BADFINGER
Badfinger were 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, the first group signed by the Beatles’ Apple label in 1968. In 1970-1975, the band recorded five albums for Apple and toured extensively. Badfinger had four 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 number 14 after it was featured in the series finale of the television show Breaking Bad. Their song “Without You” has been covered many times, including a Billboard number one hit for Harry Nilsson and a UK number one by Mariah Carey. (More from Wikipedia)
From Wikipedia: “Among the large cast of backing musicians [on All Things Must Pass] were Eric Clapton and Delaney & Bonnie’s Friends band – three of whom formed Derek and the Dominos with Clapton during the recording – as well as Ringo Starr, Gary Wright, [Billy] Preston, Klaus Voormann, John Barham, Badfinger, and Pete Drake.”
(September 2014)
