First night of shows at Epcot for Richard Marx tonight… :-) “Don’t Mean Nothing” was released in 1987 as the first single from Richard’s self-titled debut album. The song climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #1 on the Billboard Album Rock chart becoming a radio favorite. Richard Marx became the first new artist to be played on 117 radio stations nationwide during his initial week on the charts. “According to Richard Marxs personal commentary about the songs origin, his manager at the time asked Joe Walsh to play slide guitar on the song and he agreed. As a fan of the Eagles, Marx felt that musically the song could have belonged on the The Long Run album. Two other Eagles members, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit sang background vocals on the song. Marx wrote the lyrics himself and co-wrote the music for this song with Bruce Gaitsch at Marxs first house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Hollywood.” With the success of this album, Richard became the first male artist to reach the Top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100 with four singles from a debut album. He embarked on his first world tour, initially opening for REO Speedwagon, but quickly began headlining his own shows. Marxs first tour kept him on the road for 14 months while the album remained on the charts for more than a year and a half. Enjoy! :-)
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:23:35 +0000
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