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Air Supply is a soft rock duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975, consisting of Englishman Graham Russell (vocals, guitar) and Australian Russell Hitchcock (vocals). The trademark sound of Hitchcock’s soaring tenor voice and Russell’s simple yet majestic songs create a unique sound that will forever be known as Air Supply. With their heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads, the Australian group became a staple of early-'80s radio.
With record sales of 100 million worldwide, they had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-five hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Lost in Love" (1979), "All Out of Love", "Every Woman in the World" (both 1980), "The One That You Love", "Here I Am" (both 1981, the former being their only #1 song in the U.S.), "Sweet Dreams", "Even the Nights Are Better" (both 1982) and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (1983). They were most successful on the Adult Contemporary chart, where they scored ten top five hits, reaching #1 with "Lost in Love," "Here I Am" and "Even the Nights Are Better." In Australia, they had four top ten placements with "Love and Other Bruises" (1976), "All Out of Love", "Every Woman in the World" and "The One That You Love". Their highest charting studio album, The One That You Love (1981) reached number ten in both Australia and the US (outcharted only by their 1983 greatest-hits LP, which topped the chart in Australia and got to #7 in the US and #15 in Canada). Three of their studio albums are certified platinum and one additional certified gold in the US, with their 1983 greatest-hits collection going quintuple platinum in the States alone.
The group, which relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1970s, has included many members, with Hitchcock and Russell at the core. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame on 1 December 2013, at the annual ARIA Awards.
Discography:
- Air Supply (1976) - #17 AUS
- The Whole Thing's Started (1977) - #32 AUS
- Love & Other Bruises (1978)
- Life Support (1979) - #27 AUS
- Lost in Love (1980) - #21 AUS, #22 US, #34 CAN
- The One That You Love (1981) - #10 AUS and US, #21 CAN
- Now and Forever (1982) - #27 AUS, #25 US, #18 CAN
- Greatest Hits (1983) - #1 AUS, #7 US, #15 CAN
- Making Love...The Very Best of Air Supply (1983)
- Air Supply (1985) - #88 AUS, #26 US, #39 CAN
- Hearts in Motion (1986) - #84 US
- The Christmas Album (1987)
- The Earth Is... (1991)
- The Vanishing Race (1993)
- News from Nowhere (1995)
- Greatest Hits Live...Now and Forever (1995) - #60 AUS
- The Book of Love (1997)
- Yours Truly (2001)
- Across the Concrete Sky (2003)
- Mumbo Jumbo (2010)
Air Supply provides examples of the following tropes:
- Cover Version/Covered Up: Air Supply were the first to chart in the U.S. with Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love," nearly a decade before Céline Dion took it to #1. In 1991, they also released a cover of Nilsson's "Without You," three years before Mariah Carey's successful cover.
- Incredibly Long Note: Near the end of "Making Love Out of Nothing at All."
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