THE IVEYS / BADFINGER
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Badfinger originated in 1961 as a band out of Swansea, South Wales called The Panthers. By 1964 they settled on The Iveys, named after a street in Swansea called Ivey Place. The Iveys performed a wide range of cover tunes from Motown, blues, soul to Top 40, psychedelic pop, and Beatles. Thanks to Mal Evans (the longtime "roadie" for The Beatles) they were finally signed on 23 July 1968, as the first non-Beatle recording artists for the Apple record company. The Iveys first single was released worldwide, "Maybe Tomorrow", late in 1968. It reached the Top Ten in a number of European countries. McCartney gave The Iveys a needed boost when he offered them the chance to record and release "Come And Get It", a song he had written for the soundtrack of the film The Magic Christian. In October 1969, while the release of "Come and Get It" was pending, the band and Apple Records agreed that a name change was now critical. "The Iveys" were still sometimes confused with "The Ivy League". After much debate, the group changed their name to Badfinger. Other suggestions had included: "The Glass Onion," "The Prix", and "The Cagneys" from John Lennon, and "Home" by Paul McCartney. The name Badfinger had been suggested by Apple's Neil Aspinall as a reference to "Bad Finger Boogie", an early working title of Lennon/McCartney's "With a Little Help from My Friends". "Come and Get It" was released in December 1969 in the U.K. and January 1970 in the U.S. It reached Top 10 throughout the world. Geoff Emerick then took over as their producer and they completed the album; No Dice. Another track from No Dice, "Without You", was covered by Harry Nilsson became an international hit, an all-time ballad, in early 1972. Badfinger toured America for three months in late 1970 and were generally received well, although the group complained of constant comparison to The Beatles. Media comparisons between Badfinger and The Beatles would continue throughout Badfinger's career. During this time, various members of Badfinger also recorded on sessions for fellow Apple Records labelmates, most notably playing acoustic guitars on tracks from George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and providing backing vocals on Ringo Starr's single "It Don't Come Easy". Evans and Molland performed on John Lennon's album Imagine, and all four members of the band appeared as backup musicians throughout George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. By 1972, the group was under contract to release only one more album with Apple Records. Despite Badfinger's success, Apple was facing troubled times overall and its operations were dwindling down. Label president Allen Klein informed Badfinger's management that the label would not be as generous regarding a new contract. After this, they signed a contract with Warner Bros. But this career ended in a lawsuit. Warners Records stopping the promotion of the album "Wish You Were Here" and the distribution of the record worldwide, thus completely halting Badfinger's career. Badfinger spent the early months of 1975 trying to figure out how to proceed with the unclear legal situation at hand, including the one withdrawn album and the one rejected album. But by April 1975, salaries were no longer arriving and panic set in, especially for Pete Ham, who had recently acquired a house and whose girlfriend was expecting a child. On 24 April 1975, singer and guitarist Pete Ham hanged himself in his garage studio in Surrey, he cited his lost ability to cope with his disappointments in life. In 1983, Tom Evans and Joey Molland had an extensive heated argument on the telephone regarding Badfinger past income, still in escrow from the Apple era. The "Without You" songwriting royalties Evans was now receiving were claimed by Molland, former manager Bill Collins and Gibbins. Following this argument, Evans hanged himself in the garden at his home. Mike Gibbins died October, 4th 2006.
MEMBERS:
Pete Ham replaced by Joe Tansin replaced by Bob Schell, Glen Sherba, Ted Turner, Jimmy McCullogh - Guitar, Vocals and Keyboards
Ron Griffiths replaced by Tom Evans replaced by Larry Lee, Craig Howlett - Vocals and Bass
David "Dai" Jenkins replaced by Joey Molland - Guitar and Vocals
Mike Gibbins replaced by Kenny Harck replaced by Peter Clarke, Richard Bryans, Bobby Wickland - Vocals and Drums
Bob Jackson replaced by Tony Kaye, Steve Johns - Vocals and Keyboards
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