ARTIST · POP / SOFT ROCK

Richard Marx

Linen-textured production and earnest tenor—every bridge resolves like a promise kept.

Pop rock
Soft rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Repeat Offender balanced AOR muscle with prom-night tenderness.

Right Here Waiting became shorthand for long-distance devotion worldwide.

Producer and songwriter credits extended influence into country and pop lanes.

Lossless streams reveal vocal doubles, chorus guitar sheen, and tight low-end pillows.

Marx sang backing vocals for Lionel Richie before launching a solo career. His debut Richard Marx (1987) brought Don’t Mean Nothing and Should’ve Known Better, and Repeat Offender (1989) included Satisfied and Right Here Waiting.

He has also written for Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, and Josh Groban, and shared a Grammy Award for Dance with My Father. Flesh and Bone (1997) and Emotional Remains (2014) continued his run.

Interesting facts about Richard Marx

01 American singer-songwriter born in Chicago, Illinois.
02 Repeat Offender (1989) topped the US Billboard 200 and included Satisfied and Right Here Waiting.
03 Won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year as part of the writing team on Luther Vandross’s Dance with My Father (2004).
04 Sang backing vocals for Lionel Richie before going solo.
05 Co-wrote Dance with My Father for Luther Vandross.