What happened Badfinger?

Badfinger fell apart, and an attempt to reform four years later failed. Two of the original line-up, Joey Molland and Tom Evans set up rival Badfinger bands. In 1983, after a bitter argument with Molland about the royalties for “Without You”, Evans put down the phone, went to the garden and hanged himself.

Who wrote Badfinger Without You?

Pete Ham
Tom Evans
Without You/Composers

A rock musician who co-wrote Harry Nilsson’s 1970s chart-topper Without You is to be honoured with a blue plaque in his home city of Swansea. Pete Ham penned the love song, which has been covered by artists including Mariah Carey, with bandmate Tom Evans.

What is the meaning of Badfinger?

Apple Corps’ Neil Aspinall proposed “Badfinger”, in reference to “Bad Finger Boogie”, an early working title of Lennon–McCartney’s “With a Little Help from My Friends”, as Lennon had hurt his forefinger on a piano and was using only one finger. In December 1969, the band agreed on Badfinger.

Who sang I can’t live Without You originally?

Harry Nilsson
I Can’t Live/Artists

What’s the meaning of Without you by Badfinger?

Pete Ham wrote a song titled “If It’s Love,” but found that it lacked a strong chorus. Tom Evans was also independently working on a song with the chorus “can’t live if living is without you” – but he was stumped for verses. The two halves of a song fit together like a key in a lock.

What to do if Badfinger wont play on YouTube?

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Who is the composer of Without you by Badfinger?

“Without You” was written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. This song is actually a fusion of two songs. Paul McCartney once described this ballad as “The killer song of all time.”. “Without You” has been covered by over 180 artists.

Who was the manager of the band Badfinger?

This song provided the title for the book Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger, the 1997 biography by Dan Matovina. In Al Kooper’s memoir Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards, Kooper squarely pins the blame for Ham and Evans’ suicides on the band’s manager, Stanley Polley.