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This much-maligned Australian soft rock duo was actually quite successful at finding its niche for churning out sweet love ballads to a large and warmly accepting audience. The pair of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock parlayed the small opening afforded them into an intense if brief reign atop the pop charts.
Air Supply - Profile of the Soft Rock Hitmakers
This much-maligned Australian soft rock duo was actually quite successful at finding its niche for churning out sweet love ballads to a large and warmly accepting audience. The pair of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock parlayed the small opening afforded them into an intense if brief reign atop the pop charts during the first half of the '80s.
Top 6 Air Supply Songs of the '80s
During the early '80s it was difficult for pop listeners to escape the soft rock ballads of the Australian duo Air Supply, as the pair of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock racked up seven straight Top 5 pop hits and added one more before petering out by the mid-'80s.

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