Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Peter William Ham [1] (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue".
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea in 1961. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar).
Pete Ham wrote a song originally titled "If It's Love", but it had lacked a strong chorus. At the time of writing, the band shared residence with the Mojos at 7 Park Avenue in Golders Green. One evening, in the midst of the parties, songwriting, touring, in Golders Green, Ham and his girlfriend Beverly Tucker were about to go out for the evening.
A previous incarnation of the group, then known as the Iveys, had been active since 1961, but Molland did not join until the transition to the Badfinger identity in the late ’60s. Pete Ham, who ...
7 Park Avenue is the first of four posthumous CD releases of demo material recorded by Badfinger's Pete Ham.The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys from 1967 to 1969, and running throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending with his suicide in 1975.
It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK, ultimately earning gold accreditation from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Pages in category "Songs written by Pete Ham" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. ... (Badfinger song) Meanwhile Back at the Ranch/Should I ...
Ass is the fifth studio album by British rock band Badfinger, and their last album released on Apple Records.The opening track, "Apple of My Eye", refers to the band leaving the label to begin its new contract with Warner Bros. Records.