Paich was the Co-Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Foundation Concert in 2011. In October 2009, David Paich was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame along with the other members of Toto. In 1994, Paich was a producer on the Tramaine Hawkins album To a Higher Place which was nominated for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. In 1989, Paich produced and arranged the Oscar-nominated song "The Girl Who Used to Be Me", written by Marvin Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, for the film Shirley Valentine and produced the song "I'll Be Holding On", written by Hans Zimmer and Will Jennings, for the film Black Rain. In 1982, Paich produced and arranged the song "It's A Long Road" for the film First Blood. He played piano, synthesizer, and did some synth and rhythm arrangements. Paich was a part of the session group on the Michael Jackson album Thriller. In the early and mid-1980s, Paich often worked with well-known producers Quincy Jones and David Foster. 1 R&B hit "Break It to Me Gently" by Aretha Franklin.ĭavid Paich, Michael Jackson, Marty Paich in 1991 As arranger he worked for Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, the Doobie Brothers and many more. As songwriter he wrote or co-wrote songs for Cher, The Jacksons, Andy Williams, George Benson, Glen Campbell, Boz Scaggs, Jon Anderson (Yes), Cherie & Marie Currie, and Chicago. He has co-writing credits with Boz Scaggs on the songs "What Can I Say", " Lowdown", and " Lido Shuffle" from the multi-platinum album Silk Degrees, and occasionally still sits in on keyboards with Boz Scaggs' band. Due to his health, Paich is unable to tour full-time, but remains a member of the band as its musical director and an occasional guest performer. Toto reformed in 2020 with Lukather and singer Joseph Williams fronting a new band.
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The band dissolved at the end of the tour, however, before he could make a full return. In both instances, Paich joined the band at the end of the show to play keyboards and sing on "Africa" and "Home of the Brave". Paich returned to the stage with Toto for the opening and closing shows of their 2019 US tour, reportedly their last, on September 20 in Los Angeles and October 20 in Philadelphia. Guitarist Steve Lukather later stated that Paich's absence stemmed partially from an apparent seizure he suffered during the band's early 2018 European tour. He plans on focusing on his health, and looks forward to returning to the road when ready to do so." The recent European appearances took a toll on his personal well-being. With Toto in between legs of its 2018 40 Trips Around the Sun (40th anniversary) tour, the band announced via its official website on July 20, 2018, that Paich "will not be performing on the band's planned North American tour. In 2010, Paich resumed performing with Toto, and until mid-2018 was one of the band's keyboard players, alongside fellow original member Steve Porcaro. Session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes joined Toto in 2003 as an additional keyboardist for both studio projects and tour dates. Paich remained with Toto from the beginning of the band in 1977 until 2004, then performed on only a few shows until their disbandment in 2008.
He also performed lead vocals on the Toto hits " Africa", "Lovers in the Night", and " Stranger in Town". A prolific writer of chart-performing songs, Paich wrote or co-wrote such tracks as " Hold the Line", " 99", " Lowdown", " Lido Shuffle", " Georgy Porgy", " Rosanna", " Hydra", " Holyanna", " Pamela", " Got To Be Real", " Lady Love Me (One More Time)", and " Miss Sun".
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