10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT RICHARD MARX

GRAMMY winner Richard Marx has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, and the Don't Mean Nothing singer is poised to add to that astounding number with his latest release the big band inspired After Hours.

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Marx's new jazz-infused album, arriving Jan. 16, features Kenny G, Rod Stewart and more

Marx, 62, says of his new record, "The challenge of writing songs as if I were pitching them to Frank Sinatra in 1948 really appealed to me. Creating these songs was more fun than I could've imagined." Here are 10 things you don't know about the hitmaker.

1 He's the only child of singer Ruth Guildoo and jazz musician Dick Marx, who founded a jingle company in the early 1960s.