''Rush Street'' is the third studio album by singer and songwriter

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, " D ...

. Released in late 1991, it sold over two million copies in the United States alone. It was Richard's third consecutive multi-million seller in the U. S. Its first single, " Keep Coming Back," was #1 on the American Adult Contemporary chart for four consecutive weeks. It reached #5 in '' Cashbox'' while peaking at #12 in ''

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''. The follow-up single, "

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", also hit #1 Adult Contemporary. It reached #6 in '' Cashbox'' and #9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Subsequent single releases included "Take This Heart" and "Chains Around My Heart", which were Top Ten hits on the US Adult Contemporary charts. All four hits boasted popular music videos as well. Toto members

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

and

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were among the session musicians employed on the album, although they play on separate tracks. Marx admitted in 2001 that the track "Superstar" is about

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. The album was dedicated to son Brandon Marx and grandmother Lois.

Track listing

# "Playing with Fire" (

) – 4:29 # "Love Unemotional" (Marx) – 5:06 # " Keep Coming Back" (Marx) – 6:51 # "

Take This Heart "Take This Heart" is a song by American singer Richard Marx, released as the third single from his third studio album, '' Rush Street'' (1991). It peaked at number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 while reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' ...

" (Marx) – 4:10 # "

" (Marx) – 5:17 # "Hands in Your Pocket" (Marx) – 3:54 # "Calling You" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) – 4:42 # "Superstar" (Marx) – 4:42 # "Streets of Pain" (Marx,

Fee Waybill John Waldo "Fee" Waybill (born September 17, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco band The Tubes. Waybill has also worked with other acts, including Toto, Richard Marx, and Billy Sherwood. Early life and ...

) – 5:10 # "I Get No Sleep" (Marx) – 3:44 # "Big Boy Now" (Marx, Waybill) – 5:38 # " Chains Around My Heart" (Marx, Waybill) – 5:42 # "Your World" (Marx) – 5:54 Bonus Tracks on Japanese release * "Ride with the Idol" – 3:46 Bonus Tracks on Latin America release * "Regresa A Mi eep Coming Back – 5:22

Personnel

Musicians *

– arrangements, lead vocals, acoustic piano (11, 12),

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(12), keyboards (12) * Michael Egizi – keyboards (3-6, 8, 11, 12, 13), programming (5) *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– Fender Rhodes (3) * Kim Bullard – keyboards (7) *

Bill Champlin William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the band Chicago from 1981–2009. ...

–

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated ...

(8) *

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...

– acoustic piano (10) *

– guitars (1, 9, 10), guitar solos (1, 9), arrangements (1, 9, 10) * Bruce Gaitsch – guitars (2, 3, 8, 13), acoustic guitar (5, 12), guitar solo (7), arrangements (7, 13) *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mit ...

– guitars (4, 6, 13), guitar solo (4, 6, 8, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (12), electric guitar (12), arrangements (13) * Paul Warren – guitars (11) *

Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive and television presenter, perhaps best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing ba ...

– bass (1, 9, 10) *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

– bass (2) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts deg ...

– bass (3, 4, 6, 13) * Jim Cliff – bass (7, 11, 12) *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

– bass (8) * Jon Clarke – drum programming (1) *

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Perso ...

– drums (1, 10, 13) *

Jonathan Moffett Jonathan Phillip "Sugarfoot" Moffett (born November 17, 1954) is an American drummer, songwriter and producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Beginning in 1979, Moffett collaborated with the Jackson family, particularly Michael Jackson, over the co ...

– drums (2, 3, 4) *

– drums (6, 7, 8, 12), arrangements (8) *

Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...

– drums (9) *

Mike Baird Michael Bruce Baird (born 1 April 1968) is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South ...

– drums (11) * Chris Trujillo – percussion (4, 5, 12, 13) *

John "Juke" Logan John "Juke" Logan (September 11, 1946 – August 30, 2013) was an American electric blues harmonica player, musician, singer, pianist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica playing on the theme music for television programs (''Home I ...

– harmonica (2) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– horn arrangements (2) * Steve Grove – saxophone (2, 3) * Lee Thornburg – trombone (2), trumpet (2) Background vocals * Tamara Champlin (1, 2, 9) * Jim Cliff (1) * Dalbello (1, 2, 9) * Michael Egizi (1) * Steve George (1) * Richard Marx (1, 2, 5-9, 13) *

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(1) * Brandy Rosenberg (1) * Matt Westfield (1) * John "Juke" Logan (2) *

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive P ...

(2, 3) * Janet Gardner (6) * Ruth Marx (9) *

(9) * Cheryl Lynn (10) * Cindy Mizelle (10) Production * Brad Aldredge – assistant engineer * Bryant Arnett – assistant engineer * Ray Blair – engineer (6) * Rick Caughron – assistant engineer * Lavant Coppock – assistant engineer *

Peter Doell Peter Doell is an American recording and mastering engineer known for his work with Miles Davis, Toto, Céline Dion and The Beach Boys. Doell has been a staff engineer at Capitol Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders and Universal Mastering Studios Wes ...

– engineer (5, 7, 12) * Michael Douglas – assistant engineer * Bill Drescher – engineer (1-4, 6, 8, 10, 11), mixing (1-7, 10, 12), additional engineer (5) * Susanne Edgren – production coordination * Ross Garfield – technician * Lolly Grodner – assistant engineer * Mick Guzauski – mixing (8) * Mark Hagen – assistant engineer * Nels Israelson – photography * Brian Jackson – design * Leslie Ann Jones – assistant engineer * Jesse Kanner – assistant engineer * Brian Malouf – mixing (11, 13) * Pat McDougal – assistant engineer * Tom Nellen – assistant engineer * Rick Norman – assistant engineer * Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer * Kevin Reeves – assistant engineer * Mark Stebbeds – assistant engineer * Wally Traugott – mastering * Larry Vigon – art direction, design *

– co-producer (lead vocals; 1, 10) * Randy Wine – assistant engineer * Dave Wittman – engineer (Billy Joel; 10)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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