", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram, and topped the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts.

Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"[11] Marx has written or collaborated on songs with other artists, including "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross.

Marx began his career in music at age five, singing commercial jingles written by his father's company; his list of advertising hits includes Arm & Hammer, Ken-L Ration[18] and Nestlé Crunch.

Marx was 17 and living in Highland Park, Illinois, when a tape of his songs ended up in the hands of Lionel Richie.

[21] Marx and Vesta Williams provided harmony vocals for the Gordon Lightfoot and David Foster penned Anything for Love, for the former's 1986 release East of Midnight.

Marx's self-titled debut album, released in June 1987, yielded four hit singles and went triple platinum.

Marx embarked on a 14 month world tour, initially opening for REO Speedwagon, but began headlining his own shows.

[citation needed] In 1988, Marx was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance – Solo for "Don't Mean Nothing".

Another single from the album, "Children of the Night", was written and composed in support of a Van Nuys-based organization for runaways.

[citation needed] The album saw artists such as Luther Vandross and Billy Joel appear as backing vocalists and guest pianists.

[citation needed] In early 1994, as he and his family permanently left Los Angeles behind and returned to Chicago, Marx released Paid Vacation, and scored his fourth consecutive platinum album.

[citation needed] The year 1997 saw the release of Flesh and Bone, Marx's final studio album on the Capitol imprint.

[citation needed] After signing a new deal with his former label, Manhattan Records, Marx released the 2004 album My Own Best Enemy.

[citation needed] In 2008, Marx released Duo, on which he collaborated with Vertical Horizon's lead singer Matt Scannell.

[citation needed] On June 12, 2008, Marx was part of a PBS television series called Songwriters in the Round Presents: Legends & Lyrics.

In Episode 102 of the first season, Marx appeared along with Kenny Loggins, Nathan Lee, and rock band Three Doors Down.

[citation needed] On December 6, 2008, Marx headlined a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis research, "Newsapalooza", sponsored by WLS-AM's Roe Conn program, in which Marx both performed several of his hits with his band and accompanied Chicago broadcast news reporters and anchors covering rock hits.

[27] In an interview published in Rolling Stone on June 26, 2009, Marx said he was "ashamed" of having been linked to a $1.92 million fine against single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[28] Marx played piano on the song "Here" and produced Matt Scannell's vocals on two tracks for Vertical Horizon's 2009 album, entitled Burning the Days.

[citation needed] On May 3, 2011, Marx was invited onto the stage at the Curran Theater in San Francisco by Hugh Jackman.

[citation needed] Also on May 3, 2011, the reissue of Stories to Tell was released in the United States as a three-disc set exclusively through Walmart.

[30] In the summer of 2011, Marx collaborated with the internet comedy duo Rhett and Link, producing a celebrity endorsement for a colon-cleansing spa in Sacramento, California.

The ad spot and its "making of" was featured on an episode of Rhett and Link's Commercial Kings television series on IFC.

[36] On January 8, 1989, Marx married singer, dancer, and actress Cynthia Rhodes, who appeared in Staying Alive, Flashdance, and Dirty Dancing.