From I AM
Written by Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis
“I Am was like our Abbey Road. It really scored pop” (Verdine White). “I think of it as a milestone album, whole careers came out of it. It was like, ‘listen to I Am and see what you can steal’. All the pieces came together” (Maurice White). Continue reading »
From IN THE SPIRIT
Written by David Foster & Kenny Loggins
Through the years David Foster has written some beautiful Christmas songs like “Grown Up Christmas List” covered more than a dozen times by artists like Amy Grant, Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand and Monica or “This Time Next Year” sung by Toni Braxton and Shola Ama. Continue reading »
From LISA DALBELLO (S/T)
Written by Lisa Dalbello & Roy Kenner
Lisa Dalbello was just seventeen years old when, in 1977, she recorded her first album in L.A., with fellow Canadian David Foster in the control booth. This interesting mixture of funky and pop wasn’t only Dalbello’s debut record but also one of Foster’s first productions as well, both very young and rich of talent. Continue reading »
From RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
Written by David Foster, Jay Graydon & Randy Goodrum
Debarge were a good, r&b group formed in the early eighties by four brothers and one sister. They had a string of hits with mellow songs like “All This Love”, “Time Will Reveal” and “I Like It” . Continue reading »
From ST. ELMO’S FIRE
Written by David Foster & Cynthia Weil
This is the platinum selling record that definitely established David Foster as a big name also in movie soundtracks. Continue reading »
From A BODY OF WORK
Written by Paul Anka, Mark Spiro & Jack White
We all know how fundamental David Foster has been in Celine Dion’s career, all the hits they have mined together, #1 songs like “Because You Loved Me” and “The Power Of Love”, but we tried to find a song to review that wasn’t one of the big hits and instead we looked for one of the lesser known pearls, a duet with Paul Anka that was released in 1998 as part of his “Body Of Work” cd. Continue reading »
