The remarkable duo of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock
Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met on May 12,
1975, the first day of rehearsals for “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Sydney,
Australia; they became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles
and, of course, singing.
After the shows’ performances at 10:30, they would
play pizza parlors, coffee bars and night clubs with just one guitar and two
voices. They quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for original
songs that Graham was constantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two
songs, “Love and Other Bruises” and “If You Knew Me” and took it to every
record company in Sydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records — who
admired their unique style.
They made a single in one afternoon and it shot to
number one on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year, they
opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the U.S. and Canada
playing all of the famous huge venues before Rod would take the stage. They
found new fans but did not break the U.S. market.
Back in Australia they had to start again and made a
record called Life Support. On this record were some treasures of
songs, including “Lost in Love” which went Top 10 in Australia and somehow
found its way to music industry executive Clive Davis in New York.
Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records
and in 1980, “Lost in Love” became the fastest selling single in the world,
leaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Supply was on their way. The
second single was “All Out of Love,” and that went up the charts even quicker.
Seven top-five singles later, Air Supply at that time
had equaled The Beatles’ run of consecutive top five singles. The albums Lost
in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever,
and The Greatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies.
“Lost in Love” was named Song of the Year in 1980, and, with the other singles,
sold more than 10 million copies.
The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock’s soaring
tenor voice and Graham Russell’s simple yet majestic songs created a unique
sound that would forever be known as Air Supply.
However, it is the live shows that always hold
audience’s captive around the world. “Lost in Love”, “All Out of Love”, “The
One That You Love”, “Sweet Dreams”, and “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All”
have each achieved multi-million plays on the radio.
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Grand Detroit Detroit, MI
Sun 03/03/2019 Air Supply Genesee
Theatre Waukegan, IL
Fri 03/15/2019 Air Supply Cache
Creek Casino Resort Brooks, CA
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Creek Casino Resort Brooks, CA
Fri 03/22/2019 Air Supply Sands
Bethlehem Event Center Bethlehem, PA
Sat 03/23/2019 Air Supply Bergen
Performing Arts Ctr. Englewood, NJ
Fri 03/29/2019 Air Supply The
Cabot Beverly, MA
Fri 04/05/2019 Air Supply Saban
Theatre Beverly Hills, CA
Sat 04/06/2019 Air Supply Nugget
Casino Resort Sparks, NV
Fri 04/12/2019 Air Supply Wilson
Center Wilmington, NC
Thu 05/02/2019 Air Supply Thalia
Mara Hall Jackson, MS
Fri 05/24/2019 Air Supply The
Orleans Hotel & Casino Showroom
Las Vegas, NV
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Orleans Hotel & Casino Showroom
Las Vegas, NV
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Orleans Hotel & Casino Showroom
Las Vegas, NV
Sun 07/28/2019 Air Supply Cain
Park Cleveland Heights, OH
Sat 08/17/2019 Air Supply Libbey
Bowl Ojai, CA
Thu 10/24/2019 Air Supply Thalia
Mara Hall Jackson, MS
GRAHAM RUSSELL
SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST
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