Christopher Cross Mini Documentary [ABC News 20/20 Feature with Steven Fox]

ABC's Steve Fox does a deep dive into the meteoric rise of Christopher Cross on their investigative 20/20 program. In the episode, Christopher describes his single "Ride Like The Wind" as Pop & Roll; Rock music heavily influenced by the pop songs of the 1960s.

For 10 years before the release of his debut album, Christopher Cross performed covers at local Austin bars. After sending a demo tape to Warner Records, producer Michael Omartian was assigned to work with Christopher and they spent 700 hours together in the studio recording their debut album.

At the 1980 Grammy Awards, Cross made history by being the first artist to with the "Big Four" Grammy Awards in a single night. After Cross' triumph at the Grammys, lawmakers in Austin Texas proclaimed a day in his honor "Christopher Cross Day".

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ABOUT CHRISTOPHER CROSS
Christopher Cross burst onto the music scene with his 1979 self-titled debut album produced by Michael Omartian. The lead single “Ride Like The Wind” spent 4 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was quickly followed up by Cross’ most popular single to date (and first #1 hit) “Sailing”, which later became known as the archetype for the Yacht Rock genre. In 1981, Cross became the first artist in Grammy history to win the “Big Four” most prestigious awards in a single night; Record of the Year (for the single “Sailing”), Album of the Year, Song of the Year (also “Sailing”), and Best New Artist. Later that year Cross released “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” which he co-wrote with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer, Peter Allen, and was the title-theme for the 1981 film “Arthur” starring Dudley Moorre and Liza Minnelli. The song earned Cross his second #1 and the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 1981 Academy Awards. Cross’ sophomore album “Another Page” was released in 1983 and featured the singles “Think of Laura” and “All Right”. Cross has sold over 10M albums worldwide and his songs have been covered and sampled by NSYNC, Puff Daddy, Avant, Shirley Bassey, Dione Warwick, and many more.