Christopher Cross
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American singer-songwriter
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951-05-03
Discography
- Ride Like the Wind1979
- Christopher Cross1979
- Sailing1980
- Another Page1983
- Every Turn of the World1985
- Back of My Mind1988
- Rendezvous1991
- Window1994
- Walking in Avalon1998
- Red Room2000
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- 804,850
- Total plays
- 8,466,973
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Christopher Cross, born Christopher Charles Geppert on May 3, 1951, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained widespread recognition with his self-titled debut album released in 1979, which earned him five Grammy Awards. The singles "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" both reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" won three Grammy Awards in 1980, while "Arthur's Theme," featured in the 1981 film "Arthur," received the Academy Award for Best Orig
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Quotes
- “Sailing is not a romantic song”
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Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Charles Geppert , ( 1951-05-03 ) May 3, 1951 (age 75) , San Antonio , Texas , U.S.
- Genres
- Soft rock pop rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter record producer guitarist
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1971–present
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Reprise Ariola BMG CMC International
- Spouse s
- Roseanne Harrison ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) , Jan Bunch ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 )
- Website
- christophercross .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.christophercross.com
- Image
- Christopher Cross, 2022 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1951-05-31
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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- Christopher Cross
- social media followers
- 380000
- birth name
- Christopher Charles Geppert
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Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", from the 1981 film Arthur, peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
"Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1980. "Arthur's Theme" won in 1982 the Oscar for Best Original Song, with co-writers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen.