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'''Christopher Cross''' (1951) is an American pop singer, who scored hits in the early 1980s with songs like ''"[[Ride Like The Wind]]" (1980), "Sailing", "Never Be The Same", "Arthur's Theme" (1981)'' and ''"Think of Laura" (1983)''.

==References==

One time when Zappa's entourage was driving to rehearsal [[Arthur Barrow]] heard the song ''"[[Ride Like The Wind]]"'' on the radio. Barrow was amazed since Cross was a high school buddy of his. Zappa was unimpressed, but did play the song live during the [[81/11/17 New York NY US Ritz|1981 Ritz, New York]] concert.

His song ''[[Teen-age Wind]]'' is a parody of ''"Ride Like The Wind".''

Apparently, when Cross discovered that Zappa had written a takeoff on his song (and perhaps remembering Zappa's parody of [[Peter Frampton]]'s ''"I'm in You"'': ''[[I Have Been In You]])'' he told Barrow: ''"Oh God, I hope he doesn't release it when I'm peaking!"''

==Source==

* COURRIER, Kevin, ''"The Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World Of Frank Zappa",'' ECW Press, 2003, page 358-359.

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