Christopher Cross
{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1951)}}
{{Other people|Christopher Cross}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Christopher Cross
| image = Christopher Cross (52289899209).jpg
| caption = Cross in 2022
| birth_name = Christopher Charles Geppert
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|05|03}}
| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
| occupations = {{Flatlist|
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- composer
}}
| instruments = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
}}
| years_active = 1971–present
| label = {{flatlist|
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Michael McDonald
- The Beach Boys
- Burt Bacharach
- Carole Bayer Sager
- Peter Allen
- Madison Cross
- The Alan Parsons Project
- Deep Purple{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/christopher-cross-ritchie-blackmore-deep-purple-show/|title=The Night Christopher Cross Sat in With Deep Purple|first=Jeff|last=Giles|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=February 26, 2018 }}}}
| spouse = Roseanne Harrison
(m. 1973; div. 1982)
Jan Bunch
(m. 2007; div. 2013)
| website = {{URL|christophercross.com}}
}}
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" (1979), 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.{{Cite magazine |title=Christopher Cross |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christopher-cross/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2008 |title=New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |department=Movies & TV Dept. |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/15908/Christopher-Cross |url-status=dead |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205173451/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/15908/Christopher-Cross |archive-date=February 5, 2008}}{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=April 17, 2008 |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/arts/music/17cros.html |access-date=October 11, 2011}} "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1980,{{Cite web|url=https://grammy.com/awards/23rd-annual-grammy-awards|title=23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com|website=grammy.com|accessdate=February 19, 2024}} while "Arthur's Theme" won in 1982 the Oscar for Best Original Song (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).
Personal life
A self-described "army brat", Cross is the son of a U.S. Army pediatrician stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1950s, acting as physician for President Dwight Eisenhower's grandchildren.Christopher Cross. Comments during Concert at Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center, Vienna, Virginia. January 19, 2013. He attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio and graduated in 1969. He was involved in football and track and field.{{Cite web |url=https://www.classmates.com/blog/celebrity/christopher-cross/ |title=Christopher Cross Yearbook Photo & School Pictures |website=Classmates |accessdate=February 19, 2024}}
Cross was married to Roseanne Harrison from 1973 until the couple divorced in 1982. His 1988 marriage to Jan Bunch ended in a 2007 divorce.{{Cite news |date=2007-04-27 |title=Christopher Cross files for divorce |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2007-04-27-3609417800_x.htm |access-date=2011-12-18}} He has two children, Madison and Rain.{{Cite web |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |date=2022-06-09 |title=The Choppy Waters Underneath Christopher Cross's "Sailing" |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/christopher-cross-sailing/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2024 |title=Rain Cross |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5895746-Rain-Cross |website=Discogs}}
On April 3, 2020, Cross confirmed through his Facebook page that he had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and was ill, but was recovering. Cross later reported on Twitter that he had lost the use of his legs, but his doctors told him he should fully recover. Physicians told him his illness triggered an episode of Guillain–Barré syndrome that caused the nerves in his legs to stop functioning properly.{{Cite news |last=Lisa Respers France |title=Christopher Cross says Covid-19 paralyzed him temporarily |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/entertainment/christopher-cross-coronavirus/index.html |access-date=October 16, 2020}} By October 2020, he was able to walk with a cane, but said his memory and speech had been affected.{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=October 16, 2020 |title=Christopher Cross says Covid-19 paralyzed him temporarily |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/entertainment/christopher-cross-coronavirus/index.html |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}
In 2021 and 2022 he played his 40th anniversary concert tour, which had originally been planned for 2020.{{Cite news |title='Where it all started': Christopher Cross is grateful to have sailed back into Austin |work=Austin American Statesman |url=https://eu.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/11/01/christopher-cross-marks-40th-anniversary-debut-album-paramount/6125267001/ |access-date=February 27, 2023}}
He is Catholic.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Career
=Early musical career=
Geppert, bassist Andy Salmon, and keyboardist Rob Meurer met in San Antonio when they were still teens. Geppert and Salmon became bandmates in Flash, with Geppert on guitar. Together, they formed Christopher Cross as a band and moved to Austin, where they added drummer Tommy Taylor. There, they played covers for cash while recording demo versions of original songs at Austin's Odyssey Sound, which later became Pecan Street Studio, which they shipped to record labels.{{Cite news |last=Frolik |first=Joe |title=Christopher Cross may let secret out of bag |page=29 |work=Austin American-Statesman |publication-date=March 10, 1979 |url=https://archive.org/details/20220728_20220728_2025}} Though they considered themselves a band, Warner Bros. signed Christopher Cross as a solo artist in early 1979.Margaret Moser. [https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2012-01-20/the-reluctant-celebrity/ "The Reluctant Celebrity: Christopher Cross."] The Austin Chronicle. January 20, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2022.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross & Flash |url=http://www.saboomie.com/txband/flash.jpg |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715222114/http://www.saboomie.com/txband/flash.jpg |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=April 26, 2010}}
