Richard Marx

Chicago born Richard Marx is a singer songwriter, and record producer who has sold upwards of 30 million records throughout his career. He was the first solo artist to have his first solo singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Marx’s career started aged 5, when he would sing jingles written by his father, who owned a commercial jingles company. It was when he was 17 that one of his demos ended up in the hands of Lionel Richie who invited Marx to sing on his debut solo album. Marx flew over to Los Angeles after his graduation to find himself singing on the songs “You Are”, “Running with the Night” and “All Night Long (All Night)”. His session singing career snowballed and he found himself singing for artists such as Madonna and Whitney Houston, which eventually turned into a songwriting career.