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Use dmy dates|date=July 2011Use Australian English|date=July 2011Inappropriate tone|date=May 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Russell Hitchcock|| image = Airsupply.jpg|| caption = Graham Russell (left) and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply, 2006|| image_size = 250||background = solo_singer ||birth_name = Russell Charles Hitchcock||alias = ||birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|6|15|origin = Melbourne , Victoria (Australia)|Victoria , Australia ||instrument = singing|Vocals |||genre = Soft Rock |occupation = Musician |years_active = 1975& ndash;present ||label = Arista Records|Arista , Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)|Giant , BMG , EMI | Russell Charles Hitchcock (born 15 June 1949 in Melbourne , Victoria (Australia)|Victoria ) is an Australia n musician and one half of the group Air Supply . He formed the group after meeting Englishman Graham Russell in 1975 on the set of a production of Jesus Christ Superstar .
Early life
Hitchcock was the second of two children (his sister Gail was four years older), and he lived his formative years in Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne. When he was 7, he moved around to Melbourne suburbs as his parents managed boarding houses. He attended South Brunswick State School, and he was hit by a truck at age 7. He attended Princes Hill High School now known as Princes Hill Secondary College in Carlton North. At school he was appointed a prefect and was a keen member of the school baseball team. He left school in 1965 to work as a salesman. At this time he played drums and was lead vocalist in a band called 19th Generation. At age 20, he obtained a job in the spare parts division of a computer company and worked there for three years before being promoted and transferred to Sydney. In 1975 he was convinced by his girlfriend Karen to audition for Jesus Christ Superstar and was accepted to the cast and met Graham Russell. Russell Hitchcock has released three (3) solo albums titled Russell Hitchcock, Take Time and his latest country solo CD titled Russell Hitchcock Tennessee, The Nashville Sessions.
Discography
Main|Air Supply discography Solo
1988 Russell Hitchcock (album)|Russell Hitchcock ( Arista Records )
2008 Take Time (album)|Take Time
2011 Russell Hitchcock Tennessee, The Nashville Sessions (album)|Russell Hitchcock Tennessee, The Nashville Sessions ( Better Angels Music )
External links
http://www.airsupplymusic.com/ Air Supply Band Official Site
http://www.russellhitchcock.com/ Russell Hitchcock Official Site
http://www.nndb.com/people/408/000041285/ Russell Hitchcock biography
Air Supply Persondata | NAME =Hitchcock, Russell | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =15 June 1949 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hitchcock, Russell Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male singers Category:Australian soft rock musicians Category:Air Supply members Category:Australian people of English descent Category:Musicians from Melbourne
