In 1975, Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met on their 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 each show’s performance, they would play pizza parlours, coffee bars and nightclubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was writing constantly. 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 except for one—CBS Records who admired their unique style. They made a single in one afternoon and it shot to #1 on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the US and Canada playing all the famous venues. It was 1977 and while they did find new fans, they did not break the US market. Back in Australia, they made a record called Life Support and included “Lost in Love” which went top ten in Australia and somehow it found its way to record producer Clive Davis in New York. Clive immediately signed them to Arista Records and in 1980, “Lost in Love” became the fastest selling single in the world leaping to the top of the all the charts. Their second single, “All Out of Love” went up the charts even quicker. Seven top five singles later, they had equalled at that time 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. 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 the Air Supply sound.

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