Christopher Cross

Soft-rock singer Christopher Cross had a brief yet fruitful turn in the spotlight in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

He topped the US charts with the Grammy-winning “Sailing” and the Oscar-winning “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do).” • A Texas native, Cross honed his guitar chops as a young musician who came up in the same scene as ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Eric Johnson, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

• Cross’s self-titled 1979 solo debut climbed to No.