You've got to believe in each other," he said. It had nothing to do with Pete dying, as some have suggested. We didnt have any money. While McCartney provided the first single, Lennon's piano prowess was pivotal in the search as the band looked to change its name from The Iveys. Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 July 20, 2009) was an entertainment manager from the 1960s and 1970s. . Mackintosh Academy - Boulder. P.S. Swanseas importance as a port city and industrial center had made it an attractive bombing target during World War II, and many of the buildings in Swanseas city center had been destroyed during the Nazis three-night Blitz in February 1941. "I perform them the best I can and try and bring them to life. The band was barely getting any money out of Polley and Ham was at odds with his bandmates. Any other artist he dealt with was srewed over by him as well. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Stanley Polley (72635714)? A more conscience-free liar, thief and bullshitter . He was serious about being a rock band, so they argued about it. Another change came with the departure of Ron Griffiths in October 1969. Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 - July 20, 2009) was an American entertainment manager and fraudster active in the 1960s and 1970s. He was that concerned. Heres how it works. Polleys business partner, Stan Poses had concerns with the new contract, recalling, Id started to figure out that what Polley had set up didnt make sense. The original title the band had come up with was For the Love of Money but was rejected by Warner Brothers. Please try again later. Pete actually left the band at one time. We had great arguments about it, but we stuck to it. Bill Collins agreed, The Iveys were associated with the Merseyside scene and the name sounded a bit dated. In his heart breaking suicide note, he mentioned the love of his girlfriend and included the post script, "Stan Polley is a soulless bastard." Stan Polley was Badfinger's manager who was accused by many of his clients of corruption. Like this story? I used the guitars I was playing at the time: a Firebird and an SG Standard. Good riddance. We were broke! I will take him with me." Pete Ham almost escaped the 27 Club when he died on April 24, 1975; his 28th birthday was just three days away. Co-writer Tommy Evans took a different approach and had a "burning ambition" to write a hit record, but he struggled finding a verse for Without You. Despite Apple Records rapidly unraveling business situation, No Dice was a hit, reaching the U.S. Top 30, and winning positive reviews and substantial radio airplay. I try to focus on the good things that we did and all the great songs we recorded. I couldnt believe the luck we were having. Sorry! There are times when it all feels like a dream, says guitarist Joey Molland, recalling the glory days a half century ago when Badfinger ruled the airwaves with a series of exquisitely crafted pop-rock hits like Come and Get It, No Matter What, Day After Day and Baby Blue. But his involvement would ultimately seal the bands doom. He was from Liverpool and we were from Wales. I will take him with me." - Pete Ham By the spring of 1975, Pete Ham learned he was penniless. Learn how your comment data is processed. I didnt even have my own amp at the time. Did you know the band when they were the Iveys? cemeteries found in Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Who knows what drives people to do such a thing? Without more biographical information and details about his other artist-clients, this page probably could be blanked. He financially ruined a bunch of others, too. But it didnt take long for the eager young quartets bright prospects to turn unimaginably dark, sending the band into a bleak, bottomless abyss from which Ham and Evans would never escape. George Harrison was most involved, playing guitar and calling Badfinger his band. We had to all sit down at a table and agree how it was going to be divided, and then we had to get lawyers involved. As detailed in "Suicide in the Entertainment Industry," by David K. Frasier, the band found financial representation in New York businessman Stan Polley, who netted them a six-figure contract with Warner Records in 1974, but would only give them a grand a month in allowance. HARLEM OF THE WEST: SAN FRANCISCOS FILLMORE DISTRICT, BEAT SURRENDER: RECLAIMING THE LEGACY OF LUCIEN CARR. Its a better place than down here.. With the chaotic Apple organization now on the verge of collapse and one album still remaining on Badfingers Apple contract, Polley negotiated lucrative new recording and publishing arrangements with Warner Bros. Records. While they returned to form recording Wish You Were Here, Molland said a bombshell was about to tear them apart. We just had bad business, and it finished us., Thank you for reading 5 articles this month*, US pricing $3.99 per month or $39.00 per year, UK pricing 2.99 per month or 29.00 per year, Europe pricing 3.49 per month or 34.00 per year, *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription. The Beatles rise to prominence gave him an impetus to expand the Panthers all-instrumental repertoire to include vocals. George was very direct. "325,000 cash we'd received and in three months it was gone. Straight Up spawned a pair of Ham-penned American hits in Day After Day and Baby Blue, although Apples business problems kept the latter from being released as a single in the U.K. Like No Matter What, both songs carried an unmistakable sense of bittersweet melancholy, giving them an emotional depth that transcended their ostensible status as fluffy pop-rock tunes. Badfinger were the first act signed to the fab four's Apple Records and wrote Without You, which later became a massive hit for Harry Nilsson. