Air Supply
Air Supply are a soft rock duo formed in 1975. From 1980-1985 the band had a string of hits that charted well in the US, Canada, New Zealand and their homeland Australia.
After Graham Russellās music was ignored by bandmates in two previous bands, he auditioned for and won a part as a chorus member in a Melbourne production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This is where he met and teamed up with Russell Hitchcock, who had missed the JCS auditions in Sydney ā so he flew to Melbourne and landed a spot in the same chorus.
The two submitted a demo of two songs ā āLove And Other Bruisesā and āIf You Knew Meā to CBS Records and got signed. The former went to #3 in Australia, so they assembled session musicians, released their self-titled debut album, and toured Australia.
Air Supplyās sophomore album was released eight months later, reaching #32 in Australia despite having no charting singles. The band then toured Australia and the US with Rod Stewart. While in the US, they re-recorded a handful of their singles and released it as Love And Other Bruises ā a compilation specifically made for American audiences. Despite these efforts, Air Supply still couldnāt break onto the US pop chart.
The first single of their fourth album Life Support āLost In Loveā hit #13 in Australia and #3 in New Zealand in 1980. However, the band was still broke until Arista Records owner Clive Davis opted to release āLost In Loveā in North America, where it became a top five hit in both the US and Canada.
Over the next five years, Air Supply scored eleven internationally successful singles including āAll Out of Loveā, āEvery Woman in the Worldā, āThe One That You Loveā, āHere I Amā, āEven the Nights Are Betterā and āMaking Love Out of Nothing at Allā. Eight of them reached the top 5 in the US. 1985ās āJust As I Amā would be their last big hit in North America, signifying the end of their peak era.
In 1986, āLonely Is the Nightā from their album Hearts in Motion only charted in the US, reaching a modest #76, then their 1987 holiday album found no chart success, so Air Supply went on hiatus. Russell Hitchcock released a solo album in 1988 and the single āCaught In Your Webā in 1990.
Air Supply reunited and released seven more albums between 1991 and 2010 that achieved little chart success internationally between them and their ten singles. During this time, the duo also released their first live DVD It Was 30 Years Ago Today and a compilation of their hits re-recorded acoustically titled The Singer And The Song. In 2013, they were inducted into the Australian ARIA Hall of Fame. In 2015 the duo released the single āI Adore Youā.