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The surviving members struggled to rebuild their personal and professional lives against a backdrop of lawsuits, which tied up the songwriters' royalty payments for years. Their song " Without You" (1970) has been recorded many times, and became a US and UK number-one hit for American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson and, twenty-four years later, a UK number-one for Mariah Carey.Īfter Apple Records folded in 1973, Badfinger struggled with a host of legal, managerial, and financial problems, leading to Ham's suicide in 1975.
From 1968 to 1973, Badfinger recorded five albums for Apple and toured extensively, before they became embroiled in the chaos of Apple's dissolution.īadfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: " Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney, 1970), " No Matter What" (produced by Mal Evans, 1970), " Day After Day" (produced by George Harrison, 1971), and " Baby Blue" (produced by Todd Rundgren, 1972). The band renamed themselves Badfinger, after the working title for the Beatles' 1967 song " With a Little Help from My Friends" ("Bad Finger Boogie"). The band evolved from an earlier group called the Iveys, formed in 1961, which became the first and most successful group signed by Beatles'-owned Apple records label in 1968. It is estimated that the band sold 14 million albums. They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Joey Molland. comīadfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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