Christopher Cross is an American singer and songwriter who quickly rose to stardom in the early '80s. His debut album,
Christopher Cross
, included four singles that made it to the Top 20 of the Pop Singles Chart. Cross won five Grammy awards for his first album, which was released in 1979. He has released a total of 15 studio albums and continues to perform his music in live concerts around the world.
Christopher Cross is the only artist in Grammy history to win all four General Field awards in a single ceremony. The General Field awards are ones that are not restricted by genre. They are Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist. Sailing won both Song and Record of the Year while
Christopher Cross
won Album of the Year and the singer himself won Best New Artist. Cross' win for Album of the Year topped competition that included
Billy Joel
's
Glass Houses
and
Pink Floyd
's
The Wall
. In addition to sweeping the four General Field Awards, Cross won an additional Grammy in 1981 for Instrumental Arrangement for Sailing, winning a total of five Grammys that night.
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Sailing, Never Be the Same, Ride Like the Wind and Say You'll Be Mine all made the
Billboard
's Top 20 Ranking.
Cross collaborated with Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer Sager and Peter Allen on the song Arthur's Theme – Best That You Can Do for the soundtrack to the Dudley Moore movie
Arthur
. The song won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981. In 1983, Think of Laura from the album
Another Page
was frequently featured on the soundtrack of the soap opera
General Hospital
. The following year, A Chance for Heaven was the official theme song for the US swimming team at the XXIII Olympics. In 1986, Loving Strangers was included in the movie
Nothing in Common
. In 2010, the television hit comedy
30 Rock
introduced Lemon's Theme, which was written by Christopher Cross.
In addition to his songs from the early '80s such as Sailing, Never Be the Same, Ride Like the Wind, Say You'll Be Mine and Arthur's Theme – The Best That You Can Be, Cross includes later songs such as All Right, Walking in Avalon and No Time for Talk in his live concerts.
Cross has live performances coming up in the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
in Ft Lauderdale, Fla.;
St. George Theatre
in Staten Island, NY; and the
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
in Kansas City, Mo. Some of his 2019 performances are with
Mickey Dolenz
and
Todd Rundgren
in a salute to the Beatles'
White Album
. These shows are sure to be a treat for rock fans of all ages.
If you enjoy a night of entertainment from adult contemporary music performers like Christopher Cross, you will also enjoy live performances by
Sting
and Billy Joel.
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