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. It was a contract the band would regret signing. Tragically, Badfinger's Tom Evans, upset regarding what he considered the band's missing income, also hanged himself in 1983! The band had initially recorded an albums worth of material with Emerick, but Apple rejected the results as insufficiently commercial, and the band returned to the studio with new producer Harrison, who shared Hams vision of Badfinger making a more mature, ambitious work in the vein of the Beatles then-recent Abbey Road. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The group made their way to America, and were in need of proper management stateside. Please seek professional guidance. American bands played really well and could sing their asses off. Polley reminds me of an underground publisher I once worked for. He worked as an apprentice television engineer before finding fame, The band house in Golders Green, London, where Badfinger lived, Manager Bill Collins first spotted The Iveys playing in Ammanford and took them to London, Joey Molland described Swansea and Liverpool as similar working class ports with vibrant music scenes and said there was a "great connection" in the band, How newspapers reacted to the news that Pete Ham had hung himself in 1975, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. John Lennon didnt really notice us. Oy vey.) Stan made a good first impression on the band and led them to believe that he would take them to new heights, only for it to be the complete opposite. We all had the same idea in mind. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Another inhabitant of Bill Collins house was Dave Duffield, the Kinks road manager. Answer (1 of 12): If you want to hear three famous songs that have the Beatles sound down cold, give a listen to these excellent Badfinger tunes from the late 60s/early 70s: "Day After Day," "No Matter What" and "Come and Get It." "Day After Day," a Top 5 smash from 1971, was written by Pete Ham. The failure of Maybe Tomorrow in the U.S. and U.K. hit the Iveys hard, and Apples organizational problems created an additional level that frustrated the bands efforts to come up with a new single. Badfinger tried again four years later, signing a new deal with Elektra Records and releasing two more albums, 1979s Airwaves and 1981s Say No More, but they wouldnt be enough to sustain their momentum, commercially. It was met with both praise and cynical Beatles comparison, but was eventually embraced as the accompaniment to the Magic Christian film. Did that sound like a hit when you were recording it? He began artist management after he met Christie in the mid-1960s. We had a bit of a lowbrow sense of humor. While initially performing on the local circuit using temporary names, their first serious incarnation was as the Iveys, which came together in 1961. We were all quite pleased for them., We didnt have any money. He encouraged the band to focus on songwriting and Pete Ham took that to heart, demoing tons of original songs using the houses makeshift studio. The Iveys move to London allowed the band to be closer to the British music business, and to begin to make a name for themselves performing in the citys hipper clubs. That same year, George Harrison, impressed with what he saw, asked the band to play on a solo album, 1970s All Things Must Pass, which became a massive hit worldwide. PleaseKillMe.com is the home of Please Kill Me: the Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Badfinger: Tom Evans, Mike Gibbins, Joey Molland, and Pete Ham, Co-edited by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil, the authors of, The Knack had an amazing sound. A $225,000 advance would be given to BEI for each album delivered . The vacancy was filled by another Liverpool native, Joey Molland, whose guitar, vocal and songwriting skills were well matched to those of Ham and Evans. Meanwhile, Stan Polley forced a battle between Apple and Warner Bros. over Badfingers song publishing, causing the substantial royalty payments for the bands hits (and for Nilssons cover of Without You) to be tied in a legal knot that would take years to untangle. The bands first album under the Badfinger moniker was Magic Christian Music, which was released in early 1970. He was cremated at the Morriston Crematorium, Swansea; his ashes were spread in the memorial gardens. I did everything I could to keep the band together, but it was impossible., Molland emphasized the creative freedom the band had, despite their hardships, We were good friends, we enjoyed working together and we had a good way of working together. He ran off with Badfinger's income, the record company money, leading to 2 band member suicides. I was pretty good. Tommy wanted it done a certain way, but I wanted it to be done the way we had agreed originally. What Polley did to those guys is unforgivable. Evans aired his frustrations to the magazine, Disc & Music Echo, stating, The business definitely seems to be blocking all that Apple are trying to do, and were the ones suffering for it because were the guinea pigs the first group Apple have launched. