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Air Supply
Though never critically revered and almost always scorned by rock music fans, Australian duo Air Supply made a massive impact on early-'80s pop music. The pair's songs could occasionally be cloying, but fans of mainstream and MOR music proved the existence of a substantial market for theatrical pop balladry. The group's best work stands up fairly well three decades later for its songcraft and elegance.
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
Australian duo Air Supply dominated the pop music charts during the first half of the '80s, even if rock music purists cringed at the very realization of the group's existence. However, that certainly didn't stop legions of adult contemporary and soft rock record buyers from making the singing partnership of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock...