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(“badfinger” was a british rock band that, in their most successful lineup, consisted of ‘pete ham, ‘mike gibbins’, ‘tom evans’, and ‘joey molland’)
(the band evolved from an earlier group called the iveys that was formed in 1961 by ‘Ham’, ‘Ron Griffiths’, and ‘David “Dai” Jenkins’ in ‘swansea’, ‘wales’)
(“The Iveys” were the first group signed by the Beatles’ Apple label in 1968)
(the band renamed themselves ‘badfinger’ and in 1969 ‘griffiths’ left and was replaced by ‘molland’)
(in 1970, the band engaged american businessman ‘Stan Polley’ to manage their commercial affairs)
(over the next 5 years the band recorded five albums for ‘apple’ and toured extensively, before they became embroiled in the chaos of Apple Records’ dissolution)
(‘badfinger’ had 4 consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: “Come and Get It” (written and produced by ‘Paul McCartney’), “No Matter What”, “Day After Day” (produced by ‘George Harrison’), and “Baby Blue”)
(in 2013, “Baby Blue” made a resurgence onto the Billboard “Hot Rock Songs” chart at #14 after it was featured in the series finale of the television show “breaking bad”)
(their song “Without You” has been recorded many times, including a Billboard #1 hit for ‘Harry Nilsson’ and a UK #1 by ‘Mariah Carey’)
(after ‘Apple Records’ folded, ‘badfinger’ signed to “Warner Brothers Records”, but Polley’s financial machinations resulted in internal friction that soon caused ‘Ham’ to quit ‘badfinger’, to be replaced by ‘Bob Jackson’ on keyboard and guitar, then led to ‘Ham’ rejoining and ‘Molland’ leaving the band instead)
(however, a lawsuit filed by Warner’s music publishing arm against ‘Polley’ over missing escrow account money led ‘Warner’ to withdraw Badfinger’s 1974 Wish You Were Here from the market 7 weeks after its release, which effectively cut off the band’s income)
(‘Warner’ then refused to accept (or pay the band for) Badfinger’s next album, Head First, because of the dispute with ‘Polley’, leaving the band destitute)
(3 days before his 28th birthday, on 24 April 1975, Ham committed suicide by hanging himself, leaving a note that included damning comments about Polley.
(over the next 3 years, 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)
(the ‘badfinger’ albums Airwaves (1979) and Say No More (1981) (both of which excluded both ‘Gibbins’ and ‘Jackson’) foundered, as ‘Molland’ and ‘Evans’ see-sawed between cooperation and conflict in their attempts to revive and capitalize on the “badfinger legacy”)
(having seen Ham’s body after Ham’s wife had called him immediately after Ham’s death, ‘Evans’ reportedly never got over his friend’s suicide, and was quoted as saying in darker moments, “i wanna be where he is”)
(on ’19 november 1983′, ‘evans’ also took his own life by ‘hanging’)
(over 8 years after ham’s suicide)
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