Richard Marx became rock’s foremost adult-contemporary crossover star in the late ‘80s thanks to towering power ballads like “Right Here Waiting”. But years before he became a pop idol himself, Marx had already topped the charts as a co-writer on Kenny Rogers’ lite-FM classic “Crazy.” And since his own commercial reign ended in the ‘90s, Marx has lent his Midas touch to Luther Vandross’ heartfelt R&B hit “Dance with My Father” and the *NSYNC lullaby “This I Promise You”.