For what it's worth, the most relevant reference in my edition of the OED goes back to 1884, where "cross-over" denotes a place for shunting railroad cars from one track to another. Don Larsson > Paul Fryer asks: > > >> Can anyone identify the source of the term > >> "crossover" when applied to the > >> activities of an artist moving from one genre to > >> another ? Or, early uses > >> of the term ? ----------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Larsson English Department, AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html