Signed to The Beatles' label Apple Records, Badfinger are best known for their
bouncy 1969 hit "Come & Get It", written by Paul McCartney and they were often
compared to the Fab Four (although singer Pete Ham was a fine songwriter in his
own right co-composing the Nilsson hit "Without You"). Yet, though the name
Badfinger wasn't used until 1969, they'd already effectively been together in
one shape or form for eight years after initially getting together in Swansea
under a variety of different band names and line-ups. As The Iveys they
attracted the interest of The Beatles, who s...