 Parí gbólóhùn tó tẹ lé e yìí: Ọdún 1979 ni Cross tẹ àwo orin àkọkọ tó pe orúkọ ara rẹ jáde, Christopher Cross. Awọn Billboard Hot 100 oke 20 hits lati yi album wa Ride Like awọn Wind fifun atilẹyin vocals nipa Michael McDonald, Sailing, Kò si jẹ kanna, ati Sọ O yoo jẹ mi fifun atilẹyin vocals nipa Nicolette Larson. Ride Like the Wind gba ipò kejì nínú U.S. Hot 100, nígbà tí Sailing wà ní ipò àkọkọ. Never Be The Same lọ sípò kìíní nínú àtẹ orin Adult Contemporary chart. Nítorí àṣeyọrí tí ó fẹrẹẹ ṣe lẹsẹkẹsẹ àti ìgbajúmọ tí àwo orin náà ní, Cross ni a yàn fún àwọn àmì ẹyẹ Grammy bíi mélòó kan, tí ó sì gba márùn-ún. Cross ni olorin akọkọ ninu itan Grammy lati gba gbogbo awọn ami ẹyẹ aaye gbogbogbo mẹrin ni ayẹyẹ kan, mu ile Record of the Year Sailing, Album of the Year Christopher Cross, Song of the Year Sailing, ati Olorin Titun Ti o dara julọ ni Grammy Awards. : 23rd Annual Grammy Awards ni 1981; eyi ko tun ṣe atunṣe titi Billie Eilish gba gbogbo awọn ẹbun mẹrin ni 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ni 2020. 