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Biography

Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert ; May 3, 1951) is an United States|American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas . His debut album earned him five Grammy Award|Grammys . He is perhaps best known for his Record chart|Top Ten hit songs, " Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing ", " Ride Like the Wind ", and " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ", the last of which he performed for the film Arthur (1981 film)| Arthur starring Dudley Moore . "Sailing" earned three Grammy Awards in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Academy Awards|Oscar for Academy Award for Best Song|Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen ).

Career

Cross first played with a San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio -based cover band named Flash (not to be confused with the early 1970s English Flash (band)|band of the same name ) before signing a solo contract with Warner Bros.

Cross released his self-titled debut album , Christopher Cross (album)|Christopher Cross , in 1979, which garnered him five Grammy Awards. He is the only solo artist to win all four General Field Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist) in the same year. Hot 100 top 20 hits from this album included " Ride Like the Wind " (featuring backing vocals by Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald ), " Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing ", " Never Be the Same ", and " Say You'll Be Mine (Christopher Cross song)|Say You'll Be Mine " (featuring backing vocals by Nicolette Larson ).

Cross' second album, Another Page (1983), included the hit songs " All Right ", "No Time for Talk", and " Think of Laura ". "All Right" was used by CBS Sports for its highlights montage following the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , while "Think of Laura" is used as a reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital . Although Another Page sold respectably, it did not nearly live up to the high expectations set by his debut album.

Cross' next two albums, 1985's Every Turn of the World and 1988's Back of My Mind failed to produce any top 40 hits, and did not sell as well as his first two albums.
Cross made three more albums in the 1990s, and although some of his releases have gained critical response, he has failed to catch the mass audience he once enjoyed. After his decline in fame in the mid-1980s, he has toured and opened for various acts since the 1990s and released his second greatest hits package in 2002.

Cross completed a Christmas album, A Christopher Cross Christmas , released in 2007. Cross finished recording a new acoustic album of his hits titled The Cafe Carlyle Sessions .

Cross released a new studio album Dr. Faith in 2011.

Personal life

Cross married his wife, Jan, in 1988. They divorced in 2007. They have two children; son, Christopher, and daughter, Madison.

Madison

Cross's daughter Madison is also interested in singing, beginning from when she sang a duet with her father at school as a little girl. From there, she began traveling with him, and sometimes performed at his shows. At the age of nine, Madison began an acting career in musical theater. In 2005, Madison Cross recorded her first single, He Was Just Like Me , dedicated to Mattie Stepanek , a young poet who died in 2004 due to muscular dystrophy . The single was put into rotation on Radio Disney . She currently attends NYU studying acting.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Label	Chart positions								Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
Year	Album	Label	AUS cite book	GER cite web	JPN cite book	NLD cite web	NZ cite web	SWE cite web	UK cite web	US cite web
1979	Christopher Cross (album)	Warner Bros.	6	—	18	14	16	—	14	6	RIAA\|US : 5 & times; Platinum British Phonographic Industry\|UK : Platinum Note: User needs to enter "Chrsitopher Cross" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field, "Album" in the "Format" field and click the "Go" button.
1983	Another Page		6	2	1	7	9	12	4	11	US: Gold UK: Gold
1985	Every Turn of the World		—	44	27	—	34	37	—	158
1988	Back of My Mind		—	45	27	—	93	49	—	—
1992	Rendezvous	BMG	—	—	96	—	—	—	—	—
1994	Window	Priority	—	—	91	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Walking in Avalon	CMC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Red Room	CMC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	A Christopher Cross Christmas	Ur	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	The Café Carlyle Sessions	Absolute	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	Christmas Time Is Here	Ear	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	Doctor Faith	Ear	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

1993: The Best of Christopher Cross (WEA)

1999: Greatest Hits Live (CMC)

2002: The Very Best of Christopher Cross (Warner Bros.)

