Events

42 BC – Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide.

425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.

502 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.

1086 – At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI.

1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.

1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.

1641 – Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

1642 – Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.

1694 – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec from the French.

1707 – The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.

1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.

1812 – Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.

1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.

1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.

1867 – 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.

1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.

1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.

1911 – First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.

1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.

1915 – Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.

1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

1929 – Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.

1929 – The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.

1935 – Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.

1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.

1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.

1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").

1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.

1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.

1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.

1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.

1956 – Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).

1958 – The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.

1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou.

1965 – Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).

1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.

1972 – Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.

1973 – The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

1973 – A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.

1983 – Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.

1989 – The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic.

1989 – Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.

1992 – Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.

1993 – Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.

1998 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.

2001 – Apple announces the iPod.

2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.

2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

2007 – A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.

Births

1503 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)

1516 – Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)

1634 – Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)

1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)

1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)

1715 – Tsar Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)

1762 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)

1766 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)

1771 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)

1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)

1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857)

1801 – Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851)

1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)

1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)

1815 – João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)

1817 – Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875)

1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, and 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)

1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)

1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)

1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)

1870 – Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)

1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)

1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)

1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)

1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)

1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)

1888 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)

1893 – Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)

1894 – Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)

1896 – André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)

1900 – Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)

1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)

1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)

1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)

1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)

1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)

1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)

1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998)

1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress

1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet

1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer

1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)

1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)

1925 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994)

1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)

1928 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)

1928 – Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1985)

1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (d. 2009)

1929 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist (d. 2006)

1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician

1931 – William P. Clark, American jurist, and 44th United States Secretary of the Interior

1931 – Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)

1935 – Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer

1936 – Philip Kaufman, American film director

1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military turned guerrilla leader (d. 1971)

1939 – Stanley Anderson, American actor

1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer (d. 2009)

1940 – Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar"

1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer

1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician

1942 – Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008)

1942 – Bernd Erdmann, German football player and manager

1942 – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)

1944 – Mike Harding, English singer and comedian

1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter

1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer

1946 – Mel Martinez, American politician

1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur

1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist

1949 – Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead)

1949 – Nick Tosches, American writer

1951 – Charly García, Argentine singer

1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, former (2nd) President of Kosovo

1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005)

1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director

1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer

1957 – Martin Luther King III, American human rights advocate

1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author

1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer

1959 – Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor

1959 – Sam Raimi, American film director

1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist

1960 – Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (d. 2008)

1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist

1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer

1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer

1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player

1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American Author

1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)

1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American writer

1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player

1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver

1967 – Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)

1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian writer

1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress

1970 – Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster

1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American Model and Photographer

1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian composer

1971 – Christopher Horner, American cyclist

1972 – Bryan Pratt, Missouri Politician

1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress

1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer

1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer

1975 – Michelle Beadle, American television personality

1975 – Odalys García, Cuban actress

1975 – Jessicka, American artist

1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player

1976 – Cat Deeley, English model and television personality

1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor

1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricket player

1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer

1978 – Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player

1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer

1978 – Archie Thompson, Australian footballer

1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer

1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer

1979 – Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player

1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player

1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver

1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player

1981 – Shoo, South Korean singer and actress

1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer

1983 – Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer

1983 – Josh Strickland, American entertainer

1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model

1984 – Simone Masini, Italian footballer

1984 – Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain

1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress

1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer

1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress

1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer

1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress

1987 – Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)

1990 – Stevie Brock, American singer

1990 – Axel Ehnström Finnish singer (Better known by stage name Paradise Oskar)

1990 – Stan Walker, Australian/New Zealand recording artist and actor.

1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan

Deaths

42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC)

930 – Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)

1456 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)

1550 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)

1581 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)

1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)

1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610)

1730 – Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)

1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)

1774 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)

1867 – Franz Bopp, German linguist (b. 1791)

1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)

1872 – Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)

1885 – Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829)

1893 – Alexander Battenberg, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1857)

1910 – Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)

1915 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848)

1921 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b. 1840)

1939 – Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)

1942 – Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901)

1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21^st Yokozuna (b. 1876)

1944 – Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

1944 – Hana Brady, Holocaust victim (b. 1931)

1950 – Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)

1953 – Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (b. 1869)

1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)

1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)

1959 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)

1978 – Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)

1983 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)

1984 – James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892)

1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)

1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)

