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British-Australian soft stone group

Air Supply
Graham Russell (left) and Russell Hitchcock (correct) of Air Supply, 2006
Background data
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Soft stone pop stone pop adult gimmicky
Years active	1975–nowadays
Labels	Arista Giant A Squeamish Pear EMI
Website	www.airsupplymusic.com
Members	Russell Hitchcock Graham Russell
Past members	Jeremy Paul Jeff Browne Mark McEntee Adrian Scott Nigel Macara Brenton White Alan Kendall Joey Carbone Christian Nesmith Robin LeMesurier Howard Sukimoto David Moyse Ralph Cooper Criston Barker Frank Esler-Smith David Green Rex Goh Brian Hamilton Dron Tater Haydn Irish potato Greg Hilfman Don Cromwell Wally Stocker Joey Murcia George Terry Harold Cowart Jed Moss CJ Burton Guy Allison Jimmy Haun Michael Quinn

Air Supply is an Australian-English soft rock duo, consisting of English-built-in vocalist-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and Australian atomic number 82 vocaliser Russell Hitchcock. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-ten hits in the U.s.a. in the early 1980s. They formed in 1975 and accept included various accompanying musicians and singers. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame on 1 December 2013, at the annual ARIA Awards.

History [edit]

Germination and early years: 1975–1980 [edit]

Chrissie Hammond, Russell Hitchcock, and Graham Russell met on 12 May 1975,^[1] while performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ Superstar.^{[2] [3]} With Hammond and Hitchcock on vocals and Russell on guitar, they formed a harmony vocal grouping in Melbourne, while the show was still playing.^[4] Hammond left the song group to form Cheetah and was replaced by Jeremy Paul (ex-Soffrok and later Divinyls) on bass guitar and vocals in 1976.^[two] Together, Hitchcock, Russell and Paul formed Air Supply. The group's first single, "Love and Other Bruises", was released in November 1976 and peaked at No. half-dozen on the Australian Kent Music Study Singles Chart in January 1977.^[5] It was followed by Air Supply, their debut album, in December, which reached No. 17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and achieved gold in Australia.^{[2] [5]} The anthology was produced by Peter Dawkins (Spectrum, Ross Ryan) with Air Supply line-up every bit Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and drummer Jeff Browne, guitarist Marker McEntee and keyboardist, arranger Adrian Scott.^{[2] [3]} Other singles were "If You Knew Me", "Empty Pages" and "Feel the Breeze" but none reached the Summit 40.^[v] A national tour followed with Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and Scott joined by Nigel Macara (ex–Tamam Shud, Ariel) on drums and Brenton White (Skintight) on guitar.^{[2] [3]} Brenton White rehearsed but did non perform with Air Supply.

Their second album, The Whole Thing's Started, too produced by Dawkins,^[4] was released in July 1977 with White replaced on atomic number 82 guitar by Rex Goh.^[2] The album spawned the singles "Exercise What You Do" (June), "That'south How the Whole Affair Started" (October) and "Do It Again" (February 1978) just neither album nor singles charted into the Top xl.^[5] From late 1977, the group supported Rod Stewart during his bout of Australia—he invited them to continue to the Us and Canada. Their tertiary anthology, Dear & Other Bruises, which included re-recordings of some earlier tracks, was made mid-bout in Los Angeles in July–August and released subsequently that year in the Usa on Columbia Records with Jimmy Horowitz producing.^[iv] During the tour, Paul left the band, resulting in a new line-up of Hitchcock, Macara, Goh, and Russell, plus Joey Carbone on keyboards, Robin LeMesurier on co-pb guitar and Howard Sukimoto on bass guitar.^[three] Paul, in 1980, recruited young man former Air Supply bandmate McEntee in the line-up of Divinyls, fronted past Chrissie Amphlett. Air Supply performed in London supporting Chicago and Boz Scaggs.^[two]

