Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American

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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, "

Don't Mean Nothing "Don't Mean Nothing" is the debut single by singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx from his triple platinum 1987 eponymous album. It hit No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100. With the chart success of "Don't M ...

", reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Between 1987 and 1994, he had 14 top 20 hits, including three number one singles. Marx is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the top 5 of the ''Billboard'' charts. He has scored a total of 14 number one singles, both as a performer and as a songwriter/producer. As a singer, his No. 1 hits include "

Right Here Waiting "Right Here Waiting" is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, ''Repeat Offender''. The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries aroun ...

", "

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", "

Endless Summer Nights "Endless Summer Nights" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Richard Marx released in January 1988 as the third single from his eponymous debut album. The song peaked at #2 on the U.S. pop and Adult Contemporary charts. Bac ...

", and " Satisfied". According to ''

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'', Marx "holds the distinction of having written songs that have hit No. 1 on various ''Billboard'' charts in each of the last four decades." Marx has written or collaborated on songs with other artists, including "

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" by NSYNC and " Dance with My Father" by

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. Marx has been nominated for five

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. In 2003, he won the Grammy for Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father". Marx's first number one success came in 1984 with "What About Me?" which was recorded by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram. His second chart-topper was 1985's "

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", a song he co-wrote with country music superstar

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Early life

Marx was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Ruth (''née'' Guildoo), a former singer, and

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, a jazz musician and founder of a

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company in the early 1960s. His father was of

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descent. Marx attended

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. He has three half-siblings from his father's previous marriage.

Music career

Marx began his career in music at age five, singing commercial jingles written by his father's company; his list of advertising hits includes

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and

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. Marx was 17 and living in

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when a tape of his songs ended up in the hands of

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. Richie thought Marx had talent and told the teen, "I can't promise you anything, but you should come to L.A." Marx said one of the first musicians he met in Los Angeles was

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with whom he has collaborated at least 30 times. They met in a recording studio. In that same 2014 video segment for Ameoba Records. Marx called Waybill "my life-long best friend" and said Waybill is also godfather to his children. Waybill went into great detail about their working relationship in a 2020 interview with American Songwriter.

Debut album and stardom

Marx's self-titled debut album, released in June 1987, yielded four hit singles and went triple platinum. The debut single, "

", is a song about the potential pitfalls of the music business. "Don't Mean Nothing" reached No. 3 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Album Rock chart. Marx became the first new artist played on 117 radio stations nationwide during his initial week on the charts. The next two singles, " Should've Known Better" and "

", reached No. 3 and No. 2, respectively. The fourth single released from the album, "

", earned Marx his first No. 1 hit. The latter three of the album's singles were also hits on ''Billboard''s

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, beginning a long string of hits on that chart. With the success of his self-titled album, Marx embarked on his first world tour, initially opening for REO Speedwagon, but quickly began headlining his own shows. His first tour kept him on the road for 14 months. In 1988, Marx was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance – Solo for "Don't Mean Nothing". The same year, the song " Surrender to Me", which he co-wrote with Ross Vanelli, appeared in the film ''Tequila Sunrise''. ''

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'', Marx's second album, was released in May 1989. It rose to No. 1 on ''Billboard''s album chart. It went triple platinum within a few months and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the United States alone. The first two singles, "Satisfied" and the platinum-selling "

", both reached No. 1. "Right Here Waiting" was Marx's first No. 1 hit on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart as well as his first big hit outside of North America, reaching No. 1 in several European countries and giving Marx his first top ten hit in the UK. It has been covered numerous times, most notably by Monica and

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in a 1998 duet. Another single from the album, " Children of the Night", was written and composed in support of a

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-based organization for runaways. It became the sixth single from ''Repeat Offender''. Marx performed

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in late 1989. Marx also received his second Grammy nomination in 1990 for Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male for "Right Here Waiting".

