Signed to The Beatles' label Apple, 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 signed them t...