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Russell, Graham Cyrill (1st June 1950-Present)

He was born in Sherwood, Nottingham, England and is a guitarist and singer-songwriter.

His mother died when he was 10 and three years later his father and step-mother moved to Melbourne, Australia, but the night before they went he ran away and they had to leave him to live with his uncle.  As a teenager he was heavily influenced by The Beatles and joined a local rock band as the drummer.

He then joined his family in Melbourne and worked in a factory and played in coffee houses at night.  He met Russell Hitchcock in May 1975 when they appeared together in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar and in April 1976 they formed Air Supply.

He has written the majority of the songs for Air Supply.  He has produced a rock opera called Sherwood.  He has also written the film score for the 1983 movie Now and Forever and appeared as the character Jon Loch in the film Believe in 2005.

He currently lives in Utah.

Air Supply Recordings
All Out of Love (Graham Russell, Clive Davis)
Old Habits Die Hard (Criston Barker, David Moyse)

Sources:
1.                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Russell
2.                  www.airsupply.bravehost.com/historypg1.html