# 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)