"Baby Blue" was a single by Badfinger, off their 1971 album Straight Up. Lead singer Pete Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Armstrong, whom he had dated. Musically, it is a pop-rock and power pop song, and charted to #14 on the US singles chart in 1971. It missed the UK's charts. "Baby Blue" also appeared in the US drama series Breaking Bad, where it was played during the closing scene of the show's final episode. Joey Molland, who was the last surviving member of the classic line-up of Badfinger at the time, took to Twitter to express hi… read more
"Baby Blue" was a single by Badfinger, off their 1971 album Straight Up. Lead singer Pete Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Arms… read more
"Baby Blue" was a single by Badfinger, off their 1971 album Straight Up. Lead singer Pete Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Armstrong, whom he had dated. Musically,… read more
Badfinger was a pop/rock (or "power pop") band that formed in 1964 around Swansea, Wales. Adopting the name Badfinger in 1969, the band was touted as the 'heir apparent' to The Beatles, in part because of their close working relationship with the "Fab Four." Badfinger's meteoric rise and demise (marked by the suicides of founder-member and leader Pete Ham on 24 April 1975, and later of band-member Tom Evans on November 19, 1983) remains a cautionary tale for the rock music industry. They're probably best-remembered for the Ham/Evans-penned Bad… read more
Badfinger was a pop/rock (or "power pop") band that formed in 1964 around Swansea, Wales. Adopting the name Badfinger in 1969, the band was touted as the 'heir apparent'… read more
Badfinger was a pop/rock (or "power pop") band that formed in 1964 around Swansea, Wales. Adopting the name Badfinger in 1969, the band was touted as the 'heir apparent' to The Beatles, in part because of their clos… read more