Although their music had some commercial success, Russell claimed, on a 1995 DVD, that he and Hitchcock were and so poor that they checked the backs of hotel sofas for alter and then that they could buy bread to make toast. By early 1978, the line-upwardly was Hitchcock, Russell, and Macara with George Terry and Joey Murcia on guitar, George Bitzer on keyboards and Harold Cowart on bass guitar.^{[2] [3]} Still, by mid-1978, but Hitchcock and Russell remained in the line-upward, backed by Ralph Cooper (Windchase) on drums and onetime Crewman members Brian Hamilton on bass guitar and vocals and David Moyse on guitar.^{[two] [3]}

In April 1979, the band released Life Support, a concept album which included a motion picture disc on its first printing. The album was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney. The album had a five-and-a-one-half-minute version of "Lost in Dearest", written by Graham Russell in fifteen minutes; information technology was released equally a single and peaked at No. xiii in Australia and No. 13 in New Zealand.^{[5] [vi]} The rail defenseless the attention of Arista Records boss Clive Davis, who remixed the song and released information technology as a unmarried in the U.s. early the next twelvemonth. In late November 1979 Russell was embroiled in a biting courtroom case with Samuel Nay over accusations of assault at a backstage come across and greet in Oklahoma. Nay later died during the court example and all charges were dropped. The line-upwardly for the album kept Hitchcock, Russell, Cooper, and Moyse, and added Criston Barker (bass) and Frank Esler-Smith (keyboards/orchestra arrangements) with help from other session musicians. Esler-Smith had previously known Hitchcock and Russell from working with them in Jesus Christ Superstar.

A re-recorded and remixed version of "Lost in Honey" was released internationally every bit a single in January 1980 on Arista Records. The associated album, Lost in Love, appeared in March and contained three US Top 5 singles, including the title rail which peaked at No. iii on the Billboard Hot 100. The other United states of america Top five singles were "Every Adult female in the World" (No. v) and "All Out of Dearest" (No. ii).^[7] Both singles were Top 10 hits in Australia with "All Out of Love" reaching No. 17 in holland and reaching No. 11 on the Uk Singles Nautical chart.^{[7] [eight] [v] [9]} The album kept the same line-up as earlier, with Hitchcock, Russell, Cooper, Moyse, Barker and Esler-Smith. The album sold three meg copies in the U.s.a. and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200.^[10]

1981–1990 [edit]

In 1981, Air Supply released The One That You Love, produced by Harry Maslin with the title rail issued as a unmarried which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[7] It also featured ii other Top 5 hits, "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" and "Sweet Dreams". A quaternary single, "I'll Never Get Enough of You" was released in Nippon and achieved Top ten status. During the recording for this album, Barker left and was replaced past David Green. Also, previous Air Supply guitarist Rex Goh returned for the album, co-writing "I Want to Requite It All" with Russell.

Russell and Hitchcock also from time to fourth dimension were relief hosts on the music programme Solid Aureate. It is believed that they initially filled in when Andy Gibb was a no show for an episode that they performed on. All the same, Gibb'southward "no shows" soon became more frequent, which resulted in his termination. Even though this was not their usual job, the duo made an impression on producers and the audience who enjoyed their accents, and they were asked to host every so oftentimes until the prove was cancelled.

Their next album At present and Forever, released in 1982 with the same seven-piece line-up (Hitchcock, Russell, Moyse, Goh, Esler-Smith, Green and Cooper), connected the group'southward popularity with the Top 5 hitting "Even the Nights Are Better" and ii Top 40 singles, "Young Beloved" and "Ii Less Lonely People in the World".

In 1983, they released their Greatest Hits anthology with a new single, "Making Dearest Out of Zip at All", written past Jim Steinman. The song was one of their biggest hits ever spending three weeks at No. ii, and the album eventually sold 7 million copies.

That same yr, Air Supply also released their first live video, Air Supply Live in Hawaii. In 1984, their song "I Can Wait Forever" which was co-written with David Foster, was featured in a scene of the blockbuster film Ghostbusters, and was included in the soundtrack album.

By the mid-1980s, Goh, Moyse, and Green had all left the line-up, and the ring's 1985 self-titled anthology featured Don Cromwell and former Babys member Wally Stocker filling the bass and guitar roles, respectively. This album included a Top 20 Billboard hit with "But equally I Am" likewise equally a cover of the Jennifer Rush vocal "The Ability of Honey". The band and so had a couple of minor hits ("Lone Is the Night" and "Ane More than Chance") from the album Hearts in Motion released in 1986.

