Song:All Out Of Love
Album:Ultimate Air Supply
You might be hard pressed to find someone to admit to liking Air Supply. But the fact is they had a total of eight top five hits between 1980-83. So somebody bought their music. They faded of course after that. In the music business, you have to change things up to remain fresh and they didn't do that. Lead singer Russell Hitchcock and guitarist and main songwriter Graham Russell met in 1975 while performing in the Melbourne production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Hitchcock is an Aussie but Russell is British. They formed Air Supply and would be the mainstays of the group. The rest of the band was a revolving door with the exception of keyboard player and arranger Frank Elser-Smith. He wrote the orchestral arrangements. So they had limited success recording in Australia. The story goes that Arista Records boss Clive Davis signed Air Supply after he heard Lost In Love. He brought them to the US and personally supervised the recording. Lost In Love reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and All Out Of Love reached #2. Then he sent them out on tour with Rod Stewart. Davis even co-wrote All Out Of Love with Graham Russell. The 1981 David Foster produced The One That You Love was their only number one hit and they had a total of eight top five hits. But the sappiness of Air Supply's music became a running joke and not changing their approach led to their rapid decline. You can get all their hits on this comp. A 1987 break led to a Hitchcock solo album. Air Supply returned on Giant Records in 1991. And though they have never reached the heights of the early 80s, Air Supply continues to tour and record today. Here's the video for All Out Of Love by Air Supply.
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