1988 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46^th Yokozuna (b. 1929)

1989 – Armida, Mexican actress (b. 1911)

1990 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)

1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)

1996 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)

1997 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)

1998 – Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)

2000 – Rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1966)

2001 – Ronald William "Josh" Kirby, British artist (b. 1928)

2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (b. 1917)

2002 – Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)

2003 – Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)

2003 – Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)

2004 – Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919)

2004 – Bill Nicholson, English Footballer (b.1919)

2005 – William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)

2005 – John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)

2005 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)

2006 – Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)

2007 – John Ilhan, Australian entrepreneur (b. 1965)

2007 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-born Chinese businessman (b. 1918)

2008 – Kevin Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1948)

2010 – Francis Crippen, American long-distance swimmer (b. 1984)

2010 – Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 1942)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

*Giovanni da Capistrano

*Ignatius of Constantinople

*Severin of Cologne

*October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)

Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia)

Mole Day (Chemists)

National Day (Hungary)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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name	David Foster
background	non_performing_personnel
birth name	David Walter Foster
birth date	November 01, 1949
birth place	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
instrument	Piano, keyboards, French horn, synthesizer
genre	Pop, R&B;, classical, gospel
occupation	Record producer, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger
years active	1971–present
label	Reprise/143, Atlantic
associated acts	Skylark, Attitudes, Airplay, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
website	davidfoster.com }}

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.

Career

Throughout his career, he has produced recordings for a wide range of musical artists, including Bryan Adams, Tamia, Christina Aguilera, The Bee Gees, Andrea Bocelli, Boz Scaggs, Mariah Carey, Chicago, Destiny's Child, Neil Diamond, Céline Dion, Earth Wind and Fire, Gloria Estefan, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Beyonce Knowles, Kenny Loggins, Madonna, Olivia Newton-John, Nsync, Charice Pempengco, Prince, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Shania Twain, and Jackie Evancho.

Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark discovered by Eirik Wangberg. The band's song “Wildflower” was a top ten hit in 1973.

Together with Jay Graydon he formed the band Airplay, whose album of the same name is often labeled the most important within the Westcoast AOR genre.

He produced debut albums for The Corrs, Michael Bublé, Renee Olstead and Josh Groban, which were released under his own record label, 143 Records, and distributed through Warner Music. Foster helped launch Kevin Sharp's career after the two met through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and he produced David Hayes singing a song by composed by Ed Scheid and Laramy Smith title "Friend".

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch." That year, Foster composed the score for the film St. Elmo's Fire, including "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" which hit No. 15 in US pop charts (with a remake of a song titled "For just a moment" with vocals by Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard). Another song 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. The following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including the Michael J. Fox comedy The Secret of My Success and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon drama Stealing Home, both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song "I Have Nothing", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard. The couple were nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award for Best Song for the song.

He produced Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda's 1988 album "Citron", also arranging and co-writing all the songs on the album, including the number one single "Marrakech".

In 1995 Foster signed a deal with Warner Brothers that enabled him to set up his own boutique label, 143 Records, as a joint venture with Warner. Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet. One of the label's first signing was little known Irish folk-rock band The Corrs, for whom he produced their debut album. By 1997 Foster had come to the realisation that, in the American market at least, "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot" and as a result Foster sold the label back to Warner and became senior vice-president at the corporation.

Foster, along with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, composed "The Power of the Dream" as the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics, with then-wife Thompson providing the lyrics (sung by Céline Dion). He also composed "Winter Games", the theme song for 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. "Winter Games" is the soundtrack for a fountain show at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas as well as a fountain show at Sea World Orlando. Also in 2001, he collaborated with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", for an English version, a French version, and a bilingual (French/English) version, for a promotion of the Government of Canada. In 2003, Foster won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for The Concert for World Children's Day. His song "I Will Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee) is being used by Japan Airlines to promote the introduction of new aircraft to its US flights.

During the 1990s he often performed acts with San Diego vocalist Warren Wiebe, whom he had discovered in the restroom of a hotel bar in 1987. In 1994 he had Wiebe put together a band called Millennium featuring Nita Whitaker and a few session vocalists, but the deal with Foster's record company led to the group's demise. Wiebe was Foster's "mouth" on many of his videos but committed suicide before he could release a solo album.

