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Stories to Tell

A Memoir

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Stories to Tell

By: Richard Marx
Narrated by: Richard Marx
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 A 2022 Audie Award Finalist

*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. He shares the tribulations of working with the all-female hair metal band Vixen and appearing in their video. Yet amid these entertaining celebrity encounters, Marx offers a more sobering assessment of the music business as he’s experienced it over four decades—the challenges of navigating greedy executives and grueling tour schedules, and the rewards of connecting with thousands of fans at sold-out shows that make all the drama worthwhile. He also provides an illuminating look at his songwriting process and talks honestly about how his personal life has inspired his work, including finding love with wife Daisy Fuentes and the mystery illness that recently struck him—and that doctors haven’t been able to solve.

Stories to Tell is a remarkably candid, wildly entertaining memoir about the art and business of music. Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Career Funny
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What an amazing talented man who’s having an equally amazing life. Currently watching Richard on The Voice Australia which has prompted me to read his memoir.

Wonderful Read

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Absolutely loved this personal insight to his life! Such an amazing life story. I was sorry the book ended!

Exceptional

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I just loved everything about my very first audible book Ive ever downloaded. The fact he narrated, AND SANG, just puts him up there in my books. Thank you, Richard, for sharing your life, fir making me cry, for making me laugh, for making me think. Thats rare in books, for me. Thank you xxx

A stunning look into the life of a Legend

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Liked the honesty, loved the music interjected into the story. Might have made it a little bit shorter.

Very interesting..love the anecdotes about popular performers.

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Really enjoyed the content and narration of this audiobook, always better when read by the author. I have loved a lot of Richard's songs but had no idea just how prolific a writer he has always been and how young he was when his career got going. Also had no idea about all the collaborations he has been part of.

So much I didn't now

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