Although best known for his vocals and songwriting, Cross is also a skilled guitarist. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan invited Cross to play on their albums, but Cross declined.{{Cite web |last=Flans |first=Robyn |date=September 25, 2015 |title=Classic Track: 'Ride Like the Wind,' Christopher Cross |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-track-ride-wind-christopher-cross-425710 |website=Mixonline}} Cross also substituted for Ritchie Blackmore during a Deep Purple concert in 1970 when Blackmore fell ill.{{Cite interview |last=Cross |first=Christopher |interviewer=Greg Prato |title=Christopher Cross |url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/christopher-cross |access-date=June 21, 2022 |work=Songfacts |date=October 18, 2013}}
Cross was the original owner of fellow Austin guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan’s legendary “Number One” 1962/1963 hybrid Fender Stratocaster. Vaughan purchased the guitar at Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music in Austin in 1974, only one day after Cross had traded the guitar for a Gibson Les Paul.{{Cite web|url=https://acltv.com/2012/10/03/gear-blog-stevie-ray-vaughans-number-one/|title=Gear Blog: Stevie Ray Vaughan's Number One|website=Acltv.com|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2021}}
=First album and immediate success=
Cross released his self-titled debut album, Christopher Cross, on December 20, 1979.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}} Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hits from this album included "Ride Like the Wind" (featuring backing vocals by Michael McDonald), "Sailing", "Never Be the Same" and "Say You'll Be Mine" (featuring backing vocals by Nicolette Larson). "Ride Like the Wind" hit number two on the U.S. Hot 100, while "Sailing" topped the chart for one week. "Never Be The Same" went number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Cross, the album, and the song "Sailing" were nominated for six Grammy Awards in 1980 and won five.[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/23rd-annual-grammy-awards 23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards] at Grammy.com. Retrieved July 25, 2022. Cross was the first artist in Grammy history to win all four general field awards in a single ceremony, bringing home Record of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of the Year (Christopher Cross), Song of the Year ("Sailing") and Best New Artist at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards.{{efn|Cross and producer Michael Omartian also won Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), he was nominated for but did not win Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. The album was also nominated for Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical (Chet Himes).}} This feat was not replicated for 39 years, until Billie Eilish won all four awards at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070327234246/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1567466_20010832_20010920,00.html "A Virtual College of Grammy Knowledge"], by Wook Kim, Entertainment Weekly, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2008.{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=January 26, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish Sweeps Top Awards at the Grammys |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/arts/music/grammy-awards.html |access-date=January 27, 2020}} In addition, "Sailing" won for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Christopher Cross has been certified platinum five times in the U.S., selling over 5 million copies.{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Christopher Cross|title=Christopher Cross|access-date=July 24, 2022}}
Later in 1981, Cross released "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", co-written by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, which was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981,{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |edition=19th |location=London |page=136}} and was nominated for three Grammys, but did not win.[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/24th-annual-grammy-awards 24th Annual GRAMMY Awards] at Grammy.com. Retrieved July 25, 2022.{{efn|The song was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male}} In the U.S., it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot Adult Contemporary charts in October 1981, remaining at the top of the Hot 100 for three weeks while it also was a top-ten hit in several other countries. The song became the second and last American number-one hit by Christopher Cross.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny - Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/christopher-cross-mn0000123754/awards |access-date=March 30, 2014 |publisher=Allmusic.com}}
=Second album=
Cross's second album, Another Page (1983), produced "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 Division I men's basketball tournament, while "Think of Laura" is used as a reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital. Against his wishes ABC used his song in this context; however, he has stated that he wrote "Think of Laura" not in reference to the television characters, but to celebrate the life of Denison University college student Laura Carter who was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet. Cross has stated on his social media platforms that he felt it was inappropriate for ABC/General Hospital to use the song against his wishes and those of Carter's family. Another Page sold well, getting Gold certification.{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Christopher Cross|title=Another Page|access-date=July 24, 2022}} He also co-wrote and sang the song "A Chance For Heaven" for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
=1980s=
After 1984, Cross's commercial success faded. As music television channel MTV grew to dominate the mainstream music scene in the United States, Cross's style of music proved to be a bad fit for the network, and his brand of adult contemporary music declined in popularity.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with "Sailing" – History.com This Day in History – 8/30/1980 |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/christopher-cross-has-his-first-of-two-1-hits-with-sailing |access-date=March 29, 2015 |website=History.com}}
Cross's next two albums, 1985's Every Turn of the World and 1988's Back of My Mind did not produce any top 40 hits or reach Gold or Platinum status.
