Christopher Cross

Christopher Charles Geppert was born on May 3rd 1951 in San Antonia, Texas USA. 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.

Cross released his self-titled debut album, Christopher Cross in 1979. Songs from this album included “Ride Like the Wind”, “Sailing”, and “Never Be the Same”. Cross, the album, and the song “Sailing” were nominated for six Grammy Awards in 1981 and won five. 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. Christopher Cross has been certified platinum five times in the U.S., selling over 5 million copies.

Later in 1981, Cross released “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”, co-written by Burt Bacharach, which was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981. Cross’s second album, Another Page (1983), produced “All Right”, “No Time for Talk”, and “Think of Laura”. Another Page sold well, getting Gold certification.

Cross’s next two albums, 1985’s Every Turn of the World and 1988’s Back of My Mind.