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We are past the Five O'clock witching hour and I was about to close up my laptop and head downstairs to grab a brew, when I came across a song I thought I remembered it's title is "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx... I had no idea who Richard Marx is, but I remembered the song from long ago... As I played it the song came back to me... I don't remember where I was or what I was doing, but I loved the song... I bring it to you as my last song for today's "Music Interlude"... I hope you really enjoy it and perhaps some of you might remember it and why... It is an Official Music Video and has acquired some 587,680,792 Views since it was uploaded on February 26, 2009. There is a story... Read on.

About "Right Here Waiting":
" "Right Here Waiting" is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, Repeat Offender (1989). The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The same year, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was the UK's most streamed love song on Spotify ahead of Valentine's Day in 2013 and has since been covered by many artists, including R&B singer Monica.

Marx wrote "Right Here Waiting" on the road as a love letter to his wife, actress Cynthia Rhodes, who was in South Africa shooting a film. It was originally created to be sung by Barbra Streisand but she later refused to sing it. Marx was an aspiring singer-songwriter when Streisand reached out and asked him to write her a hit but when he sent her "Right Here Waiting", Streisand turned down the chance to record it.

In a 2021 interview, Marx commented: "I had just recently written "Right Here Waiting" and it was such a personal song to me at the time that I had no intention of recording it. I was like, 'I’ll give Barbra Streisand "Right Here Waiting"; I’m not gonna do anything with it’. I had to messenger the cassette tape of it to her. The next day she called me – I still have this voicemail – and it says, ‘Richard, I heard the song; it’s a beautiful song, but I’m gonna need you to rewrite the lyrics because I’m not gonna be right here waiting for anyone.' She actually did me a solid, because had she not rejected it I probably would never have recorded it and every once in a while I put my arm around her and I say, ‘Thank you so much for rejecting my song!' " - Read more at Wikipedia.com

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Wishing all warriors a magnificent evening and a great Weekend!

Kerry H

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