Richard Marx session discography
# Richard Marx session discography

This is a list of Richard Marx's session work playing various instruments and singing backing vocals for various artists.

## 1980s

### 1982

Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie

* "You Are" (backing vocals)

### 1983

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down

* "All Night Long" (backing vocals)
* "Running with the Night" (backing vocals)

### 1984

George Benson - 20/20

* "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (backing vocals)

Chicago - Chicago 17

* "We Can Stop the Hurting" (backing vocals)

Julio Iglesias - 1100 Bel Air Place

* "Moonlight Lady" (backing vocals)

Fee Waybill - Read My Lips

* "Who Loves You Baby" (backing vocals)

Peabo Bryson - Straight from the Heart

* If Ever You're in My Arms Again (backing vocals)
* Learning the Ways of Love (backing vocals)

### 1985

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

* "Saving All My Love for You" (backing vocals, guitars)
* "All at Once" (backing vocals, guitars)
* "The Greatest Love of All" (backing vocals, guitars)
* "Hold Me" (backing vocals, guitars)

### 1986

Madonna - True Blue

* "White Heat" (backing vocals)

### 1987

Barbra Streisand - One Voice

* "Somewhere" (backing vocals)
* "Evergreen" (backing vocals)
* "Something's Coming" (backing vocals)
* "People" (backing vocals)
* "Send In the Clowns" (backing vocals)
* "Over the Rainbow" (backing vocals)
* "Guilty" (backing vocals)
* "What Kind of Fool" (backing vocals)
* "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (backing vocals)
* "The Way We Were" (backing vocals)
* "It's a New World" (backing vocals)
* "Happy Days Are Here Again" (backing vocals)
* "America the Beautiful" (backing vocals)

### 1988

Vixen - Vixen

* "Edge of a Broken Heart" (keyboards)

### 1989

Michael Bolton - Soul Provider

* "Soul Provider" (backing vocals)

Billy Joel - Storm Front

* "That's Not Her Style" (backing vocals)
* "Storm Front" (backing vocals)

## 1990s

### 1990

Tim Feehan - Full Contact

* "Heart in Pieces" (backing vocals)

### 1993

John Farnham - Then Again

* "The Reason Why" (piano)

### 1995

Michael Bolton - Greatest Hits (1985–1995)

* "Soul Provider" (backing vocals)

Amy Sky - Cool Rain

* "Til Tomorrow" (backing vocals)

### 1997

Fee Waybill - Don't Be Scared By These Hands

* "I Know You" (backing vocals)
* "Tall Dark and Harmless" (backing vocals)
* "Shut Up and Love Me" (backing vocals)
* "The Swing of Things" (backing vocals)
* "Fools Cry" (backing vocals)
* "Surprise Yourself" (backing vocals)
* "I've Seen This Movie Before" (backing vocals)
* "What's Wrong with That" (backing vocals)
* "Somewhere Deep Inside" (keyboards)

### 1998

Sarah Brightman - Eden

* The Last Words You Said (backing vocals)

### 1999

Barbra Streisand - A Love Like Ours

* "If You Ever Leave Me" (Duet with Vince Gill) (keyboards)

## 2000s

### 2000

Natalie Cole - Greatest Hits-Volume 1

* "Angel on My Shoulder" (backing vocals)

Barry Mann - Soul and Inspiration

* "Rock and Roll Lullaby" (backing vocals)

Kenny Rogers - There You Go Again

* "Crazy Me" (backing vocals)
* "I Do It for Your Love" (backing vocals, keyboards)

### 2001

Natalie Cole - Love Songs

* "Angel on My Shoulder" (backing vocals)

Josh Groban - Josh Groban

* "To Where You Are" (keyboards, piano)

### 2002

Michael Bolton - Only a Woman Like You

* "Slowly" (backing vocals)
* "I Surrender" (backing vocals, keyboards)
* "Eternally" (backing vocals, keyboards)

Chris Botti - December

* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (backing vocals)

Marie Sisters - Marie Sisters

* "I Will Hold On" (strings)
* "If I Fall in Love Tonight" (backing vocals)

Olivia Newton-John - 2

* "Never Far Away" (Duet with Richard Marx) (keyboards)

Barbra Streisand - Duets

* "If You Ever Leave Me" (Duet with Vince Gill) (keyboards)

### 2003

Chicago - The Box

* "We Can Stop the Hurting" (backing vocals)

Billy Ray Cyrus - The Other Side

* "Tip of My Heart" (backing vocals)

Kenny Loggins - It's About Time

* "With This Ring" (backing vocals, keyboards)
* "I Miss Us" (backing vocals, keyboards)
* "The One That Got Away" (acoustic piano)

Kristy Starling - Kristy Starling

* To Where You Are (keyboards)

Luther Vandross - Dance with My Father

* "Dance with My Father" (keyboard and drum programming)

### 2004

Sissel - My Heart

* Someone Like You (all instruments)
* Beyond Imagination (backing vocals, keyboards, drum programming)

### 2005

Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth: 50 Years

* LeAnn Rimes - "Remember When" (piano, keyboards, backing vocals)

### 2006

Sister Hazel - Absolutely

* "Meet Me in the Memory" (keyboards))

Luther Vandross - The Ultimate Luther Vandross

* "Dance with My Father" (keyboards and drum programming)

### 2007

Kenny Loggins - How About Now

* "I'll Remember Your Name" (backing vocals, acoustic guitar)

New Music from an Old Friend

* Kenny Loggins - "I'll Remember Your Name" (backing vocals, acoustic guitar)

### 2008

George Canyon - What I Do

* "Just Like You" (backing vocals)
* "Pretty Drunk Out Tonight" (backing vocals)
* "All or Nothing" (backing vocals)
* "Let It Out" (backing vocals)
* "In Your Arms Again" (arranger, piano, strings)
* "Back to Life" (backing vocals)
* "Betty's Buns" (backing vocals)
* "If I Was Jesus" (backing vocals)
* "What I Do" (arranger, strings)
* "Last Man" (backing vocals)
* "I Believe in Angels" (backing vocals)

### 2009

Katherine Jenkins - Believe

* "Fear of Falling" (backing vocals)

Red - Innocence & Instinct

* "Out from Under" (backing vocals)

Vertical Horizon - Burning the Days

* "Here" (piano)

## 2010s

### 2010

Ringo Starr - Y Not

* "Mystery of the Night" (backing vocals)

Rhonda Vincent - Taken

* "Taken" (backing vocals)

### 2013

Heart

* All Through the Night (backing vocals)

Vertical Horizon - Echoes from the Underground

* "You Never Let Me Down" (piano, backing vocals)
* "Evermore" (backing vocals)
* "Song for Someone" (backing vocals)
* "Consolation" (backing vocals)

### 2014

Heart - Home for the Holidays

* All Through the Night - (vocals)

### 2015

Ringo Starr - Postcards from Paradise

* "Right Side of the Road" (backing vocals)
* "Not Looking Back" (guitars, backing vocals)

### 2018

Vertical Horizon - The Lost Mile

* "I'm Not Running" (backing vocals)

### 2019

Matt Nathanson - Postcards (from Chicago)

* "Surrender" (Duet with Richard Marx)

## 2020s

### 2020

Fee Waybill - Rides Again

* "Faker" (background vocals)
* "How Dare You" (guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Don't Want to Pull the Trigger" (background vocals)
* "Say Goodbye" (acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Promise Land" (guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Man Of the World" (guitar, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Still You on the Inside" (guitar, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Woulda Coulda Shoulda" (bass, keyboards, background vocals)
* "Meant To Be Alone" (background vocals)
