "logo names" like 143 were in a "terrible spot" and, accordingly, Foster sold the name back to Warner and turned into a senior VP at the corporationFoster, alongside Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, created "The Power of the Dream", the official tune of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Encourage additionally delivered the Diane Warren tunes "Un-Break My Heart" sung by Toni Braxton, "In light of the fact that You Loved Me" sung by Celine Dion, and "Have You Ever?" sung by Brandy.

Cultivate created major-mark debut collections for Josh Groban (2001), Michael Bublé (2003)Renee Olstead (2004), and Charice (2010), which were discharged under his 143 Records
In 2001, Foster teamed up with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record English-language, French-language, and bilingual (French/English) forms of the Canadian national song of praise, "O Canada", for an advancement of the Canadian government. Cultivate, with his then-spouse Thompson, created "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 tune, "I Will Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee), has been utilized by Japan Airlines to advance the acquaintance of a new airplane with its US flights.
The 2001 film, The Score, featuring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, highlights a Diana Krall recording, "I'll Make it Up as I Go". This melody, which goes with the film's consummation credits, was created by David Foster (along with his little girl Amy Foster-Gilles), and was utilized in the film
In 2005, Foster, his girl Amy Foster-Gillies, and Beyoncé expressed "Go to bat for Love" as the song of devotion to the World Children's Day, a yearly overall occasion to bring issues to light and assets for youngsters' causes. Throughout the years, more than $50 million has been raised to profit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other youngsters' associations.
Cultivate talking in a service for Andrea Bocelli at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2010
In 2008, Foster held a one-night show called Hitman: David Foster and Friends at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas including Foster directing the all-important focal point at the console, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Katharine McPhee, Celine Dion, Blake Shelton, Brian McKnight, and Charice. Denoting his expansion ible 35-year vocation, this offers fabulous execution of tunes composed by or potentially delivered by him. Different features go from early hits like St. Elmo's Fire Love Theme, reviewed here by Kenny G; and "Man in Motion," performed by American Idol cutie Michael Johns, through foot stompin' disco with Cheryl Lynn "Must Be Real," to the neo-jazz swing of Michael Bublé's "Feeling Better. The 16-year-old capable artist from the Philippines, Charice who is known for her appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show has certainly taken that night by amazingly playing out Houston's hit: "I Will Always Love You" and "I don't have anything".

In 2009, it was uncovered by musician Diane Warren that she had worked with Foster to create tracks for Whitney Houston's up and coming collection and the vocalist's rebound single would be the Foster-delivered "I Didn't Know My Strength"

On December 15, 2011, it was affirmed that Foster would turn into the Chairman of Verve Music Group.
In 2013, Foster created Mary J. Blige's first Christmas collection A Mary Christmas discharged October 15. The collection incorporates 12 works of art, for example, swing-styled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" it additionally includes specialists, Marc Anthony, Jessie J, The Clark Sisters, Barbra Streisand, and Chris Botti. Cultivate created Andrea Bocelli's collection, Passione, discharged in January. The collection is an assortment of Mediterranean love melodies including two-part harmonies with Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, and a virtual two-part harmony with Edith Piaf
Encourage additionally delivered a collection with Bryan Adams called Tracks of My Years discharged in 2014

Encourage left Verve in 2016 of every a name rearrangement.

Cultivate has been composing a melodic about Betty Boop with Susan Birkenhead, alongside a melodic with Jewel, given Amy Bloom's tale Lucky Us.
In 1993, Foster went to Indonesia to record the TV show David Foster's Twilight Orchestra on the national TV slot RCTI. In mid-2001, Foster showed up in Popstars, a WB reality arrangement planned for thinking of the following young lady gathering. The outcome was Eden's Crush (highlighting Nicole Scherzinger). Cultivate and Linda Thompson composed and created a few tunes on their collection.

In 2005, his and Linda Thompson's home life was highlighted in a Fox-arranged unscripted television appear, The Princes of Malibu, in which he endeavored to show his ruined stepsons, Brandon and Brody Jenner – the offspring of Thompson and Olympian Bruce Jenner – to fix their lives up and win their specific manner.

In late April 2006, he showed up as a visiting tutor on American Idol and as a visitor judge on Nashville Star In 2006, he was an adjudicator on the FOX TV show Celebrity Duets and showed up on Star Tomorrow, for which tryouts were held in Los Angeles and New York for unfamiliar ability.

