Keith Forsey

Keith Forsey

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In the collection

12 records
I Remember Yesterday Donna Summer, 1977 Nightflight To Venus Boney M., 1978 Bad Girls Donna Summer, 1979 Saragossa Saragossa Band, 1979 American Gigolo (Original Soundtrack Recording) Giorgio Moroder, 1980 The Wanderer Donna Summer, 1980 Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) Various, 1983 Axel F Harold Faltermeyer, 1984 Beverly Hills Cop (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Various, 1984 Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack) Various, 1984 The Heat Is On Glenn Frey, 1984 We’re A Happy Family - A Tribute To Ramones Various, 2003

Played with

Harold Faltermeyer 6 records together Giorgio Moroder 5 records together Donna Summer 4 records together Pete Bellotte 4 records together Mats Björklund 3 records together Glenn Frey 2 records together Joe Esposito 2 records together Laura Branigan 2 records together Sylvester Levay 2 records together Phil Ramone 2 records together Jerry Hey 2 records together Jay Graydon 2 records together

About

British drummer, producer and songwriter born January 4, 1948 in London, England. He is brother of .
He started in the London music scene in the 1960’s, where he played for the Psychedelia band . He moved to Germany in 1970 and joined ‘s . He was also drummer for and in 1971, after the split of Motherhood, he joined the short-lived successor band . He also was part of the supergroups and . Niagara was the band, by which he came in contact with , for which he became drummer in his band , where he played until 1976.
In 1977, he started his second life as producer and session musician. As session musician, he played for Harold Faltermeyer and Giorgio Moroder among others.
His first hit as producer was ‘s “Hey Little Girl”. Best known songwriting credit was “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, becoming a mega-hit for Simple Minds, originally intended for Billy Idol. Forsey has been Billy Idol’s longtime producer. He won an Academy Award in 1984 for co-writing “Flashdance...What a Feelin’’’. He also co-wrote “Hot Stuff” with and for Donna Summer.