In 2005, record producer David Foster, his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies and Knowles wrote "Stand Up For Love" as the anthem to the World Children's Day, an annual worldwide event to raise awareness and funds for children causes. Over the past three years, more than $50 million has been raised to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's organizations. Destiny's Child lent their voices and support as global ambassadors for the 2005 program.

In 2009 it was revealed that Foster had worked with songwriter Diane Warren to produce records for Whitney Houston's upcoming album. It was then announced that her comeback single would be the Foster-produced "I Didn't Know My Own Strength".

He recently collaborated with American Idol finalist Michael Johns on the re-write of his popular 1980s hit "St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)."

In July 2011, it was announced that Foster would take the helm of Verve Records under Universal Music and shift the focus of the label from jazz to adult contemporary pop.

Television appearances

In early 1992, the national television station RCTI, David Foster came to Indonesia for the TV show David Foster's Twilight Orchestra.

In early 2001, Foster was in Popstars, a reality series that aired on WB. The series aimed at coming up with the next girl group and eventually became Eden's Crush (featuring Nicole Scherzinger). David Foster and Linda Thompson wrote and produced several songs on their album.

Foster's home life was featured in a Fox staged reality TV show called The Princes of Malibu, in which he attempts to force his two spoiled stepsons, Brandon and Brody Jenner (the children of Thompson and Olympian Bruce Jenner), to straighten their lives up and earn their own way.

In late April 2005, Foster appeared as a special guest on both American Idol (as a mentor) and Nashville Star (as a judge) two weeks apart. He was also a judge on Celebrity Duets, a FOX TV show, and appeared on Star Tomorrow, where auditions were held in Los Angeles and New York for undiscovered talent. It aired only one [July 31, 2006] episode on NBC.

In July 2006, Foster made a brief appearance on The View as Star Jones's vocal coach. In August 2006, he was the musical director for JCPenney Jam: The Concert For American Kids], which aired on CBS and was later released in CD/DVD format. In November 2007, Foster appeared in Oprah's annual "Favorite Things" episode, performing with Josh Groban.

In September 2008, singer Charice joined Foster on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Celine Dion via satellite; and later on October 31, he and Andrea Bocelli appeared on Oprah again together, where he stated that Bocelli was his "favorite singer on the planet".

In December 2008, Foster was featured in a PBS special titled Hitman David Foster & Friends, a concert featuring live performances by Foster and numerous other performers. Foster was also featured in Under the Desert Sky in 2006, Vivere Live in Tuscany in 2007, and the My Christmas Special, in 2009, Andrea Bocelli's three latest PBS Specials. Bocelli also performed during Foster's Hitman special.

In late 2009, he also appeared on a number of TV shows to promote Bocelli's My Christmas album, which he produced, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dr. Phil, The Early Show and Fox & Friends. He also made a number of appearances in 2010 with Filipino singer Charice, to promote her album.

Personal life

Foster has been married three times, has five biological daughters, an ex-stepdaughter, and two ex-stepsons. His first marriage was to singer/writer B.J. Cook. She already had a daughter, Tamre Winger, whom he raised. Together, B.J. Cook and Foster had one daughter, Amy Foster (b. July 29, 1973), a songwriter who has collaborated with classic artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban.

His second wife was model Rebecca Dyer. They had three daughters: Sara Foster (b. August 24, 1981), Erin Foster (b. August 24, 1983), and Jordan Foster (b. September 1986). As of May 2008, Sara was engaged to tennis player Tommy Haas, and on November 14, 2010, Haas and Foster welcomed a baby girl in Santa Monica, CA. Foster also has a daughter, Allison Jones (b. April 6, 1970), from a previous relationship.

Foster married third wife Linda Thompson on June 27, 1991. The two became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs including "I Have Nothing," performed by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard, and "Grown-Up Christmas List." Thompson filed for divorce Monday July 11, 2005, the day after her short-lived reality series, The Princes of Malibu premiered. Thompson is the mother of Brody Jenner and Brandon Jenner from her previous marriage to former Olympian Bruce Jenner.

Foster's sister, producer Jaymes Foster, is the mother of Clay Aiken's son Parker Foster Aiken.

David's cousin, Billy Foster, died in a race car accident in 1967.

In 1992, David Foster was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway when his car struck actor Ben Vereen, who had been on the road because he had crashed his car and was in a daze. Despite being thrown 90 feet, Vereen survived. Vereen also went on record to say that it probably saved his life: he had a serious drinking problem caused by the death of his daughter.

