Musician, Karen LeFrak, is reflecting on finding fame later in life, and the moment David Foster recognized her musical talent.During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 79-year-old composer detailed how it felt writing her latest album, "American Promise," commissioned for America's 250th anniversary.LeFrak's story is unique, in the sense that she found fame in her 70s, when Foster came to her house for a photoshoot, and she showed him an original piece she had written and asked him for his opinion."He looked at me, and he said, 'Do you have any more?' And I proceeded to take out many," she recalled."And he looked at me, and he said, 'Oh my God, you can write a melody.
Nobody, nobody writes melodies anymore.They're all experimenting.
You can really write a melody and I want everyone to hear them.'"David Foster discovered Karen LeFrak, who went on to have 60 million streams.(Getty Images)DOLLY PARTON REFUSES TO SLOW DOWN AT 79, FEELS LIKE SHE’S ‘JUST GETTING STARTED' DESPITE HEALTH SETBACKSThe composer explained she "was a little nervous" when showing him her work, "because I wanted him to like them so much," and after he played a difficult piece of hers on the piano, she waited "my hands on my cheeks" for his reaction, adding, "when he said you have anymore, I got an inkling that he liked them.""He looked at his manager who was there at the time, and he said, 'It's a personal favor, get her music out,'" she said.
"And so the manager put together a whole team for me.They got it, just Naxos, the distributor.
They got eight VA people to do social media.And the next thing I know, I was launching my first album in 2021, and as of today, 2026, I have 60 million streams."WATCH HERE: KAREN LEFRAK FOUND FAME AFTER SHOWING DAVID FOSTER HER COMPOSITIONSFoster is not the first person to ask LeFrak to provide them with pieces, with the composer telling Fox News Digital she wrote for ballet and for chamber groups, adding, "friends would ask me and I would just...