Hitchcock, Russell

Russell Hitchcock
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Russell Hitchcock

Name	Hitchcock, Russell Gender: M
born on	15 June 1949 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM )
Place	Melbourne, Australia, 37s49, 144e58
Timezone	AEST h10e (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A
Astrology data	23°26' 12°35 Asc. 15°11'

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Biography

Australian musician, who co-founded the super successful soft-rock group "Air Supply." Proclaimed the most successful pop group of the 1980s by Billboard Magazine, radio stations around the world considered their music a "staple," and Hitchcock became a star. The group broke up in the late 1980s.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Hitchcock had a four-year-older sister, Gail. He spent his early childhood in Brunswick and other suburbs of Melbourne, and attended South Brunswick State School. At age seven, he was in a major accident when a truck hit him. As a teenager, Hitchcock was athletic, playing baseball and bowling. After five years at Princes Hill High School, he dropped out, because he "didn’t like being told what to do," and says he still doesn’t. He began working at age 16 for a Menswear store, and by age 20, he was a buyer for a computer company in Melbourne, three years later receiving a promotion and transfer to Sydney.

Hitchcock’s real success began when his girlfriend Karen convinced him to audition for a role in "Jesus Christ Superstar," in 1976, and he won the part. With Graham Russell, a fellow cast member, he formed Air Supply in the late 1970s. Their first release was 1976’s "Love and Other Bruises," and they got their first international exposure in the late ’70s when they performed as the opening act for Rod Stewart on his North American tour. Named "Best Pop Rock Group of 1981" by the American Music Awards, the duo’s sweet ballads and heavily orchestrated music took Air Supply to the top of the charts, including a string of seven straight Top Five singles. "The One That You Love" was their only number one hit in the U.S.

Hitchcock and Russell reunited in 1991, releasing several albums over the next few years, but failed to recapture the success they previously enjoyed.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• business associate/partner relationship with Russell, Graham (born 11 June 1950)

Events

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1976 (Role in "Jesus Christ Superstar")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1976 ("Love and Other Bruises")

• Work : Prize 1981 (Best Pop Rock Group)

• Social : Joined group 1991 (Reunited)

Source Notes

Steinbrecher quotes him, data from his dad

Categories

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Air Supply)

• Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second of two)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Hit by truck)

• Traits : Personality : Active (Athletic)

• Traits : Mind : Education limited (Dropped out of high school)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field