The Auditorium Theatre will host an exciting double bill of two award-winning recording artists on Thursday, August 17 at 7 p.m. Richard Marx will be joined by John Waite, the British born rock star who has been successfully writing, recording, and performing popular music for more than 35 years.
Richard Marx is celebrating his thirty-sixth year as a recording artist and his thirty-ninth as a professional songwriter. 1984’s “What About Me,” released as a trio by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and James Ingram, was co-written by Richard and became not only his first song recorded as an artist, but his first number one as a writer.
Marx has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to No. 8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The album spawned four Top 5 singles, including “Hold on to the Nights” and “Don’t Mean Nothing,” which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
His follow-up, 1989’s “Repeat Offender,” was even more successful, hitting No. 1 and going quadruple platinum with two No. 1 singles, “Satisfied” and “Right Here Waiting.” He has since made history as the only male artist whose first seven singles reached the Top 5 on the Billboard charts.
Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, May 26 at 10 a.m. (auditoriumtheatre.org)
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