by Rick Landers.
When Badfinger’s first record was released rumors ran amok that the Beatles were the artists behind the songs and that the Fab Four had playfully renamed themselves to see if the album would do well without the Beatles magic to help lift it up the charts. This wasn’t a far fetched notion. The album, Magic Christian Music, was released in 1970 on the Beatles’ Apple label and the harmonies and style captured the pop spunk of Paul McCartney’s work. In fact, McCartney penned the group’s first U.S. charted hit, “Come and Get It.” Badfinger would enjoy all the spoils of fame, but would also suffer through a litany of stereotypical rock ‘n’ roll collapses from bad management, financial entanglements, legal disputes, poor record sales and the tragic suicides of Peter Ham (vocalist, guitar, keyboards) and…
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Joey Molland (Badfinger) Interview
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