Russell and Hitchcock recorded a 1987 Christmas Anthology (containing the holiday single "The Eyes of a Child") earlier taking a break as a band. During this time, Hitchcock released his self-titled album in 1988 which was not a big seller. Nonetheless, the single "Swear to Your Heart" in 1990 – from the flick soundtrack for Arachnophobia – received significant airplay and reached the Top 10 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.

1991–2000 [edit]

On 21 August 1989, using their old producer and welcoming the return of drummer Ralph Cooper, the duo decided to enter the studio again to record The Earth Is, which was released in 1991 by Giant Records under Warner Bros. Records. The recording contains their hit single "Without Yous", along with singles for "Stronger Than the Night" (with a music video announcing that Air Supply was back) and "End the Tears" and the anthology sold more one million copies. Within the album is a note about Hitchcock and Russell'due south original Musical Director of their coming together place during Jesus Christ Superstar (and long time Ring Member/Orchestrator): "This Album Is Defended to the Memory of Frank Esler-Smith." Esler-Smith had died before that twelvemonth (1991) from pneumonia.

The official fan social club released The Earth Is Earth Bout video, a rare collector's item that contains live footage from the band's global tour in support of the album.

The album was followed by The Vanishing Race in 1993,^[11] which was supported by the hit unmarried "Bye", with lyrics past David Foster and Linda Thompson—which, although not popular in the United states, was critically praised and gained a large following outside the country, especially in Asia, where in many countries information technology reached number No. i. In Taiwan, Power Station & Terry Lin (a huge fan of Air Supply himself) covered it and cleverly called information technology "I'd rather honey the sea/Shanghai rather than loving you lot" as a play on Shanghai'southward geographical relationship with the sea in 2009.^[12] This led to another world tour in 1993 which included Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Dick Smith. "It'southward Never As well Belatedly" was some other single released from the Vanishing Race. The album itself was dedicated to the plight of the American Indians, the "Vanishing Race" of the anthology's title, and the anthology sold iv million copies.

Their third album of the decade, News from Nowhere, was released in 1995. It contained the Asian hit singles "Someone", "Always", and a comprehend of "Unchained Melody".

Their popularity continued to soar in Southeast Asian countries, culminating in the release of Now and Forever: Greatest Hits Alive, a CD and DVD recording of a alive concert in Taipei, Taiwan, likewise in 1995, which stayed at the top of the Asian album charts for sixteen weeks.

2001–2011 [edit]

Air Supply at the Subic Convention Center, Philippines, on June 12, 2008

They continued to tour heavily throughout Asia and in select venues in the US, and connected to release the more than adult contemporary titled The Volume of Love (1997), Yours Truly (2001), and Across the Concrete Heaven (2003). In 2005, they released a live CD/DVD recording, and performed in Havana, Republic of cuba, condign one of the commencement foreign bands invited to perform in the country. They were booked to perform two concerts, and played the showtime testify on vii July, the day before Hurricane Dennis hit the country. In high winds, their starting time concert had an audience of 175,000. Due to the hurricane, they could not play the second show. Fans staying at the same hotel as Air Supply on July 8. had to be content with Russell performing acoustically for them, as there was no electricity. Their songs were featured in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Hymeneals Engagement and Bad Company.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2006, they released an acoustic album, The Singer and the Song, and were gearing up for the release of their first studio album in three years, Zed. In support of the acoustic album, they fabricated their first trip to Republic of india in May 2006. On two December 2006, the duo performed to a capacity crowd in Kingston, Jamaica. This was their second visit to Jamaica, having performed at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in January 2006. They besides have been seen endorsing Fourth dimension–Life's Classic Soft-Rock Collection. In 2007, Russell released his first developed contemporary solo album called The Time to come.^{[ citation needed ]}

Russell made an appearance in Believe, a comedy nigh multi-level marketing. In 2008, based on their nautical chart performance, they were ranked the 83rd best musical act of all time in Billboard Hot 100's 50th anniversary edition. They appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics on December 19, 2008.^{[ citation needed ]}