He did, however, place the song "Swept Away" in the TV show Growing Pains. It was used during a video montage while Kirk Cameron's character Mike fell in love with a local girl while vacationing with the family in Hawaii.
=1990s=
Cross made three more albums in the 1990s, and although some of his releases gained positive critical response, he was not able to attract the mass audience he once enjoyed. After his decline in fame in the mid to late 1980s, he toured and opened for various acts during the 1990s.{{Cite web |title=Classicbands.com |url=http://www.classicbands.com/ChristopherCrossInterview.html |access-date=October 11, 2011 |website=Classicbands.com}}{{Cite news |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=May 10, 1998 |title=Los Angeles Times |work=Articles.latimes.com |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-10-ca-48215-story.html |access-date=October 11, 2011}}
=2000s=
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The year 2002 saw the release of the Very Best of... album, and in 2007 he completed a Christmas album titled A Christopher Cross Christmas. In 2008, Cross recorded a new acoustic album of his hits titled The Cafe Carlyle Sessions.{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2008 |title=Westcoastmusic |url=http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2008/10/interview-with.html |access-date=October 11, 2011 |website=Noted.blogs.com}}{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2009 |title=Insidemusicast.com |work=Inside Musicast |url=http://www.insidemusicast.com/musicasts/2009/5/4/christopher-cross.html |access-date=October 11, 2011}}
=2010s=
In 2011, Cross released a new studio album titled Doctor Faith.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Website – Doctor Faith Release |url=http://www.christophercross.com/ccDrFaith.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927041514/http://www.christophercross.com/ccDrFaith.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |website=Christophercross.com }}
In 2013, he released A Night in Paris, a 2-CD live album he recorded and filmed in April 2012 at the Theatre Le Trianon in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Returns with his First Live Release "A Night in Paris" |url=http://www.ear-music.net/en/news/details/christopher-cross-returns-with-his-first-live-release-a-night-in-paris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713035946/http://www.ear-music.net/en/news/details/christopher-cross-returns-with-his-first-live-release-a-night-in-paris/ |archive-date=July 13, 2013 }}
The song "Ride Like the Wind" was featured on the Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues original movie soundtrack, released in 2013.
In September 2014, he released Secret Ladder, followed in November 2017 by Take Me as I Am.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Official Web Site |url=http://christophercross.com/music.html |website=Christophercross.com}}
In 2017, he played a concert in his hometown, at the Tobin Center, San Antonio, Texas.David Hendricks [https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/Christopher-Cross-returns-to-San-Antonio-better-11194359.php#next"Christopher Cross returns to San Antonio better than ever"],my SA, June 5, 2017
In late 2019, Cross toured with Todd Rundgren, Jason Scheff, Micky Dolenz and Joey Molland of Badfinger in celebration of the Beatles' White Album on the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles' White Album". Cross performed "Sailing" and "Ride Like the Wind".{{Cite web|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/beatles-white-album-tribute-tour-9-30-19/|title=Dolenz, Rundgren, Molland Begin Beatles Tribute Tour|date=July 30, 2015}}
=2020s=
During 2021–2022, Cross played in his 40th anniversary tour which had been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Freedonia
In 2018, he joined with other musicians in Austin to form the band Freedonia.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Official Web Site |url=https://www.christophercross.com/freedonia |website=Christophercross.com}}
With Freedonia, he has released two full length albums: "Freedonia" (2018) and "Firefly" (2019)
and an EP titled "Bring Back The Dinosaurs" (2021).
