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Apple Corps' Neil Aspinall proposed 'Badfinger', in reference to 'Bad Finger Boogie' an early working title of LennonвЂ“McCartney's 'With a Little Help from My Friends', as Lennon had hurt his forefinger on a piano and was using only one finger.ДЄround this time they hired guitarist Joey Molland, who was previously with Gary Walker & The Rain, The Masterminds, and The Fruit-Eating Bears, with his addition requiring Evans to shift to bass.ДЄ string of memorable hit singles followed after the success of 'Come and Get It,' - 'No Matter What,' 'Day After Day,' and 'Baby Blue' but the band saw almost no reward from that success. Suggestions were put forward, like John Lennon's 'The Glass Onion', 'The Prix', 'The Cagneys', and 'Home' from McCartney. In October 1969, pending the release of 'Come and Get It', the band and Apple agreed upon a name change, as The Iveys were sometimes confused with 'The Ivy League'. Producing the track in less than one hour, McCartney made sure that they copied his own demo note-for-note.

Paul McCartney offered the song 'Come And Get It' to the group, although he had written the song for the soundtrack of The Magic Christian. Afterwards, Evans consistently pushed their demo tapes to every Beatle until he gained approval from all four to sign the group to their Apple label. In August 1967, Liverpudlian guitarist Tom Evans, of Them Calderstones joined the ranks and the following year Beatles' roadie/assistant Mal Evans and Apple Records' A&R head Peter Asher saw them perform at the Marquee Club, London. The group secured gigs around the Swansea area, opening for prominent British groups such as the Spencer Davis Group, The Who, The Moody Blues and The Yardbirds. The Iveys formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales from The Panthers and in March 1965, drummer Gibbins joined The Iveys.

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They were supposed to be the next Beatles but a series of tragedies, mismanagement and вЂњrock and roll rip-offsвЂќ left Badfinger little more than a sad footnote in musical history. But the future for Badfinger was set to decline, with line up changes and legal battles that would haunt the band and itвЂ™s members forever. The future looked bright, 'Come and Get It' released in December 1969 in the UK, and January 1970 in the US sold over a million copies worldwide, reaching the Top Ten throughout the world: No.7 on the US chart and No.4 in the UK. Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: 'Come and Get It' (written and produced by Paul McCartney, 'No Matter What', 'Day After Day' (produced by George Harrison, and 'Baby Blue'.