[歌手简介]

　　Before he released his first album, Richard Marx sang on commercials and was a backing vocalist for Lionel Richie. It was here that he learned the commercial pop skills that made him an adult contemporary radio star in the late '80s. Marx shot to the top of the charts upon the release of his eponymous debut in 1987. Marx's first hit was the California rocker "Don't Mean Nothing," but his real strength lay with ballads like "Right Here Waiting," which became an adult contemporary staple in the late '80s.

　　Richard Marx and 1989's Repeat Offender generated a string of three consecutive number one hits in America -- "Hold on to the Nights," "Satisfied," and "Right Here Waiting." With the release of Rush Street in 1991, his commercial fortunes started to slip somewhat as the mainstream shifted away from the slick, well-constructed songs that are his forte. Despite the Top Ten hit single "Now and Forever," 1994's Paid Vacation fell from the charts quickly, and

　　Marx entered a period of seclusion, returning in the spring of 1997 with Flesh & Bone, an album tailored toward the adult contemporary market. Days in Avalon was quietly issued in fall 2000.

　　Richard Marx，1963年6月16日出生于美国芝加哥。这位当今摇滚乐坛的白马王子，从艺生涯颇具有传奇色彩：80年代初，他曾录制了几首歌曲，试着寄给乐坛巨星莱昂纳尔·里奇(Lionel Richie, Say You Say Me 的作曲及演唱者)，没想到立即获得常识，并被Richie邀请加盟伴唱。

　　1987年5月，Richard Marx的第一部个人专辑Richard Marx问世。当时，他正在美国各地举行大规模的巡回演出，专辑也因此一举成功。其中的单曲《持续回归》(Keep Coming Back)首先名列排行榜首。接着，专辑中的另外三首单曲Hold on to the Nights，Don't Mean Nothing，Should've Known Better接踵登上了冠军宝座，Richard Marx因此成为有史以来在同一专辑中有四首单曲排行榜首的第一位摇滚乐歌手。该专辑在全球销出3,000,000多张，并在排行榜上停留一年半的时间。

　　1989年5月，Richard Marx翻录制作了《重犯》专辑的新版本，发行量仍超过6,000,000张。随后，他的歌曲《安琪丽亚》(Angelia)、《称心如意》(Satisfied)和《此情可待》(Right Here Waiting)也大获成功，其中后二首均达到了排行榜首位，它们使Richard Marx成为摇滚乐坛的超级巨星。

　　1991年9月9日，Richard Marx举办了音乐会，一天之中，他飞行在纽约(New York)、华盛顿(Washington)、克里弗兰(Kleveland)、芝加哥(Chicago)和洛杉矶(Los Angeles)五大城市间作马拉松式的巡回演出。后来，这天被摇滚乐坛称为“理查德日”而载入史册。Richard Marx的大部分歌曲都是摇滚风格的。他自己表示，摇滚乐才是他的真正兴趣所在。