Badfinger - Badfinger Albums, Badfinger Members, Badfinger Songs, Songs Written by Pete Ham, Without You, the Concert for Bangladesh (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Badfinger albums, Badfinger members, Badfinger songs, Songs written by Pete Ham, Without You, The Concert for Bangladesh, Straight Up, Tom Evans, Joey Molland, Airwaves, No Dice, Magic Christian Music, Head First, Bob Jackson, No Matter What, Ass, Maybe Tomorrow, Come and Get It, Wish You Were Here, Stan Polley, Day After Day: Live, BBC in Concert 1972-1973, Dan Matovina, Dear Angie, Apple of My Eye, Baby Blue, Say No More. Excerpt: Badfinger was a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969, following the departure of Griffiths. Picked up by The Beatles' Apple label in 1968, in 1969 they adopted the name Badfinger. Initially drawing Beatle comparisons on account of some musical resemblance and individual Beatles' mentorship, Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits over 1970-71 with "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What," "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue," providing a seminal example of the post-'60s power pop genre. The Ham/Evans-penned Badfinger original "Without You," an oft-covered song, became a "Billboard" #1 hit for Harry Nilsson, and later a #3 hit for Mariah Carey. In 1970, the band engaged American businessman Stan Polley to manage their commercial affairs. Over the next 5 years while the band recorded several albums for Apple (1971-73) and Warner Bros. (1974-75), and toured extensively, they became embroiled in the chaos of Apple Records' dissolution. Polley's financial machinations, an eventual lawsuit raised by Warner against Polley over missing escrow account money, and Warner's consequent withdrawal from market of the album Wish Yo...