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David Foster
real name David Walter Foster
David Foster is credited on 11,192 releases across 2,225 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
11,192
Credits
2,225
Albums
8
Decades active
1,964
In collections
Biography
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Canadian producer, arranger and composer. Also worked extensively as a pianist/keyboard player, born 1 November 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
He enrolled as a student at the University of Washington at the age of 13.
Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 and recipient of a long list of other awards.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
11,192 releases · 2,225 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 18,765
- Production · 8,483
- Other credits · 762
- Engineering · 189
Studios: Chartmaker Studios · Studio 55, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound · The Hit Factory
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Thriller
1982

Off The Wall
1979

Zenyatta Mondatta
1980

Reggatta De Blanc
1979

The College Dropout
2004

Can't Slow Down
1983

Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Travelling Without Moving
1996

I Am
1979

The Wild Heart
1983

Flowers In The Dirt
1989

A Night On The Town
1976

Gold & Platinum
1979

Foot Loose & Fancy Free
1977

Chicago 17
1984

The Dude
1981

Number Ones
2003

Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack)
1984

We Are The World
1985

Chicago 16
1982

The George Benson Collection
1981

Christmas
2011

Give Me The Night
1980

Thirty Three & 1/3
1976
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Celine Dion
- Chicago (2)
- Michael Bublé
- Paul Anka
- Kenny Rogers
- Whitney Houston
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