Keith Forsey

British drummer, producer and songwriter born January 4, 1948 in London, England. He is brother of [a626064].

He started in the London music scene in the 1960's, where he played for the Psychedelia band [a339425]. He moved to Germany in 1970 and joined [a41201]'s [a804721]. He was also drummer for [a192177] and in 1971, after the split of Motherhood, he joined the short-lived successor band [a1060983]. He also was part of the supergroups [a56047] and [a728947]. Niagara was the band, by which he came in contact with [a86472], for which he became drummer in his band [a921853], where he played until 1976.

In 1977, he started his second life as producer and session musician. As session musician, he played for [a=Harold Faltermeyer] and [a=Giorgio Moroder] among others.

His first hit as producer was [a103159]'s "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/123641-Icehouse-Hey-Little-Girl]Hey Little Girl[/url]". Best known songwriting credit was "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/58693-Simple-Minds-Dont-You-Forget-About-Me]Don't You (Forget About Me)[/url]", becoming a mega-hit for [a=Simple Minds], originally intended for [a=Billy Idol]. Forsey has been Billy Idol's longtime producer. He won an Academy Award in 1984 for co-writing "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/48230-Irene-Cara-Helen-St-John-Flashdance-What-A-Feeling]Flashdance...What a Feelin'[/url]''. He also co-wrote "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/85309-Donna-Summer-Hot-Stuff]Hot Stuff[/url]" with [a36628] and [a41085] for [a=Donna Summer].