Discography

In addition to the numerous albums he has produced, the following are Foster's own solo or band works:

1972: Skylark (self-titled)

1974: 2 Skylark

1976: Attitudes (self-titled)

1977: Good News Attitudes

1980: Airplay (self-titled)

1983: The Best of Me

1986: David Foster (self-titled)

1988: The Symphony Sessions

1989: Time Passing

1990: River of Love

1991: Rechordings

1992: A Touch Of David Foster

1993: The Christmas Album

1994: Love Lights The World

2000: The Best Of Me: A Collection of David Foster’s Greatest Works

2001: O Canada (with Lara Fabian)

2002: Love Stories

2003: Teko’s Theme - with Nita Whitaker

2004: The Best Of Me - Original Recording Remastered

2008: Hitman: David Foster and Friends

2010: The Magic of David Foster & Friends

2011: Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends

Singles

1985: "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (For Just a Moment)" (US #15)

1986: "The Best of Me" (Duet with Olivia Newton-John) (US #80)

1988: "Winter Games (Can't You Feel It)" - Official theme song for the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics (US #85)

Awards and honors

In 1995, Foster became the recipient of the Order of British Columbia, the highest honour awarded in his native province of British Columbia. Foster became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.

Foster has won 15 Grammy Awards (three for producer of the year) and has been nominated a total of 46 times.

He has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Song and won the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song “The Prayer” (sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) from the film Quest for Camelot. He has been named BMI's "Songwriter of the Year". In June 2010, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

See also

Music of Canada

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

List of Canadian composers

References

Further reading

External links

Official website

David Foster on The Hour

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origin	Plumstead, London,England
genre	Hip Hop, Electro Hop, Grime
occupation	Rapper, songwriter
years active	2005–present
label	Parlophone/DL Records Ltd
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Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (born November 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit. His first album, Disc-Overy, debuted at number one on 10 October 2010 and was preceded by the number-one singles "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars" and the top-five singles "Frisky" and "Miami 2 Ibiza".

Career History

Early career

In 2006, Tinie gained a great deal of airplay on British music TV channel, Channel AKA, for his song "Tears" and then in late 2007, Tinie Tempah collaborated on a track with grime artist Ultra and producers/songwriters Agent X. The song was titled "Perfect GCD Hood Economics Room 147". He toured with [[Chipmunk (rapper)|Chipmunk ]] in February 2010. His first break as a musician came when Sony launched its PlayStation Portable (PSP) and used a track entitled "Listen To The Vibe" featuring Yasmin and DJ Ironik, and "Atlantic/Warner" for the futuristic racing game, Wipeout Pure. This resulted in a promotional European tour alongside the likes of Sway and Dizzee Rascal.

Tinie and his manager and cousin Dumi Oburota founded the independent label Disturbing London primarily as an official outlet for Tinie's music, but with the idea of also signing other young artists. According to Dumi: "We wanted to have a platform to put out our music and there wasn't any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England. [Also] I wanted to create a major independent label with quality artists. I felt like the major labels had lost the passion for music." The activities of the label were initially largely funded by student loans and the proceeds from buying and selling cars.

When scout and music consultant Jade Richardson saw Tinie performing at the 2009 Wireless Festival she called Parlophone Records president Miles Leonard saying: “You’ve got to check out this guy Tinie Tempah. He came on at lunchtime and there’s about 1,000 kids screaming for him. He’s only put out one independent release and he’s got this huge audience.” Leonard and A&R; Nathan Thompson visited Tinie and his manager Dumi at their studio a few weeks later and were hugely impressed to hear about the work they had already done in developing Tinie's career and by the ambitious plans they had for his future. Leonard told HitQuarters: "I thought it was incredible that an artist and manager were doing so much so soon with so little ... That impressed as much as the music."

Tinie announced his signing to Parlophone in October 2009 by running a competition on his blog, with the winner invited to High Tea at Claridges to celebrate the deal.