Soundtracks

1981: Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur (Motion picture soundtrack) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"

1983: General Hospital (TV series soundtrack) "Think of Laura"

1984: Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad "A Chance For Heaven" (swimming theme)

1986: Nothing In Common (Motion picture soundtrack) "Loving Strangers (David's Theme)"

2010: 30 Rock (TV series soundtrack) "Lemon's Theme"

Singles

Year	Title	Label and number	U.S.	U.S. AC	Album
1980	" Ride Like the Wind "	Warner 49184	2	24	Christopher Cross
	Sailing "	Warner 49507	1	10
	" Never Be the Same "	Warner 49580	15	1
	"Say You'll Be Mine"	Warner 49705	20	15
	"Mary Ann"	Warner (Japan only)	—	—	—
1981	" Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) "	Warner 49787	1	1	Arthur (soundtrack)
1983	" All Right "	Warner 29843	12	3	Another Page
	"No Time for Talk"	Warner 29662	33	10
	" Think of Laura "	Warner 29658	9	1
1984	"A Chance for Heaven"(swimming theme from 1984 Summer Olympics )	Columbia 38-04492	76	16	Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad
1985	"Charm the Snake"	Warner 28864	68	—	Every Turn of the World
1985	"Every Turn of the World"	Warner 28804	—	—
1986	"Love Is Love (In Any Language)"	Warner 28761	—	style="text-align:center;"
1986	"Loving Strangers"/ "Cruzados" by Seven Summers	Arista 9530	—	27	from Nothing In Common film soundtrack
1988	"Swept Away"	Reprise 27673	—	—	Back of My Mind
1988	"I Will (Take You Forever)" (With Frances Ruffelle )	Reprise 27795	—	41	Back of My Mind

Other appearances

1974: Electromagnets (with Eric Johnson) "Motion"

1982: Long Time Friends Alessi Brothers “Forever” (background vocals)

1985: Soul Kiss Olivia Newton-John "You Were Great, How Was I? " (background vocals)

1988: Brian Wilson Brian Wilson "Night Time" (background vocals)

1989: Christmas at My House Larry Carlton "Ringing The Bells Of Christmas"

1994: ''Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III'' " Arthur's Theme " (live version)

1996: Venus Isle Eric Johnson "Lonely In The Night" (background vocals)

1996: On Air Alan Parsons "So Far Away"

1998: Imagination Brian Wilson (special edition "Words and Music" bonus disc) "In My Room"

2001: A Gathering of Friends Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald "Ride Like the Wind"

2001: When It All Goes South Alabama (band)|Alabama "Love Remains"

2004: Confidential Peter White (musician)|Peter White "She's In Love"

2008: Soundstage: America (band)|America Live in Chicago "Lonely People", "A Horse with No Name"

Awards

Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award for Best Song , 1981, " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) "

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song , 1981, " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) "

Grammy, 1981 – Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year – "Sailing"

Grammy, 1981 – Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year – "Sailing"

Grammy, 1981 – Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year – Christopher Cross

Grammy, 1981 – Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist – Christopher Cross

Grammy, 1981 – Grammy Award for Best Arrangement|Best Arrangement – "Sailing"

Performances

Cross filled in for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple (who had fallen ill) by performing with the band in San Antonio, Texas in 1970

Cross contributed backing vocals (along with The Beach Boys ' Carl Wilson ) to David Lee Roth 's 1985 hit " California Girls "

Cross performed the song "Sailing" alongside the Pop music|pop band 'N Sync at the Fifth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in 1999

Cross also performed lead vocals on "So Far Away", a song from Alan Parsons ' album On Air (Alan Parsons album)|On Air . When Parsons was touring in support of that album, Cross would sometimes join the band onstage to sing the song if he was available

Cross spent much of his youth living in a home on Newbury Terrace in Terrell Hills , just outside San Antonio, Texas. That home had earlier belonged to the Cummins family and another notable San Antonian, the historian and author Light Townsend Cummins , grew up in that same house a decade earlier. It has since been demolished

A small snippet of Cross's early hit "Sailing" was played in the DreamWorks film " Flushed Away "

Cross performed his hit song "Ride Like the Wind" on the NBC show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday, October 5, 2009, in a " Yacht Rock#Music in the show|Yacht Rock " themed episode. He was joined by Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald , whom he has worked with in the past. As the credits were rolling, Cross, McDonald and The Roots, the Fallon house band, broke into "Sailing", which he also performed in an online-only performance on NBC.com

Toured as part of the 2002 "A Walk Down Abbey Road" tour with Alan Parsons , Mark Farner , Jack Bruce , Eric Carmen , and Todd Rundgren

Performed as part of the 2003 "A Walk Down Abbey Road" show, which consisted of two performances at the Atantic City Hilton on August 8–9, with Alan Parsons, Todd Rundgren, Joey Molland and Denny Laine

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