Cultivate in September 2012
In July 2006, Foster showed up on The View as Star Jones' vocal mentor. In August 2006, he was the melodic executive for JCPenney Jam's "The Concert For American Kids". Likewise in 2006, Foster was highlighted in Under the Desert Sky, Andrea Bocelli's live collection and DVD of a pop show held in Las Vegas. In 2007, Foster was included in Bocelli's Vivere Live in Tuscany, a live collection and DVD of a pop show performed at Bocelli's Teatro del Silenzio in Lajatico, Tuscany in July. In November 2007, Foster showed up in The Oprah Winfrey Show's yearly "Most loved Things" scene, performing with Josh Groban.

In September 2008, artist Charice joined Foster on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Celine Dion using satellite; and on October 31, he and Andrea Bocelli showed up on Oprah again together, where he expressed that Bocelli was his "most loved artist on earth".

In December 2008, Foster was included in a PBS exceptional named Hit Man: David Foster and Friends, a show highlighting live exhibitions by Foster and various entertainers

Later in 2011, he was included in Andrea Bocelli's live collection, Concerto: One Night in Central Park (otherwise called Live in Central Park) and in Bocelli's four PBS Specials. Bocelli additionally performed during Foster's Hit Man unique

In late 2012, Foster showed up in a scene of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. His better half, Yolanda Foster, was added to the cast of season three of the unscripted television appear.

In 2015, Foster joined the board of judges for Asia's Got Talent.[32] In 2017 and 2019, he returned as a judge with Anggun, Mel C, and Vanness Wu for the subsequent season and third season with Anggun and Jay Park.

In 2019, PBS Hosted "An Intimate Evening with David Foster", which was likewise offered to watchers as a DVD, and accessible to general society on CD, and download. The show incorporated his better half Katherine McPhee, tenor Fernando Varela, Pia Toscano, Loren Allred, and Shelia.
Christmas collection creations

Encourage has delivered numerous top of the line Christmas collections. He delivered Celine Dion's These Are Special Times (1998), Josh Groban's Noël (2007), Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas (2009), Michael Bublé's Christmas (2011), Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby (2012), Mary J. Blige's A Mary Christmas (2013), and Jordan Smith's 'Tis the Season (2016). Along these lines, he has delivered the top of the line Christmas collections of 1998, 2007the – 09, and 2011–12. Four of these collections rank among the best fifteen top-rated Christmas collections ever. Cultivate is additionally credited with forming the "Grown-Up Christmas List" (1990).

Generosity
Encourage made the David Foster Foundation, which underpins youngsters needing clinical transplants Foster is likewise an impassioned supporter of Israel, fund-raising for their military at pledge drives as of late as 2018.

In the Juno Awards 2019, David Foster was regarded for his generous work because of his establishment providing cash to a good cause and Canadian families needing life sparing transplants.

Individual life

Encourage has been hitched multiple times and has five natural little girls and seven grandkids. His first youngster, Allison Jones Foster (b. 1970), was conceived when David was 20. He set her for the reception and reconnected with her when she was 30.[38] His first marriage was to artist and author B.J. Cook.[39] Cook and Foster had one little girl together, Amy Skylark (b. 1973), a lyricist and author.[39]

He wedded his subsequent spouse, Rebecca Dyer, on October 27, 1982, and they separated in 1986.[40] They had three little girls: Sara (b. 1981), Erin (b. 1982), and Jordan. Encourage is the dad-in-law of previous expert tennis player Tommy Haas, who is hitched to Sara.

He wedded his third spouse, entertainer Linda Thompson, in 1991 and separated in 2005. The two turned into a songwriting group, teaming up on a few tunes, including "I don't have anything", performed by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard (1992), and "Grown-Up Christmas List" Foster was stepfather to Brody and Brandon Jenner (Linda's children with Caitlyn Jenner), who both grew up living in his Malibu home. Both Jenner young men did a brief TV unscripted TV drama called The Princes of Malibu at Foster and Thompson's home, featuring themselves, Thompson, and Foster.
In 1992, Foster was driving a Chevrolet Suburban on the Pacific Coast Highway when he struck entertainer and artist Ben Vereen, who was strolling along the roadway close to his Malibu home. Vereen was harmed, yet recouped in the wake of experiencing physical recovery

Encourage wedded his fourth spouse, Dutch model Yolanda Hadid in Beverly Hills, California, on November 11, 2011. David had three stepchildren from Yolanda Foster's past union with Mohamed Hadid:, Gigi (b. 1995), Bella (b. 1996), and Anwar (b. 1999). On December 1, 2015, Foster declared that following four years of marriage and nine years together, he and Yolanda had settled on the choice to separate from The separation was concluded in May 2017.

In June 2018, Foster got drew into Katharine McPhee of American Idol notoriety On June 28, 2019, Foster and McPhee wedded at the Armenian Church of St Yeghiche, South Kensington in London
His sister, maker Jaymes Foster, is the mother of Clay Aiken's child, Parker Foster Aiken He is a cousin of race vehicle driver Billy Foster.