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Bruce Foster - Born to break my heart

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Channel: keurspel (Leon Rossouw) · 2014 · Music

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Bruce Stephen Foster is an American musician from Trenton, New Jersey. He started playing piano at the age of 3 and began writing songs when he was 8. At 18 he formed his first band, Jacob's Creek, and landed a recording contract with Columbia Records. 

He subsequently moved to England to pursue a solo career and recorded an album called "Cantata of Social Comment", and played keyboards on a platinum album with "Status Quo". He later returned to America and played keyboards on the first album by Kiss and on four albums by Gladys Knight and the Pips, which featured the hits "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "The Best Thing That Ever Happened".

His first American solo album was titled "After the Show", and featured the hit "Platinum Heroes", a tribute to the Beatles. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his song "Look Out for Number One", featured in the soundtrack from "Staying Alive". This song was also used at the Olympic games.

Collaborating with the legendary songwriter Doc Pomus, Bruce wrote the title song from the Broadway musical "Elvis, The Legend Lives On". The cast included the Bill Black Combo and the Jordanaires. His has also written a number of songs for other artists, including "Trail of Broken Hearts", performed by Cher for the soundtrack "Days of Thunder".

This song reached number 18 on the South African Top 20 in 1978.

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