Flamingo
One common feature of Cross's album covers is the appearance of a flamingo. According to Cross, there is no meaning behind this other than the painting chosen for his first album cover featured the bird, which has been used as a motif ever since.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Cross Official Website - FAQs |url=http://www.christophercross.com/faqs.html |access-date=May 17, 2018 |website=Christophercross.com |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629052237/http://www.christophercross.com/faqs.html |url-status=dead }}
Discography
=Studio albums=
=Compilations=
- 1991: The Best of Christopher Cross (WEA)
- 1999: Greatest Hits Live (CMC)
- 2001: Definitive Christopher Cross (Warner Bros./Asia)
- 2002: The Very Best of Christopher Cross (Warner Bros.)
- 2011: Crosswords: The Best of Christopher Cross (101 Distribution)
=Soundtracks=
- 1981: 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=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:240px;"| Single ! colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:105px;"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:small;"
!width="35"|CAN !width="35"|GER !width="35"|IRE !width="35"|NED !width="35"|NOR !width="35"|AUS !width="35"|NZ !width="35"|SWI !width="35"|UK !width="35"|US !width="35"|US |
| rowspan="5"|1980
| style="text-align:left;"| "Ride Like the Wind" | 3 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 31 | — | 69 | 2 | 24 | | rowspan="4"|Christopher Cross |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Sailing"
| 1 | — | 21 | 18 | — | 46 | 8 | — | 48 | 1 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Never Be the Same"
| — | — | 25 | — | — | 42 | 41 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Say You'll Be Mine"
| 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 15 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Mary Ann" (Japan only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Single only |
| 1981
| style="text-align:left;"| "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" | 2 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|1983
| style="text-align:left;"| "All Right" | 13 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 30 | 44 | 5 | 51 | 12 | 3 | |rowspan="3"|Another Page |
| style="text-align:left;"| "No Time for Talk"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Think of Laura"
| 9 | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |
| 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| "A Chance for Heaven" (swimming theme from 1984 Summer Olympics) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 16 | |The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 |
| rowspan="2"|1985
| style="text-align:left;"| "Charm the Snake" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | |rowspan="3"|Every Turn of the World |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Every Turn of the World"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"|1986
| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Is Love (In Any Language)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Loving Strangers"
| 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |
| rowspan="2"|1988
| style="text-align:left;"| "Swept Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |rowspan="2"|Back of My Mind |
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Will (Take You Forever)" (with Frances Ruffelle)
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| rowspan="3"|1993
| style="text-align:left;"| "In the Blink of an Eye" (Germany only) | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |rowspan="3"|Rendezvous (Germany & Japan only) |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Nothing Will Change" (Germany only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Is There Something" (Germany only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"|1994
| style="text-align:left;"| "Been There, Done That" (Germany only) | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |rowspan="2"|Window (Germany & Japan only) |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Wild, Wild West" (Germany only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| colspan="20" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Other appearances=
- 1974: Electromagnets, (with Eric Johnson) – "Motion"
- 1981: Chris Christian, Chris Christian (Boardwalk Records) – "Don't Give Up on Us" (guitar solo)
- 1982: Long Time Friends, Alessi Brothers – "Forever" (background vocals)
- 1985: Soul Kiss, Olivia Newton-John – "You Were Great, How Was I?" (background vocals)
- 1985: Crazy from the Heat, David Lee Roth – "California Girls" (background vocals)
- 1988: Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson – "Night Time" (background vocals)
- 1989: Christmas at My House, Larry Carlton – "Ringing the Bells of Christmas"
- 1991: Love Can Do That, Elaine Paige – "Same Train"
- 1994: Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III – "Arthur's Theme" (live version){{Cite web |title=Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002IY3/ |access-date=November 23, 2011 |website=Amazon}}
- 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 – "Ride Like the Wind"
- 2001: When It All Goes South, Alabama – "Love Remains"
- 2004: Confidential, Peter White – "She's in Love"
- 2006: Skylark, Gigi Mackenzie – "That's All"
- 2008: Soundstage: America Live in Chicago – "Lonely People", "A Horse with No Name"
- 2013: Train Keeps a Rolling, Jeff Golub – "How Long"
- 2013: Imagination of You, Eric Johnson – "Imagination of You"
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.christophercross.com}}
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- {{allMusic|artist/christopher-cross-p3997}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/LivingLegendsMusic#g/c/85C1DA77970D3883 Living Legends – Christopher Cross Interview Series]
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106194318/http://www.elixirstrings.com/artists/featuredartist_cross.html |date=January 6, 2006 |title=Elixir Strings Interview }}
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