2010-present: Disc-Overy

Tinie released his debut single "Pass Out" with Parlophone on 28 February 2010, with it entering the UK Singles Chart at number 1. Selling just over 92,000 copies, making this his first number 1 which it remained for two consecutive weeks. Tinie would later perform "Pass Out" on 25 June 2010 at Glastonbury on the Pyramid stage with Snoop Dogg. Tinie then announced his second single, "Frisky", which was released on 6 June 2010 entering the UK Singles Chart at number 2. Tinie supported Rihanna for four dates in May on her 10-date UK tour with Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott. Tinie performed at many summer balls at various universities around the United Kingdom. Tinie performed at Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor on 22 May 2010 on the In New Music We Trust stage. He also toured with Mr Hudson in May 2010. Tinie Tempah played the Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on 6 June 2010, at Wakestock in Abersoch on 3 July 2010, both T4 On The Beach and the Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park on 4 July, and V Festival on 21 and 22 August 2010. Tinie released his third single "Written in the Stars" on 19 September 2010. This again charted at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart selling over 115,000 copies in its first week, making it his biggest-selling single to date. The song also went on to chart in a number of other countries. Tinie went on to team up with Swedish House Mafia for his fourth single "Miami 2 Ibiza" which was released on 1 October 2010. This went on to reach a peak of number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and his first number 1 in the Netherlands Mega Single Top 100 chart. He released his long-awaited debut album, Disc-Overy on 4 October 2010 which featured all his previous charted singles. On 11 October 2010, he kicked off his first UK tour which was supported by Chiddy Bang. He went on to win his first 2 MOBO Awards in October. Tinie also featured on the Tinchy Stryder single "Game Over" which was released on 15 November 2010. This reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. On 25 December, Tinie released his fifth single "Invincible" featuring Kelly Rowland, which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. "Wonderman", featuring Ellie Goulding, was released and was the fifth official single. Tinie joined Usher on the European leg of his OMG Tour in January 2011. Tinie was also nominated for 4 Brit Awards making him the most nominated artist at the awards. His single "Written in the Stars" was used for a WrestleMania XXVII countdown promo during the WWE PPV Royal Rumble on 30 January 2011. It was later confirmed by WWE that it will be the official theme for Wrestlemania XXVII. On 15 February 2011, he won his first ever Brit Award, for Best British Breakthrough Act. He also won a Brit for Best British Single. On 7 March 2011, Tempah expressed his desire for his next album to go triple platinum. "I reckon in 2011, towards the end of it, I'm going to do an arena tour - and sell it out - then I reckon I'm going to release another album, and fingers crossed it can go platinum again, and double platinum, and triple. Let's just sell a million."

In December 2010, Tinie confirmed he is writing a second album, saying there will be a more electronic and live feel to it. It is not yet known what the title will be. Originally intended for a late 2011 release, it is now expected to be released in 2012. During an interview, Tinie commented on his second album: "Yeah I’ve started it already so I’m hoping to get it out by October/November time. I always like to work with different people on each project I do, just so you get a different sound and angle. I will be working with some of the same people I did for the first album, you know what they say ‘if it ain't broke then don’t try and fix it’." According to a recent interview Tinie revealed his hopes of collaborating with some of music's hottest artists saying, "I really want to collaborate with Toronto's very own Drake. I think he's amazing at what he does. I'd also like to collaborate with Adele, Sleigh Bells, Lykke Li, Dev, James Blake ― those are the few that I'd really like to work with." Tinie announced in an interview with Rolling Stone that his next single is to be called "Till I'm Gone" which will feature Wiz Khalifa and is produced by Stargate. The single and the video song were released at the end of June 2011. Tinie Tempah, world renowned drummer Travis Barker and Irish boxing champion Katie Taylor, joined forces to launch Lucozade’s new Yes Campaign, which signals a repositioning of its sports and energy drink brand. Featuring a performance of Tinie Tempah’s "Simply Unstoppable" with Travis Barker on drums, remixed especially for Lucozade Sport, the campaign was released in Summer 2011.

Awards and nominations

!Year	!Ceremony	!Category	!Nominated work	!Result	!Ref
		Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best UK Act
Best Song
	Hottest Boy
Hottest Hook-up
	The UGG Award (Urban/Garage/Grime)
	Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best Hip-Hop Act
Best Collaboration
	Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Best Male Artist
Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best Song
	Breakthrough Artist
	Best UK and Ireland New Act
		Pop Music	Disc-Overy
	Best British Male
Best Breakthrough Act
Best Single
Album of the Year	Disc-Overy
	Best Contemporary Song
	Best International Act: UK

Discography

Disc-Overy (2010)

References

External links

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