1990s

In 1991, Marx released his third consecutive platinum album '' Rush Street.'' The album saw artists such as

and

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appear as backing vocalists and guest pianists. The disc's first single, " Keep Coming Back", went to No. 12 on the Hot 100 and its second single, "

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", made it to No. 9. Both songs hit No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Adult Contemporary chart for four weeks and one week respectively. "Hazard" became Marx's second UK top ten, reaching No. 3. In early 1994, as he and his family permanently left Los Angeles behind and returned to Chicago, Marx released ''

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,'' and scored his fourth consecutive platinum album. The acoustic ballad " Now and Forever" peaked at No. 7 on the Hot 100, his top ten hit on that chart. The year 1997 saw the release of ''

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,'' Marx's final studio album on the Capitol imprint. The disc's first single, "Until I Find You Again", hit No. 3 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and No. 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Marx's ''

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'' compilation was released in November 1997. The 16-track album includes a variety of hit singles from his first five albums plus "Angel's Lullaby", a song written about his children originally appearing on ''For Our Children, Too'', a compilation CD released in 1996 to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. ''Greatest Hits'' was released in Asia in November 1998 and included two new songs, "Slipping Away" and "Thanks to You", a tribute to his mother. The album was certified

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in the U.S.

2000s

In 2000, Marx debuted his sixth studio album, titled ''

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.'' This disc was released on the Signal 21 Records label founded by Marx and former

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drummer and record producer

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After signing a new deal with his former label,

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, Marx released the 2004 album ''

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.'' In 2008, Marx released '' Duo,'' on which he collaborated with

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's lead singer

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. On June 12, 2008, Marx was part of a

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television series called ''Songwriters in the Round Presents: Legends & Lyrics''. In Episode 102 of the first season, Marx appeared along with

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, Nathan Lee, and rock band Three Doors Down. This episode also featured an interview with singer-songwriter

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. On October 31, 2008, " Emotional Remains" and " Sundown" were released, as digital downloads, on Marx's official site. On December 6, 2008, Marx headlined a fundraiser for

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research, "Newsapalooza", sponsored by WLS-AM's

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program, in which Marx both performed several of his hits with his band and accompanied Chicago broadcast news reporters and anchors covering rock hits. In an interview published in ''

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'' on June 26, 2009, Marx said he was "ashamed" of having been linked to a $1.92 million fine against single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset by the

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(RIAA). Rasset had shared 24 songs on the

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website Kazaa in 2005, and Marx's "Now and Forever" was one of them. Marx played piano on the song "Here" and produced Matt Scannell's vocals on two tracks for

's 2009 album, entitled '' Burning the Days.''

2010s

In March 2010, Marx released '' Stories To Tell'', his first fully acoustic album. On May 3, 2011, Marx was invited onto the stage at the Curran Theater in San Francisco by

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. It was opening night of ''Hugh Jackman in Performance.'' Jackman and Marx sang "Right Here Waiting" together, with Marx changing the lyrics of the last chorus to "right here waiting for Hugh". Also on May 3, 2011, the reissue of ''Stories to Tell'' was released in the United States as a three-disc set exclusively through

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. The set included a "best of" disc, an acoustic disc of tracks, and a DVD of a live concert performance at the Shepherd's Bush venue in England. The album was also made available for purchase on

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, but without the bonus DVD and album booklet. " Everybody" was released as a single in Europe and "When You Loved Me" was released in the U.S., peaking in the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the summer of 2011, Marx collaborated with the internet comedy duo

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, producing a celebrity endorsement for a colon-cleansing spa in Sacramento, California. The ad spot and its "making of" was featured on an episode of Rhett and Link's ''Commercial Kings'' television series on IFC. On November 1, 2011, Marx released '' The Christmas EP,'' a five-song collection of Christmas songs. In October 2012, Marx followed up '' The Christmas EP'' with a full album of holiday tracks that he called '' Christmas Spirit.'' On July 8, 2014, Marx released his eleventh studio album, '' Beautiful Goodbye''.

2020s

Marx's next album, ''Limitless'', was released on February 7, 2020. Its lead-off single, " Another One Down", hit No. 14 on ''Billboards Adult Contemporary chart, giving Marx a span of 32 years at the format. In 2021, he appeared in the ''

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'' episode " Young Parent Trap". His autobiography ''Stories to Tell'', was released in July 2021. He appears as himself in the 200th episode of '' The Goldbergs'', "The Wedding" which aired in March 2022. Marx announced his new album ''Songwriter'' will be released on September 30, 2022 and released the first single Same Heartbreak, Different Day on July 15, 2022. It was revealed that a previous non-album single ''Just Go'' that was subsequently released as a bonus track to the ''Beautiful Goodbye'' will also be on this album, along with the studio version of Moscow Calling that had also been a bonus track to ''Beautiful Goodbye'' as a remix.