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, Nirvana were really great - never liked any other 'grunge' bands, only later liked some Mudhoney - though i did own a flannel shirt, but, SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES, ALL THE RAJ: HOW NORWEGIAN WOOD UNLEASHED THE INDIAN INVASION, THE KNACK AND HOW TO GET IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESCOTT NILES, PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF PKM FOR 2021, PART II, UTOPIA PARKWAY: THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF JOSEPH CORNELL. I dont really know he never really talked to us! It all became too much for Pete Ham who hanged himself in his garage on April 23, 1975 at the age of 27. It was through his association with Christie that he met and began working with other artists in the New York and Los Angeles entertainment fields. Average Age & Life Expectancy Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Pete Ham was living with his girlfriend and son, and they were expecting a child together, but such was the disarray of the band's finances (a situation which many blame on their manager, Stan Polley) that Ham was unable to pay the mortgage instalments on his new house in Weybridge, Surrey. He didnt really think about what he was going to say before he said it he just said it. The Firebird was a guitar I was playing for years before I joined Badfinger. Stan Polley rose to prime prominence as a Celebrity. A financial statement prepared by Polleys accountants from December of 1970 to October 31, 1971 showed Polleys income from the band. Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California, USA. Ive heard this story many times and being a musician as well, I know about struggles and if its too good to be true, it probably isnt. The extra effort proved worthwhile, and Straight Up, released in December 1971, continued Badfingers success, although some critics expressed reservations about the albums softer, less rocking sound. In less than five years, Badfinger, which had been responsible for some of the eras most upbeat, hopeful music, was plunged into a financially and emotionally devastating nightmare that would end up claiming Hams life, as well as that of Evans, who would duplicate his friends tragic exit eight years later. For the first half of the '70s, Badfinger were flying high, racking up hit singles and albums while touring the world (Ham and Evans also saw their composition Without You, a Badfinger track from the bands second album, No Dice, become a global No.1 when Harry Nilsson and producer Richard Perry gloriously re-imagined it on the singers 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson). Thanks for your help! -3.99 -3.07%. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. As far as out right stealing from, and cheating The Beatles, "NO"! Ironically, although he was virtually penniless, Evans had more than a million dollars worth of publishing royalties that remained frozen at Apple, waiting for Badfingers tangled legal issues to be resolved. Amid. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. He sat in the studio and drank a lot of brandy. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. I will take him with me." The SG was given to us by George Harrison. Try again. "Pete had an affair with a roadie's wife, which caused a lot of not good feeling. With Pete gone and Badfingers recording career off the rails, Hams surviving bandmates attempted to piece their lives back together, while the multiple band-related lawsuits slowly worked their way through the court system on both sides of the Atlantic. 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It was song six on album No Dice and Molland said they had no idea about its potential until 1971 when Harry Nilsson walked into a recording session. That outfit, which also included ex-Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, released a pair of underwhelming albums that attracted little attention. With their Warner Bros. debut a commercial and critical bust, and yet another album deadline looming, Badfinger returned to the studio in early 1974. Upon its release in December 1969 in Britain and January 1970 in the U.S., Come and Get It lived up to McCartneys prediction and became a worldwide Top Ten hit. . After the desperate musicians finally managed to flee their squalid surroundings and return to England, Cass slapped Evans with a five-million-dollar breach-of-contract lawsuit. Nobody was the leader. At one point we met a manager by the name Stan Polley. ZincOrbie 16:43, 30 January 2006 (UTC) [ reply] Throughout his career, Polley defrauded a number of clients and associates, most notably Badfinger. Even Paul McCartney assured the band the song would be a hit, but the single only peaked at No. I wanted to play Chuck Berry music; I wanted to play beat music. It was late 1969, and the band was not only one of the first signings to the Beatles Apple Records, but they were about to experience their first blast of fame with the release of Magic Christian Music, the pseudo-soundtrack to the film Magic Christian that starred Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Stan Polley (1922- 2009) is a retired American music entrepreneur who, for a time, managed the business ventures of several musicians. From left: Pete Ham, Tommy Evans, Mike Gibbons, Joey Molland. So I went down and met the band. In later years, many fans would name it as Badfingers best album. What kind of guitarist were you back in the '60s before you finally hooked up with Badfinger? . If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In 1974, Warner's publishing division filed a lawsuit against Polley when it was unsuccessful in locating the funds. Now, Joey Molland is the last "Finger" left. Id been to England and tried to get the money. If he had an idea to change an arrangement, he would sit down and talk to you about it. During Kleins time with the company, Apple Records underwent a huge shift with a lot of employees being fired and being replaced with Kleins own people. Unbelievable. It took us ages to get over it, I don't know if Tommy ever did.". 