The song, written by Swansea singer and guitarist Peter Ham and tucked away on Badfinger’s 1971 album Straight Up, had been a hit in the USA, where the band enjoyed greater success than in Britain, but had hardly been a staple of radio play in the intervening years. The decision last autumn by the producers of the TV series Breaking Bad to end the final episode with Badfinger’s ‘Baby Blue’ added a third ‘fact’ to the store of common knowledge about the band. Firstly, that they had some sort of connection with The Beatles and secondly, that the band’s history was a sorry one which culminated in the suicides of two of their members. Up until very recently, if you had asked a reasonably well-informed music fan what they knew about Badfinger, they probably would have been able to tell you two things. Graham Tomlinson takes a retrospective look at the music of Peter Ham and Badfinger, one of the most successful bands to ever come out of Wales.
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