Billy Cross (born July 15, 1946) is an American guitarist, singer and producer from Manhattan, New York who has lived in Denmark since 1980.
[1][2] He is the nephew of Columbia professor and noted literary critic Lionel Trilling.
He first visited Denmark in 1974,--giving concerts in Copenhagen--returning there often despite working with Bob Dylan and Meat Loaf at the time.
In 1980 Cross produced Danish rock singer C.V. Jørgensen's Tidens tern while also playing guitar and co-writing the music on the recording.
"Take Me Back", from Up Front, was covered by Bonnie Tyler for her comeback album Faster Than the Speed of Night in 1983.
As a producer and a studio musician Billy Cross produced works by: Anne Dorte Michelsen, C.V. Jørgensen, Björn Afzelius, Allan Olsen, Henning Stærk, Søs Fenger, Henrik Strube, Jørn Hoel, Pretty Maids, Johnny Madsen, Lars Lilholt and the Danish band Dalton made up of Lilholt, Madsen and Olsen.