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  1. davidfoster.com › storyBiography - David Foster

    Foster seems constitutionally incapable of resting on his laurels, and his relentless drive has propelled him throughout his career. Few other individuals can claim to have their fingerprints on more major moments in all of popular music than David Foster.

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  2. www.encyclopedia.com › david-fosterDavid Foster - Encyclopedia.com

    • Fostered Reputation as Gifted Keyboardist
    • Reveled in Variety
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    • 1992 An Unforgettable Year
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    Foster built a strong reputation as a talented session keyboard player, working with such stars as John Lennon, George Harrison, Barbra Streisand, and Rod Stewart. He added his input to songwriting and arrangement in sessions and eventually worked his way into producing and writing his own songs. His early production clients included Alice Cooper, ...

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    Foster released his first solo album, Best of Me, on a Japanese label. Then, Sound Design Records released it in the United States in 1982. The following year, Foster produced Lionel Richie’s album Can’t Slow Down, which sold a whopping ten million copies. By that time, he had cemented his place as one of popular music’s top producers. Yet he refus...

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    Beginning on May 5, 1984, when “Stay the Night”—the first single from Chicago 17— debuted at Number 49, Foster had at least one single on Billboard’sHot 100 chart every week until April 12, 1986. During most weeks of that two-year period, he had two or more records on the chart simultaneously. And in August of 1985 he had a remarkable five singles ...

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    Foster released River of Love in 1990, which included the single “Grown-Up Christmas,” sung by Natalie Cole. Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, Bruce Hornsby, Mike Reno, and others contributed both songs and performances to the album. The following year, Foster released Rechordings, which featured instrumental versions of Foster’s best-loved compositions. ...

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    Best of Me,Sound Design, 1982. David Foster,Atlantic, 1986. The Symphony Sessions,Atlantic, 1988. River of Love,Atlantic, 1990. Rechordings,Atlantic, 1991. David Foster: The Christmas Album,Interscope, 1993.

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    Billboard,July 30, 1983; October 26, 1985; May 24, 1986; July 26, 1986; April 23, 1988; October 5, 1991; March 14, 1992; October 9, 1993; December 4, 1993; December 25, 1993. Keyboard,February 1986; September 1986; March 1988; January 1992. New York Times,December 10, 1993. Time,August 29, 1994. Variety,May 21, 1986; May 11, 1988. Additional inform...

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  3. bottiatsea.com › artists › david-fosterDavid Foster - Botti At Sea 2025

    Feb 10, 2024 · Foster seems constitutionally incapable of resting on his laurels, and his relentless drive has propelled him throughout his career. Few other individuals can claim to have their fingerprints on more major moments in all of popular music than David Foster.

  4. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › rest-on-his-laurelsRest On Your Laurels - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase

    The laurels that are being referred to when someone is said to ‘rest on his laurels’ are the aromatically scented Laurus Nobilis trees or, more specifically, their leaves. The trees are known colloquially as Sweet Bay and are commonly grown as culinary or ornamental plants.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › rest-on-laurelsMeaning of rest on your laurels in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    rest on your laurels. idiom. Add to word list. to feel comfortable because you have been successful in the past: The company can't just sit back and rest on its laurels – we have to move on to something new.

  6. www.musicianguide.com › David-FosterDavid Foster Biography - musicianguide.com

    The following year, Foster produced Lionel Richie's album Can't Slow Down, which sold a whopping ten million copies. By that time, he had cemented his place as one of popular music's top producers. Yet he refused to rest on his laurels, relishing the variety his prominence allowed him.

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  8. www.jstor.org › stable › 24772601David Foster Wallace's Contest with Himself - JSTOR

    Of course, the question of how Wallace would outdo his magnum opus presumes that he would necessarily have thought about it that way. But to my mind, the outsized ambition embodied in Infinite Jest is evidence enough that the author who conceived it would not be content to rest on his laurels. Integral