Collaborations

*1986 – Marx contributed backing vocals on

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's '' True Blue'' album and can particularly be heard on the track "White Heat". *1988 – Marx co-wrote (with

) and played keyboards on Edge Of A Broken Heart,

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's first single from their debut album. *1991 – Marx contributed backing vocals on Cher's ''

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'' album and can particularly be heard on the track " A World Without Heroes". *1993 – Marx played piano on John Farnham's 1993 song "The Reason Why". *1997 – Marx recorded "

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" with

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for the 1997 film ''

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.'' *1997 – Marx recorded " Surrender to Me" with

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for the 1997 album ''Flesh and Bones'' International Ed. *1999 – Marx built "Renegade Studios", a state of the art recording facility located in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Artists such as

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, and

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have recorded material at this location. *2000 – Marx wrote and produced "This I Promise You", a single by NSYNC. *2002 – Marx collaborated with Mexican singer

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on her sixth studio album and first English debut album, writing the song titled 'Border Girl' which led to the album's name titled ''

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''. *2004 – At the 46th Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004, Marx won a

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for Song of the Year for " Dance with My Father", which he wrote and composed in collaboration with

. On that same night, he played the piano accompanying

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in performing "Dance with My Father", since Vandross was not present at the ceremony for health reasons. (Vandross died the following year.) *2006 – During summer 2006, Marx toured with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band. Other members of that year's All Starr Band included

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, and

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. * 2006 – Marx appeared on the Fox network's TV show ''

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'' in September 2006. Other singers to take part in the series included Smokey Robinson,

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. *2007 – In 2007 Marx released a new ballad titled "Your Goodbye" and a new version of his classic love song "Hold On to the Nights" on a

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compilation production called ''New Music from an Old Friend.'' This compilation was released on the

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label Spotlight.

Personal life

On January 8, 1989, Marx married singer, dancer, and actress

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Dirty Dancing ''Dirty Dancing'' is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman ...

''. Rhodes appeared as the female lead in Marx's first video, "Don't Mean Nothing". The couple have three sons – Brandon (born 1990), Lucas (born 1992), and Jesse (born 1994) — and previously resided in

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. He currently resides in

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. In April 2014, the couple announced they were divorcing after 25 years of marriage. On December 23, 2015, Marx married entrepreneur and former

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

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, as confirmed on his official Facebook page. On December 21, 2016, it was reported that Marx helped

Korean Air Korean Air Co., Ltd. (), operating as Korean Air (Korean Air Lines before 1984), is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations and international flights. The present-day Korean Air ...

flight attendants pacify an unruly, possibly intoxicated passenger while he and his wife were aboard a flight bound from Hanoi to Seoul, even providing photographic evidence of the incident. He also criticized the airline's handling of the situation. In response, Korean Air stated that they would respond more assertively to similar situations in the future.

Discography

Studio albums

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Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary music, adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went tri ...

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'' (2004) * '' Emotional Remains'' (2008) * '' Sundown'' (2008) * '' Christmas Spirit'' (2012) * '' Beautiful Goodbye'' (2014) * '' Limitless'' (2020) * ''

Songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

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Angelia In a poem by the Greek poet Pindar (5th-century BC), Angelia (Ancient Greek: Ἀγγελία ('Message') is mentioned as a daughter of the Greek messenger-god Hermes, where she is understood as "message" personified.A Greek–English Lexicons.v. ...

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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'' ...

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Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to male recording artists for works (songs or albums) containin ...

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Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record four times, while Bab ...

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Concert Industry Awards , Tour , Club Tour of the Year , , - , rowspan=3, 1990 ,

Kids Choice Awards The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (also known as the KCAs or Kids' Choice) is an annual American children's awards ceremony show that is produced by Nickelodeon. Usually held on a Saturday night in late March or early April, the show honors ...

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American Music Awards The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Produc ...

, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist , , - , ASCAP Film & TV Awards , " Surrender to Me" , Most Performed Song from Motion Picture , , - , 2013 ,

O Music Awards The O Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the OMAs) is an awards show presented by MTV to honor music, technology and intersection between the two. The 1st O Music Award ceremony was held on April 28, 2011 on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Veg ...

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References

External links

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