Think of Laura
Christopher Cross
1984
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About Christopher Cross
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Christopher Cross is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose self-titled debut and Sailing brought wide recognition. His early Grammy honors covered album, song, record and new artist categories. His later work includes Take Me As I Am and the Austin project Freedonia, where he sings and plays guitar alongside saxophones, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion. That ensemble places his writing in a band setting drawn from longstanding musical relationships.
Artist background sources
Christopher Cross - official artist site
Read the artist's career paragraph, Freedonia personnel and first-person band description. Use career roles, awards categories, named projects and instrumentation. Omit the page's 1980 debut-album date, relative claims about the newest release, sales and superlatives. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Think of Laura by Christopher Cross appears at number 83 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1984. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1984 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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Billboard year-end 1984 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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