Christopher Cross

Pop Singer

Birthday May 3, 1951

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace San Antonio, TX

Age 73 years old

#20,906 Most Popular

About

Grammy Award-winning soft pop singer and songwriter who released the hits "Sailing" in 1980 and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" a year later. Both of those songs have accumulated over 200,000 streams on Spotify. 

Before Fame

After playing in Flash, he was offered a solo deal with Warner Bros.

Trivia

His song "Sailing" won three Grammy Awards, while his other song "Ride Like The Wind" also received critical acclaim. In 1988, he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics.

Family Life

He married Roseann Harrison in 1973; after their divorce in 1982, he remarried Jan Bunch in 1988.

Associated With

He worked with Burt Bacharach in composing "Arthur's Theme" for the film Arthur.