The first two singles, "Satisfied" and the platinum-selling "Right Here Waiting," both reached #1. It went triple platinum within a few months and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the United States alone. It rose to #1 on Billboard's album chart. Repeat Offender, Marx’s second album, was released in May 1989. In 1988, Marx was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Vocal Performance - Solo' for "Don’t Mean Nothing." Repeat Offender His first tour kept him on the road for 14 months. With the success of his self-titled album, he embarked on his first world tour, initially opening for REO Speedwagon, but quickly began headlining his own shows. The fourth single release, "Hold On to the Nights," earned Marx his first #1 Pop single.
The next two singles, "Should’ve Known Better" and "Endless Summer Nights" reached #3 and #2, respectively. Marx became the first new artist played on 117 radio stations nationwide during his initial week on the charts. The debut single, "Don't Mean Nothing," about the potential pitfalls of the music business, had been released the previous month, and it climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #1 on Billboard's Album Rock charts. Marx's self-titled debut album, released in June 1987, yielded four hit singles and sold nearly four million copies in the US. Marx contacted his friend Fee Waybill, frontman of The Tubes, and some other musicians, including Joe Walsh, and Randy Meisner of the Eagles, to create a ten-track debut album. His demo tape was rejected by every label in Hollywood until, finally, four years after moving to Los Angeles, the president of EMI/Manhattan Records, Bruce Lundvall, signed him. While working as a songwriter and doing background vocals, Marx continued to pursue his own record deal. Soon after, Marx began working with producer David Foster and writing songs for the group Chicago and R&B singer Freddie Jackson. The trio recording hit #1 Adult Contemporary and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 (while just scraping onto the Country and R&B charts) in late 1984 while "Crazy" hit #1 Country and #5 AC the following year. Within days, Marx gave him the demo of "Crazy." Rogers recorded it, along with another of Marx’s songs, "What About Me?" This also featured James Ingram and Kim Carnes. He was singing for Kenny Rogers in 1984 when he overheard Rogers say he needed a new song.
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Marx initially sang backing vocals for various artists, and also had a minor acting role in the television movie Coach Of The Year, which starred Robert Conrad. Richie thought Marx had the talent and told the teen, "I can't promise you anything, but you should come to L.A." After graduating from North Shore Country Day School in 1981, Marx moved to Los Angeles and visited Richie. Marx was 17 and living in Highland Park, Illinois when a tape of his songs ended up in the hands of Lionel Richie.
Marx began his career in music at the age of 5, singing commercial jingles written by his father's company its list of advertising hits includes Arm & Hammer, Ken-L Ration and Nestlé Crunch. He has three half-siblings from his father's previous marriage. Marx was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Ruth (née Guildoo), a former singer, and Dick Marx, a jazz musician and founder of a successful jingle company in the early 1960s. His 14th and latest chart topper, "Long Hot Summer," performed by Keith Urban, gave Marx the distinction of having a song he wrote or co-wrote top the charts in four different decades. The latter song won several Grammy Awards. He has also written or collaborated on songs with other artists such as "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross. His record sales worldwide exceed 30 million.
Marx placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4). Although some of his major hit songs were ballads, many of his songs have had a classic rock style, such as "Don't Mean Nothing," "Should've Known Better," "Satisfied," and "Too Late to Say Goodbye." He had a stream of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights," "Right Here Waiting," "Now and Forever," "Hazard" and "At the Beginning" with Donna Lewis. Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has sold over 30 million records.
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