In May 2010, Air Supply released Mumbo Jumbo, the duo's outset studio recording in eight years. Information technology was recorded at Graham Russell'southward home studio most Park City, Utah and at Odds On Records' state of the art facilities in Las Vegas with top session musicians and an orchestra. Mumbo Jumbo was produced by Russell and engineered by Odds On'south Sean O'Dwyer, whose credits include Pink Floyd, Randy Newman and Blink-182. Amidst the 14 tracks was the beginning unmarried "Dance with Me", which reached number 28 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and "Religion in Love", which charted at number 30 on the same nautical chart.^{[ citation needed ]}

The music video for "All Out of Dear" is seen briefly in the 2010 Australian motion-picture show Brute Kingdom.^{[ citation needed ]}

2011–nowadays [edit]

In Oct 2012, Air Supply were honoured by the Ride of Fame.^[xiii] A coach bout bus was dedicated to them and now roams the streets of New York City. On 24 October 2013, the Australian Recording Manufacture Clan (ARIA) announced that Air Supply were to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on 1 December 2013 at the same anniversary as the annual ARIA Awards.^{[14] [xv]} Speaking on behalf of the duo, Hitchcock declared it existence a smashing honour for them and was totally unexpected.^[15] He continued that the pair were due to return to Australia for the ceremony and "have fun with everybody and we want to say thank you to all who participated in our ARIA Hall of Fame induction".^[15]

In 2014, Air Supply were approached by the Wideboys to remix their single "Desert Sea Sky". Penned by Russell, the track received the royal studio treatment by the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland remix duo, who created multiple versions of the song for promotion across the board to Billboard dance order DJs, clubs, radio stations and the Billboard Dance Gild Songs chart. On 2 December 2014, Development Music Group released Air Supply'due south beginning high-definition concert film, Air Supply - Live in Hong Kong on their evosound label. The championship was released on blu-ray, DVD, CD and LP formats. The concert was recorded on 11 August 2013 at Asia World-Expo, Hong Kong. The concert featured performances of new songs, "Desert Ocean Sky", "Dance with Me" and "I Won't End Living You", alongside their archetype hits.

In 2015, "I Want Yous" reached number 35 on the Billboard Trip the light fantastic Club Songs nautical chart for the calendar week ending 26 September 2015. That same month they released the single "I Adore You".^[xvi]

Air Supply were scheduled to perform in Haifa on 25 Nov 2016 but had to postpone due to fires raging the region.^[17] The ring decided to give 200 free tickets to the wives of the firemen through the Haifa Fire Department workers union.^[18]

In February 2018, it was announced that a jukebox musical based on Air Supply'south songs was in production in the Philippines. Created and produced by Naomi Toohey and Dale Harrison,^[nineteen] and written by Canadian playwright Jim Millan, the musical starred Mig Ayesa, Rachel Alejandro, Tanya Manalang, Raymund Concepcion and Jamie Wilson. All Out of Dearest: The Musical made its premiere at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila on October xviii, 2018.^{[20] [21] [22]} The musical featured a new song titled "I Was in Dearest with You lot", written by Graham Russell.^{[23] [24]}

In 2020, Air Supply was listed at number 48 in Rolling Stone Australia 's "fifty Greatest Australian Artists of All Time" consequence.^[25]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

• Air Supply (1976)
• The Whole Matter'south Started (1977)
• Beloved & Other Bruises (1977)
• Life Support (1979)
• Lost in Dearest (1980)
• The I That You Love (1981)
• Now and Forever (1982)
• Air Supply (1985)
• Hearts in Motion (1986)
• The Christmas Anthology (1987)
• The World Is ... (1991)
• The Vanishing Race (1993)
• News from Nowhere (1995)
• The Book of Dear (1997)
• Yours Truly (2001)
• Across the Physical Sky (2003)
• Mumbo Jumbo (2010)

Awards and nominations [edit]

ARIA Music Awards [edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Commonwealth of australia. They commenced in 1987. Air Supply were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.^[26]

