Peter Ham

Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 - 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer , songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger. Ham was born in Swansea, South Wales. He formed a local rock group called The Panthers...

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...was made available in 2000 with a CD of rarities. In 1991, Matovina unearthed previously unknown recordings of Pete Ham. For Pete Ham's Estate, Matovina later compiled and produced some of the recordings for release through Rykodisc with...

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...of this cow and nothing else. Head First, Badfinger (1974/2000): The last Badfinger album recorded before singer-songwriter Pete Ham's suicide wasn't issued until 2000, but the cover, paired with the title, indicated just where the band...

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"No Matter What" is a song originally recorded by Badfinger for their album No Dice in 1970, written and sung by Pete Ham and produced by Mal Evans. It was the band's first U.K. Top 10 single to be composed by Badfinger, reaching #8 on...

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...My Eye" is a song recorded by the rock /pop band Badfinger for inclusion on their 1973 album, Ass . The song was written and sung by Pete Ham, produced by Chris Thomas and Badfinger, and released on Apple Records. Ham wrote the song about...

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...member Bob Jackson and former Iveys member, Ron Griffiths. All of the vocals and guitar licks are Ham's original performances. A follow-up disc of Ham demo material, Golders Green , was released two years after this release. The following...

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Golders Green is the second posthumous CD release of demo material recorded by Badfinger frontman Pete Ham . The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys in 1968 and 1969,...

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...fifth and final album with "core" band member Joey Molland. Also, after completing the album, Pete Ham decided to quit Badfinger; he was replaced by keyboardist/guitarist Bob Jackson. However, after Warners indicated that it would drop...

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...Robert Johnson and Alan Wilson of Canned Heat. All were stars, all died at 27 (as did Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Pete Ham of the scandalously underrated Badfinger, whose obits are tackled this Saturday). He dragged in...

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...blipped and beep-beep ed on the pop-music radar over the years (think Gilbert O'Sullivan, Neil Finn of Crowded House, Badfinger's Pete Ham, etc.), few, if any, have managed to ape Paul McCartney's artistry quite like Pete Mitchell. A singer...

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