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Air Supply is a duo of Pop musicians, consisting of English guitarist/vocalist Graham Russell (b. 1 June 1950 , Sherwood, Nottingham, England ) and main lead vocalist Australian Russell Hitchcock (b. 15 June 1949 , Melbourne , Australia ), who had a succession of soft-rock ballad hits throughout the English-speaking world through the late 1970s and early 1980s . The duo met in May, 1975, when performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, '' Jesus Christ Superstar ''. Later that year, the duo, along with Chrissie Hammond , formed Air Supply as a five-man group. Hammond left the band, to be replaced by Jeremy Paul in time for the group's first Australian hit single, "Love and Other Bruises." This single was followed by a Self-titled debut album that reached Gold status in Australia, numerous other top 40 hits, and an American tour opening for Rod Stewart . Jeremy Paul left the band during this tour. Hitchcock and Russell effectively started out fresh again in 1978 , and the band that was to record almost all of the hit records was formed. It featured Frank Esler-Smith (arranger and keyboardist), David Moyse and Rex Goh (guitars) and the rhythm section of David Green (bass) and Ralph Cooper (drums). In 1979 the band released ''Life Support'', a concept album that included a picture disc on its first printing. It was on this album that a five-and-a-half minute version of Lost in Love was introduced to Australian audiences. Written by Graham Russell in fifteen minutes, the song caught the attention of music mogul Clive Davis, and his record label remixed the song and released it as a single in America. Their ). It was quickly followed by three more hit albums, '' The One That You Love '', '' Now And Forever '', and ''Greatest Hits''. In 1983 they had #2 hit in the U.S. with "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", written by Jim Steinman . During the mid-1980s they also had one semi-major Billboard hit with "Just as I Am" and couple of very minor Billboard "hits" with " The Power Of Love ", "Lonely Is", and "One More Chance". Russell and Hitchcock recorded a 1987 Christmas album before taking a break with studio recordings, instead touring live. During this time, Russell Hitchcock released his self-titled debut album. In 1991 the duo regrouped and recorded ''The Earth Is'', containing their hit single "Without You". The album was followed by ''The Vanishing Race'' in 1993, and ''News from Nowhere'' in 1995. It was during this period that they became popular in south-eastern Asian countries, culminating in the release of ''Now and Forever: Greatest Hits Live'', a CD and DVD recording of a live concert in Taipei , Taiwan , also in 1995, which stayed at the top of the Chinese album charts for 16 weeks. They continued to tour and record into the new millennium, releasing the more adult contemporary titled ''The Book of Love'' (1997), ''Yours Truly'' (2001), and ''Across the Concrete Sky'' (2003). In 2005 they once again released a live CD/DVD recording, ''It Was Thirty Years Ago Today,'' which was recorded at the Casino Rama in Canada. ALBUMS
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