Richard Marx
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963-09-16
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Untersuchungen über die Leistungsfähigkeit von Studenten im Textleseverständnis
- Richard Marx - Greatest Hits (Songbook)
- Stories to Tell
- Richard Marx Collection
- E-z Play Today #185 - The Best Of Richard Marx
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for
- Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart — Self2026
- John Farnham: Finding the Voice — Self2023
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest2019
- Drop the Mic — Self2017
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — Self2016
- Life in Pieces — Buddy Daiquiri2015
- Back in the Day — Neighbor2014
- Heart and Friends - Home For The Holidays2014
- The Goldbergs — Richard Marx2013
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 797,071
- Total plays
- 7,665,222
Tags
popsoft rock80ssinger-songwriterrock
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a singer-songwriter best known for his adult contemporary music. He had a string of successful hit singles in the late 80s and early 90s such as "Right Here Waiting," "Hazard," and "Hold on to the Nights." Although most of his successful songs are slow ballads like these, many of his songs have an upbeat, classic rock style, examples being "Don't Mean Nothing," "Should've Known Better," "Satisfied," and "Wait for the Sunrise". <
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via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Richard Noel Marx , ( 1963-09-16 ) September 16, 1963 (age 62) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Origin
- Highland Park, Illinois , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop soft rock adult contemporary pop rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals piano guitar
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Labels
- Capitol EMI Manhattan Signal 21 Zanzibar Frontiers Kobalt Label Services
- Spouse s
- Cynthia Rhodes ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) , Daisy Fuentes ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 )
- Website
- richardmarx .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 16 September 1963
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Noel
- Family name
- Marx
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Spouse
- Daisy Fuentes
- Father
- Dick Marx
- Occupation
- instrumentalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Marx's first number one success as a songwriter came in 1984 with "What About Me?", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram, and topped the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. His second chart-topper was 1985's "Crazy", a song he co-wrote with Rogers which reached number one in the Hot Country Songs chart. Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Between 1987 and 1994, he had 14 top 20 hits, including three number one singles.
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