Christopher Cross

[Macfan4life]

Anyone remember Christopher Cross? He opened for the Mac on the Tusk tour. Anyone see it? He won 5 Grammys of his debut album: Album of the year, song of the year, best new artist, and record of the year. Imagine opening for the biggest band in the world and then winning 5 Grammys and then an Oscar. The following year he also won an Oscar for best song beating out Lionel Richie and Diana Ross for Endless Love. His songs from that album still hold up and are still played. What happened to his career? MTV happened. His image was not what MTV wanted to project. His record company told him he did not look like a rock star. Even though Laura was a top 10 hit in 1983 or 1984 MTV only played the music video 3 times. He's not ugly but its sad when his talents were ruined by the slick imagery of the 1980s and MTV. If you did not have a video on MTV you simply could not get a hit. This is why I said if Love In Store had a video it would of been a top 10 song.
I know he still tours today playing fairs and casinos.
This video sort of explains his career and what happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5KNwQhtME