The latter three of the album's singles were also hits on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary chart, beginning a long string of hits on that chart. The fourth single released from the album, " Hold On to the Nights", earned Marx his first No. The next two singles, " Should've Known Better" and " Endless Summer Nights", reached No. 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", is a song about the potential pitfalls of the music business. Marx's self-titled debut album, released in June 1987, yielded four hit singles and went triple platinum. Waybill went into great detail about their working relationship in a 2020 interview with American Songwriter. Marx called Waybill "my life-long best friend" and said Waybill is also godfather to his children. In that same 2014 video segment for Ameoba Records. Marx said one of the first musicians he met in Los Angeles was Fee Waybill of The Tubes with whom he has collaborated at least 30 times. Richie thought Marx had talent and told the teen, "I can't promise you anything, but you should come to L.A." 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 age five, singing commercial jingles written by his father's company his 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 attended North Shore Country Day School. 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 jingle company in the early 1960s. Marx's first number one success came in 1984 with " Crazy", a song he co-wrote with country music superstar Kenny Rogers. In 2003, he won the Grammy for Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father". Marx has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. Marx has written or collaborated on songs with other artists, including " This I Promise You" by NSYNC and " Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross. 1 on various Billboard charts in each of the last four decades." According to Billboard, Marx "holds the distinction of having written songs that have hit No. 1 hits include " Right Here Waiting", " Hold On to the Nights", " Endless Summer Nights", and " Satisfied". He has scored a total of 14 number one singles, both as a performer and as a songwriter/producer. Marx is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the top 5 of the Billboard charts.
Between 19, he had 14 top 20 hits, including three number one singles. 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. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter.
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