David Foster Biography, Net Worth, Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Fact, and More

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David Foster is a Canadian musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and music executive. He was nominated for Grammy Awards 47 times and won 16 Grammy Awards. He began his career as a keyboardist in a pop group named Skylark in the early 1970s.

David Foster Biography And Net Worth

Net Worth $150 M

Full Name David Walter Foster

Birth Date 1 November 1949

Age 72 years

Birthplace Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Profession Musician, record producer, composer, arranger, and music executive.

Wife B.J. Cook, Rebecca Dyer, Linda Thompson, Yolanda Hadid, Katharine McPhee

David Foster Early Life

David Foster was born on 1 November 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His father was an office worker, and his mother was a homemaker. He joined the University of Washington music program in 1963. In 1965, he auditioned for a lead in a band owned by Tommy Banks. David Foster produced records and handled the music business. He left the band after a year and joined Ronnie Hawkins in Toronto. In 1966, he joined the band Chuck Berry and in 1974 he joined the band Skylark.

David Foster Career

David Foster was a keyboardist for Skylark. In 1973, the band made a hit song “Wildflower”. The group was disbanded, and Foster formed a new band Airplay. He played for George Harrison’s album “Extra Texture”. In 1976, David Foster joined Guthrie Thomas in his Capitol Records “Lies and Alibis”. In 1979, David Foster was a major contributor to the album “I Am” by Earth, Wind, and Fire. In 1980 David Foster and his co-workers won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. He worked as a producer for The Tubes. Foster co-wrote the song “Talk to Ya Later” a top hit song “Don’t Want to Wait Anymore” and the top 10 hit “She’s a Beauty”. In 1980 he co-wrote and played the keyboard on Scaggs’s most successful songs. In the 1980s David Foster worked as a producer for the jazz-rock band Chicago. In 1986 David Foster co-wrote the no.1 hit song “Glory of Love”. Rolling Stone magazine named Foster “the master of the bombastic pop kitsch”. In 1985 he composed a hit song that made its way to Billboard Hot 100. He wrote hit songs for other films. In 1995 he signed a deal with Warner Brothers and in 1997 he became a senior vice president at the corporation.

David Foster’s major-label debut albums were for Josh Groban in 2001, Michael Buble in 2003, Renee Olstead in 2004, and Charice in 2010. In 2011 he became chairman of Verve Music Group. In 2013 he produced a Christmas album and many other Christmas songs. In 2018 he wrote music for Betty Boop.

David Foster Wife

David Foster married five times. First was B.J. Cook, the second was Rebecca Dyer, the third was Linda Thompson, the fourth was Yolanda Hadid and the fifth is Katharine McPhee.