North Central College presents performer, songwriter and producer Richard Marx in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Marx has had innumerable highlights during his nearly three decades-long career. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut. It went to No. 8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping "Hold on to the Nights" and "Don't Mean Nothing" earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The follow-up, 1989's "Repeat Offender," was even more successful, hitting No. 1 and going quadruple-platinum with two No. 1 singles in "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting." When both "Rush Street" (with two No. 1 AC hits in "Keep Coming Back" and "Hazard") and "Paid Vacation" (with its No. 1 AC hit "Now and Forever") went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts. Marx launched a second, very successful incarnation as a songwriter and producer with songs like "To Where You Are," the first hit single from Josh Groban's debut album, as well as the N*Sync smash "This I Promise You." He went on to earn a 2004 Song of the Year Grammy for coauthoring Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father." Across all formats, Marx has scored an amazing total of 14 No. 1 singles (including Keith Urban's No. 1 smash "Long Hot Summer") both as a performer and songwriter/producer, making him a true multitalented threat who continues to challenge himself and his fans.
Marx's last album of all new material, "My Own Best Enemy," was released in 2004, featuring hits "When You're Gone" and "Ready to Fly." In 2010, he released "Stories To Tell," a greatest hits album that produced a Top 20 AC hit in "When You Loved Me." In 2012 he released his first-ever Christmas album, "Christmas Spirit."
In 2014, he released his eighth album "Beautiful Goodbye," featuring all new material. He says he set out to make a deliberately sexy album. "The songs on this record were influenced greatly by everyone from Sade to Bebel Gilberto to various EDM artists to even Chopin. I'm known for romantic music in the past, but this music I wrote is all more sensual and ethereal, and the lyrics are more adventurous than I've been willing to go in the past."
North Central College presents performer, songwriter and producer Richard Marx in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Marx has had innumerable highlights during his nearly three decades-long career. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut. It went to No. 8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping "Hold on to the Nights" and "Don't Mean Nothing" earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The follow-up, 1989's "Repeat Offender," was even more successful, hitting No. 1 and going quadruple-platinum with two No. 1 singles in "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting." When both "Rush Street" (with two No. 1 AC hits in "Keep Coming Back" and "Hazard") and "Paid Vacation" (with its No. 1 AC hit "Now and Forever") went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts. Marx launched a second, very successful incarnation as a songwriter and producer with songs like "To Where You Are," the first hit single from Josh Groban's debut album, as well as the N*Sync smash "This I Promise You." He went on to earn a 2004 Song of the Year Grammy for coauthoring Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father." Across all formats, Marx has scored an amazing total of 14 No. 1 singles (including Keith Urban's No. 1 smash "Long Hot Summer") both as a performer and songwriter/producer, making him a true multitalented threat who continues to challenge himself and his fans.
Marx's last album of all new material, "My Own Best Enemy," was released in 2004, featuring hits "When You're Gone" and "Ready to Fly." In 2010, he released "Stories To Tell," a greatest hits album that produced a Top 20 AC hit in "When You Loved Me." In 2012 he released his first-ever Christmas album, "Christmas Spirit."
In 2014, he released his eighth album "Beautiful Goodbye," featuring all new material. He says he set out to make a deliberately sexy album. "The songs on this record were influenced greatly by everyone from Sade to Bebel Gilberto to various EDM artists to even Chopin. I'm known for romantic music in the past, but this music I wrote is all more sensual and ethereal, and the lyrics are more adventurous than I've been willing to go in the past."