Christopher Cross Musical artist

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

Personal facts

Christopher Cross
Alias (AKA)Geppert Christopher Charles
Birth dateMay 03, 1951
Birth place
Billboard Hot 100 , San Antonio

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Musical artist

Career started1979
associated musical artist
The Alan Parsons Project
Burt Bacharach
Michael McDonald (singer)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Soft rock
Pop rock
instrument
Guitar
Piano
Singing
record label
Warner Bros. Records
Priority Records
CMC International

Christopher Cross on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://christophercross.com
  2. http://www.christophercross.com
  3. http://www.elixirstrings.com/artists/featuredartist_cross.html
  4. https://www.youtube.com/user/LivingLegendsMusic#g/c/85C1DA77970D3883