He has won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in Billboard Hot A self-described " army brat ", Cross is the son of a U. He was involved in football and track and field. His marriage to Jan Bunch ended in a divorce. Cross later reported on Twitter that he had lost the use of his legs, but his doctors told him he should fully recover.
He is Catholic. 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.
Although best known for his vocals and songwriting, Cross is also a skilled guitarist. Cross released his self-titled debut album, Christopher Cross , on December 20, Hot , while "Sailing" topped the chart for one week. Cross, the album, and the song "Sailing" were nominated for six Grammy Awards in and won five. Christopher Cross has been certified platinum five times in the U.
The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in , [ 25 ] and was nominated for three Grammys, but did not win. The song became the second and last American number-one hit by Christopher Cross. 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.
Another Page sold well, getting Gold certification. After , 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 Cross's brand of adult contemporary music declined in popularity.
