Listening to Richard Marx share I find him to be so genuine and humble. Never grow tired of hearing him sing either since Im a total 80's girl. Never knew he wrote so many songs for these great artists. Great interview!
Dude came through Denver, years ago, performing at a "free" outdoor concert. And... this guy worked the crowd like no one I've ever seen. Fantastic performer!
I can't believe how grounded Richard Marx is. Definitely one of my favourites. First memory was "Should've known Better" and still listen this & Endless Summer Nights, Don't mean nothing, Angelina - I actually prefer these to Right Here Waiting. His music was such an important link from the Eagles and a few other bands from the 80's to the new era of the 90's it was uncanny how I immediately detected Eagles sound first time I heard his songs and then bought the album & confirmed it!. He seems so incredibly under rated when you consider the phenomenal success he had. Absolutely loved "Hazard" too -When you combine beautiful lyrics to beautifully composed sound tracks it will always find a home. Richard sounds like he's produced so much great material that it's almost taken for granted. Many writers and performers would kill to have that problem. He mentioned a very important word that you find in true greats and something I always respect - Authentic!
My band was playing a gig at the Hard Rock in Acapulco back in 92. Richard and his band played 4 songs with our instruments! I asked Rick if he could do "It don't mean Nothing"? He did it!!! I was smiling big time.:)
Love every song Richard Marx has ever written, sung and shared. A favorite is Hold On To The Night…it helped me in one of my saddest times of life to never ever ever give up. God Bless You.
That 35 flew by. I’ve followed Richard now and forever (pun) … I love the guy so much, his songwriting inspired me to write, write WRITE. My song on my RU-vid, Map It Out wouldn’t and couldn’t have been written without listening to Richard and how he writes. Love Bobby too, this was such a great chat! Loved it.
Because in today's day and age, 60 is way younger than it used to be 30 and 40 years ago. Also, some people eat right and stay in shape and take really good care of themselves. Yeah, anyone that doesn't know who he is would probably think he's 43...maybe younger.
Absolute massive fan. I will never forget the first time I heard him on the radio. The sun was don’t mean nothing and I think it was his first hit. I needed to know immediately who this was and then, when should’ve known better came out, I became a bigger and bigger fan. Great singer, great songwriter, great artist.
Oh my rockstar ive loved Richard since the 80s when he first came out with don't mean nothing and after all these years hes still one of the best singer song writers that ever was hes truly a classical masterpiece
Back in 1988 maybe 89, Richard Marx was touring, Wilson Phillips, and the company I worked, for I got some backstage passes for a show in Philadelphia at the Mann music center. While backstage and enjoying crudites, trays, sparkling waters, etc. it was announced to us that “Mr. Marks” will be coming in shortly. Please don’t speak to him don’t ask for any autographs. Everyone will be getting an autographed CD in a little swag bag. Richard then proceeded to stand in line and give the most cold fish softest handshake I’ve ever had in my life. But that’s OK because right after the handshake, I could hear Wilson Phillips harmonizing out in the hallway and I got to peek out about 3 feet away from China Phillips in her thigh high leather boots, and got a little smile. She was gorgeous ! I stayed for Wilson Phillips and left shorty after Marx took the stage.
So glad I stumbled on this! I was a big enough fan to get his Greatest Hits CD which is an excellent compilation and I listen to it fairly regularly! Knew about a couple co-written songs with Daughtry and Lifehouse which they recorded and I loved, but didn’t know about Keith Urban, one of the few country artists I’ve purchased music from. Also loved discovering said songs Richard recorded in 2012 on Spotify! (Had Enough and On the Inside) always considered him Super talented and realize now he’s an even more prolific songwriter than I realized!
Talk about luck, his parent’s sound amazing. With all the resistance I believe their immense support and love made him into a great talent and human. So glad he didn’t listen to any of the naysayers. One of my favorite artists ♥️. More of these legends please.
Why am I seeing Charlie sheen / Rob Lowe when I look at Richard? Lmao. In all serious…he is a BRILLIANT songwriter. Absolute giant in the industry. Hearing his hits broken down to a guitar and or piano showcases what monsters he penned. Love this guy.
What a great interview. All the right questions, that would interest young songwriters, budding artist, or fans. Really good interview, regarding the inner-workings of a Talented singer-songwriter.
In the mid 90s I had a job camping outside the doors of record shops to buy top shelf concert tickets for rich people. Sometimes a face from my world would join me in my car or on the pavement - wherever I happened to wind up. In late '95 it was a short-lived girlfriend, Marya. Invariably, passersby would want to know what the hell I was doing just sitting there, and usually I'd just lay it out. With the addition of Marya, however, it took a bit of a spicier turn. After we'd been asked a few times, I believe it was Marya who came up with the idea of telling any future inquirers we were camping for Richard Marx tickets. We even came up with a tour name: The Marx on the Wall Tour. I remember it to this day. We laughed like kids. After. To each other. God. Time flies, people.
I was so confused I had to Google him up because I remember this guy from the 80's and he still looks like a kid ! Actually looks better than back then. Never really followed him but now I'm curios to hear more than his hits.
Fantastic interview, "Right here waiting" is a all time ballad arrangement back in the day, Listen to you guys on 94.5 In Bay area California on my morning commute, Im a part time percussionist on weekends, use to jam at the old Saddlerack in San Jose back in mid 90's, went to school with DJ Tony Michaels way back, thank you for awesome interview. 🙏🤠
I went to see Richard Marx in 88 or 89 and the poor guy that brought me didn’t know what to do with himself the whole night because I was enthralled with the music like he was there to sing just for me and that’s what I believed whole heartedly.haha
He was indeed lucky to have supporting parents . I GREATLY regret not pursuing music as a career in my youth. My parents actively discouraged my interest in music and I resent it.
This was a very nice interview. Thank you so much. Very well done for story and questions. Richard Marx don’t have the voice.. HAHA… I love the background stories.. I really enjoyed this nice open story and how Richard tells it. Hazard was a big hit here in Norway too. I have to mention the version of Miami 2017. I loved it and i played that version with my band. A generation of musicians to.
I met Richard once when I worked in an electronics store back in the early 90s. He does not like Sony headphones lol. A couple years earlier I met producer Danny Bramson and he told me he used to pay Richard 500$ a week to sing background on his tracks. This would have been in the early 80s.
Thank you for this. Amazing interview. Great questions! Used to play some of Mr. Marx music in piano bars (as well as Billy Joel and Elton John) and people loved them. Also worked as Head of Security for concert promoters and Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers were two of my favorite artists to work with and very sincerely kind and generous people. At shows, we would get mountains of demo tapes from artists and writers that they just didn't have the time or inclination to listen to. Wonderful knowing he came from a talented jazz musical family, as was mine (musicians for Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Billy Holiday and others). My grandfather played on the first RnR record to sell over a million copies. My uncle, played with Louis Armstrongs All-Stars for 8 years. Ironically, they moved on to solo careers BECAUSE they had gotten tired of playing the standards every night and wanted to venture out on their own. And it was why I stopped playing piano bars... probably because we didn't write those songs and nourish them from beginning. Lol, some of them I'm just discovering that he wrote. But it would be a dick move to not play what people wanted to hear. It takes such talent to do what he does and I'm sure he also understands how differently writing songs can be inspired by guitar vs. by piano. Picked up guitar about 5 years ago and love it I'm 64! Composing comes easier than writing lyrics, so much respect to him for having the full package! Truly a gift.