Denis Handlin AM, ARIA Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Amusement Australia & New Zealand and President, Asia said: "On behalf of the ARIA Lath we are honoured to induct Air Supply into the ARIA Hall of Fame... at the 27th Almanac ARIA Awards. With their many timeless songs that accept crossed generations and led to ground-breaking success overseas, Air Supply are one of Commonwealth of australia'southward most unique and successful musical stories."^[27]

TV Week / Countdown Awards [edit]

Countdown was an Australian pop music Television series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with mag TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.^[28]

Tours [edit]

• The Power of Dear Earth Tour (1985)
• The Earth Is...Earth Tour (1991)
• Always World Tour (1995)
• From the Heart Bout (2008)
• 40th Anniversary Tour (2016)
• The Lost in Dearest Feel (2019)

References [edit]

General [edit]

• Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Air Supply > Biography". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 14 August 2010.
• McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has express functionality.
• Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who'due south Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: V Mile Press. ISBN1-86503-891-1. ^[29] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific [edit]

1. ^ CBS Sunday Forenoon 2/16/20
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
3. ^ ^{a b c d east f} Spencer et al. Air Supply entry.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on vi October 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Volume Ltd. ISBN0-646-11917-six. Annotation: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
6. ^ "Discography Air Supply". New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
7. ^ ^{a b c} "Air Supply > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 14 Baronial 2010.
8. ^ "Air Supply". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
9. ^ "Discografie Air Supply". Dutch charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved fourteen August 2010. Annotation: Some information in Dutch.
10. ^ "Air Supply > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 14 August 2010.
11. ^ "Discography Air Supply". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
12. ^ 1230456qaz14 (8 February 2010). "動力火車&林志炫 愛上你不如愛上海". Archived from the original on 12 Dec 2021 – via YouTube.
13. ^ AIR SUPPLY Fans Invited to Have Role in Gray Line'south 'Ride of Fame'. Music News Nashville. October ten, 2012.
14. ^ Cashmere, Paul (24 October 2013). "Air Supply to Be Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame". Noise11 (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
15. ^ ^{a b c} "Air Supply to Be Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame". ARIA Music News. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 Oct 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 Oct 2013.
16. ^ BWW News Desk. "Air Supply Shares Dynamic Video for New Single 'I Admire You'". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
17. ^ "Air Supply reschedules Haifa concert due to fires". The Jerusalem Postal service . Retrieved 28 Nov 2016.
18. ^ "Air Supply gives out costless tickets to firemen's wives". Ynetnews . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
19. ^ "All Out of Love | The Musical". All Out of Dearest The Musical . Retrieved 22 September 2020.
20. ^ Gans, Andrew (28 Feb 2018). "All Out of Love, New Air Supply Musical, Will Debut in Manila". Playbill . Retrieved 21 October 2018.
21. ^ "Photo Flash: First Await at the Air Supply Musical ALL OUT OF Dearest in Manila". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
22. ^ Katigbak, Fran (23 June 2018). "All Out of Dearest: Here it is, an Air Supply jukebox musical!". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 21 October 2018.
23. ^ "Air Supply debuts new hitting in All Out of Love the Musical". Manila Standard. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 Oct 2018.
24. ^ Lo, Ricky (25 October 2018). "Air Supply takes a bow with cast at gala evidence". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 25 October 2018.
25. ^ In 2020, Air Supply was listed at #48 in Rolling Stone Australia'southward 'fifty Greatest Australian Artists of All Time' outcome.. Angie Hart, Rolling Stone Australia, Feb 1, 2021. Retrieved February one, 2021.
26. ^ "Winners past Honour: Hall of Fame". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
27. ^ "Air Supply to Be Inducted into Aria Hall of Fame". ARIA. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 Oct 2020.
28. ^ "Inaugural to the Awards" (Portable document format (PDF)). Inaugural Magazine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). March 1987. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
29. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Eatables has media related to Air Supply.

• Air Supply'south website
• Russell Hitchcock's website
• Graham Russell's website
• Air Supply's MTV profile
• Video clip of Air Supply's operation at the 2006 Air Jamaica Jazz & Dejection Festival
• Highlights of Air Supply'southward December 2006 concert in Jamaica
• Air Supply at RollingStone.com
• Air Supply'southward backstage interviews on Combat Radio

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