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Our guest on this episode of Songcraft is Richard Marx, who is best known for writing and recording hits such as “Don’t Mean Nothing,” “Hold on to the Nights” and “Right Here Waiting.” But that’s only part of the story. As a songwriter, Marx has written #1 hits for other artists, ranging from Kenny Rogers to Josh Groban to NSYNC to Keith Urban. He’s sold more gOJT. ➕ S'abonner ➕ Souscrire ✔ Abonné ✔ Souscrire Partager SUMMARYOur guest on this episode of Songcraft is Richard Marx, who is best known for writing and recording hits such as “Don’t Mean Nothing,” “Hold on to the Nights” and “Right Here Waiting.” But that’s only part of the story. As a songwriter, Marx has written 1 hits for other artists, ranging from Kenny Rogers to Josh Groban to NSYNC to Keith Urban. He’s sold more than 30 million albums as an artist, earned the Grammy Song of the Year as a writer, and, with the publication of his new memoir on July 6th, is now an author with many amazing stories to ONEScott and Paul talk about the new Songcraft T-shirts, and wonder if Richard Marx is perhaps in an elite club whose only other members are the Bee TWOOur in-depth conversation with Richard MarxABOUT RICHARD MARXGrammy-winning performer Richard Marx has sold more than 30 million albums as an artist, but if you only know him from late 1980s ballads such as “Hold on to the Nights” and “Right Here Waiting,” you only know part of the story. A prolific songwriter, Marx has landed fourteen songs at the top of various Billboard charts, and has written a 1 single in each of the last four decades. His genre-crossing songwriting success includes “What About Me” and “Crazy,” which Kenny Rogers carried to the top of the Adult Contemporary and Country charts, respectively; “Edge of a Broken Heart,” a hit for the female metal band Vixen; “This I Promise You,” a Top 5 pop single for NSYNC that stayed at 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for 13 weeks; Josh Groban’s debut single “To Where You Are,” which also reached 1; and “Dance With My Father,” which Richard wrote with the song’s performer, Luther Vandross, and which earned the pair the prestigious Grammy Song of the Year award in 2004. Additionally, Richard has scored three major hits with Keith Urban the Top 5 “Everybody,” and the 1 singles “Better Life” and “Long Hot Summer.”Despite all his songwriting success, however, Marx is best known as a singer and performer who today jokes about his 80s hairstyle and of-the-era drum sounds. But the songs are undeniable, all of which Marx wrote and produced himself. His debut self-titled album yielded four Top 5 singles “Don’t Mean Nothing,” “Should’ve Known Better,” “Endless Summer Nights,” and “Hold on to the Nights.” His follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was even more successful, going quadruple-platinum and earning two number one Billboard pop singles, “Satisfied” and “Right Here Waiting,” in addition to the Top 5 “Angelina.” More hits followed, including “Keep Coming Back,” “Hazard,” “Take This Heart,” “Now and Forever,” and “Until I Find You Again.”In addition, Richard’s songs have been integral to a number of successful film soundtracks. He earned a Grammy nomination for his contributions to St. Elmo’s Fire; scored a Top 10 pop hit with “Surrender to Me,” which Ann Wilson of Heart and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick recorded for the movie Tequila Sunrise, and wrote “At the Beginning,” a hit duet for the film Anastasia that Richard performed with Donna the course of his career, Richard’s songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, The Tubes, Sarah Brightman, Monica, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Paulina Rubio, Emerson Drive, Chicago, Billy Ray Cyrus, Vince Gill, Kenny Loggins, LeAnn Rimes, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Berry Manilow, Daughtry, Vertical Horizon, Lifehouse, Dave Koz, Jennifer Nettles, Ringo Starr, and many memoir, Stories to Tell, is available July 6 from Simon & Shuster. 216 episodes SongfactsMarx wrote this song on the road as a love letter to his wife, actress Cynthia Rhodes. In a 2010 interview, Marx told the Indian newspaper The Indian Express the story behind the song "I wrote the song for my wife Cynthia who was in South Africa shooting for a film. We were not married then and I wanted to meet her because I had not seen her for a few months. But my visa application was rejected and when I came back I wrote this song which was more of a letter from me to was the fastest song I wrote, in barely 20 minutes. And this was the time when there was no Skype and Social networking so I had to ship the track to her. The song was very personal and was not intended to go public. But my friends pursued me to record it."Marx and Rhodes were married from could say that Richard Marx was born to rock - and to sell His father wrote TV jingles for chocolate bars and peanut butter, and Richard made his professional debut singing on some of his dad's commercials. When he was 18, Marx left his hometown of Chicago and headed to LA, where another commercial-minded musician, Lionel Richie, took the young singer-songwriter under this wing. After a 5-year apprenticeship in which he sang harmonies on several of Richie's hits had some of his compositions recorded by artists such as Kenny Rogers and Chicago, Marx finally landed his own recording contract. And he was poised for stardom Marx's self-titled 1987 debut album yielded four top-10 hits, including the 1 song "Hold On To The Nights." Repeat Offender was the follow-up album, and spawned five more hits. >>Suggestion credit Rob - Rothesay, NB, Canada, for above 2 Spotify UK revealed just ahead of Valentine's Day, 2013 that this is their most popular love song, narrowly ahead of Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is." The list was based on streaming figures from their 'love song' play originally pitched the song to Barbra Streisand. But she had a few issues with his lyrics. "She called and said, 'I love this music, this melody is gorgeous, but if I'm going to record it, I'm going to need you to rewrite the lyrics because I'm not going to be right here waiting for anybody,'" Marx recalled to CBS in a 2013 was used in a comical fashion on Chuck in the season 2 episode "Chuck Versus The Seduction." On Morgan's faulty advice, Devon plans a bizarre romantic evening for Ellie based on her favorite things from middle school, including the Repeat Offender was also used in these TV showsFamily Guy "Young Parent Trap" - 2021The Good Place "Everything Is Bonzer!" - 2018Life In Pieces "Poison Fire Teats Universe" - 2017Raising Hope "The Cultish Personality" - 2011And these moviesDina 2017Good Deeds 2012 Reviews & Digital Right Here Waiting Sheet Music Details Additional Information Additional Information Composer name N/A Vocal range N/A Original published key F SKU 187661 Release date Aug 11, 2017 Last Updated Jan 14, 2020 Genre Pop Arrangement / Instruments Alto Sax Solo Arrangement Code ASXSOL Number of pages 1 Price $ Reviews * Click playback or notes icon at the bottom of the interactive viewer and check "Right Here Waiting" playback & transpose functionality prior to purchase. For clarification contact our support. Richard Marx Right Here Waiting sheet music arranged for Alto Sax Solo and includes 1 pages. The style of the score is Love. Catalog SKU number of the notation is 187661. The arrangement code for the composition is ASXSOL. Minimum required purchase quantity for these notes is 1.* Please check if transposition is possible before your complete your purchase. Digital download printable PDF. This score was originally published in the key of F. Composition was first released on Friday 11th August, 2017 and was last updated on Tuesday 14th January, 2020. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. 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