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Richard Marx
All Music Guide
Before he released his first album, Richard Marx sang on commercials and was a backing vocalist for Lionel Richie. It was here that he learned the commercial pop skills that made him an adult contemporary radio star in the late 80s. Marx shot to the top of the charts upon the release of his eponymous debut in 1987. Marxs first hit was the California rocker Dont Mean Nothing, but his real strength lay with allads like Right Here Waiting, which became an adult contemporary staple in the late 80s. Richard Marx and 1989s Repeat Offender generated a string of three consecutive number one hits in America -- Hold on to the Nights, Satisfied, and Right Here Waiting. With the release of Rush Street in 1991, his commercial fortunes started to slip somewhat as the mainstream shifted away from the slick, well-constructed songs that are his forte. Despite the Top Ten hit single Now and Forever, 1994s Paid Vacation fell from the charts quickly, and Marx entered a period of seclusion, returning in the spring of 1997 with Flesh & Bone, an album tailored toward the adult contemporary market. Days in Avalon was quietly issued in fall 2000.
         
         
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