Stories to Tell- A Memoir by Richard Marx

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National Bestseller Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career. Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him the first male solo artist (and second solo artist overall after Whitney Houston) to have four singles from their debut crack the top three on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow-up, 1989's Repeat Offender, was an even bigger smash, going quadruple platinum and landing two singles at number one. He has written fourteen number-one songs in total, shared a Song of the Year Grammy with Luther Vandross, and collaborated with a variety of artists including NSYNC, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, and Keith Urban. Lately, he's also become a Twitter celebrity thanks to his outspokenness on social issues and his ability to out-troll his trolls. In Stories to Tell, Marx uses this same engaging, straight-talking style to look back on his life and career. He writes of how Kenny Rogers changed a single line of a song he'd written for him then asked for a 50% cut-which inspired Marx to write one of his biggest hits. He tells the uncanny story of how he wound up curled up on the couch of Olivia Newton-John, his childhood crush, watching Xanadu.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimension- 5.5" W x 8.3" H x 1" D
    • Genre- Music
    • Publisher- Simon & Schuster, Publication date- 07-12-2022
    • Page count- 320
    • ISBN- 9781982169435
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1 year ago
from Long Island, NY

Really interesting music lover's read!

I read this at the suggestion of a friend and WOW it was full of so much musical facts and nuggets. I'm a casual fan of Richard's and never realized how multi-talented and versatile he is. He has written so many well-loved songs that I had no idea he'd written or had a hand in writing. Also, the list of his friends/collaborators is amazing in itself. He also touches on his family past and present. I was hooked early on in this book when he stated that he sang as a 5-year-old The Monkees/Davy Jones song "I Wanna Be Free" as this is my favorite song by them. And Richard's cover of it was played at Davey's funeral. Of course, I had to stop the book to go find Richard's cover on you tube, and it is beautiful. A really great, interesting read.

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