6 "Stan Polley is a Soulless Bastard.": Badfinger Singer Hangs Himself In 1974, after a string of hits with The Beatles' Apple Records, the band Badfinger signed with a new label and procured a new manager, Stan Polley. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, and singer Lou Christie. It was great that it was so successful it was Song of the Year. Drag images here or select from your computer for CPL Stanley Herbert Stan Polley memorial. The song reached the Top 10 in several European countries but, despite some BBC airplay and a promotional push in America, it stalled at Number 67 in the U.S. and failed to chart altogether in Britain. I wasnt involved in those things. By this point, the Iveys hometown had a sizable scene of Beatles-inspired beat groups. [3], The following year, in 1972, Polley negotiated a record contract with Warner Bros. Records for Badfinger, which called for advances to be paid into an escrow account. He was a businessman. Oops, something didn't work. This is better," Ham wrote, adding: "Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. What was the buzz on them? In 1975, Ham, amidst a string of legal and financial woes, took his own life, leaving behind a suicide note that read, "Anne, I love you. It was also in 1970 that the group first hooked up with agent Stan Polley, who ultimately became their manager. What was he like to work with as a producer? I didnt really know any kind of buzz on them. It wasnt till Come and Get It happened that people took a real interest.. Although many details remain unclear, it was widely alleged that he had been a bagman for the Mafia. I asked him what we were going to do about Stan, and he didnt want to do anything. Despite its rushed birth cycle, the resulting Wish You Were Here was a meticulously constructed mini-masterpiece. The net profit from the corporation totaled about $25,000 while Polleys management fee was $76,000. People seemed to really like us over there, and we went over like mad. Polley was a slick, charming operator who'd served in the U.S. Army and worked in New York's garment industry, before entering the music business in the mid-'60s. Phil Spector was in the control room, and now that I remember it, so was George Harrison.. McCartney served as producer of those tracks, the Ham/Evans collaborations Carry On Till Tomorrow and Rock of All Ages, with Beatles producer George Martin providing string arrangements. [2], In 1971, Polley was named during US Senate investigation hearings as an intermediary between unnamed crime figures and a New York Supreme Court judge. Maybe he heard what Harry eventually did, but we just werent that kind of band. Thanks to the enduring popularity of Badfingers hits, combined with the subsequent success of Mariah Careys revival of Without You, the Apple royalties would provide a belated financial windfall for the estates of Ham and Evans, as well as Molland, Gibbins and Bill Collins. He took the tracks that George had done and mixed them. The legal morass crippled Badfinger financially;[4] band leader Pete Ham died by suicide on April 24, 1975, leaving behind a note directly blaming Polley for his financial ruin. One of his most significant contributions was his insistence that the band start writing original material, rather than relying upon the R&B and rock n roll covers that still dominated their live sets. I sang for them a little bit, and they offered me the job. American businessman Stan Polley, who had taken over their affairs from original manager, Bill Collins, defrauded the band out of millions, leaving them all but broke. Search above to list available cemeteries. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. And it is understandable from a legal angle why Warners wanted the advance money back once they got wind of Polley's shady dealings. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Multiple financial dealings by Polley were found to be irregular and to the detriment of his clients, scamming them and causing the acts to fall apart. In 1966, a lifeline to the outside world appeared in the person of an Englishman named Bill Collins. Resend Activation Email. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. USD. Family members linked to this person will appear here. In 1974, Warner's publishing division filed a lawsuit against Polley when it was unsuccessful in locating the funds. On the night of November 18, 1983, Evans had a heated phone argument with Molland about the Apple stalemate. [1] After serving as a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II, he practiced law and worked in retail shops before beginning his managerial career in New York's garment industry. It's been brought to our attention by more than one of you that a Lester Kent Brown passed recently in Twin Falls, Idaho. In 1988, readers of Goldmine voted Straight Up the album theyd most like to see released on Compact Disc. At around the time of its release, the details of Polleys complex financial schemes began to surface. I got really good at rhythm guitar quite quickly, and then I started learning how to play lead. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. The Liverpool-born guitarist joined the Welsh/English group, then called the Iveys (which also featured singer-guitarist Pete Ham, singer-bassist Tom Evans and drummer Mike Gibbins), at a most fortuitous time. What are your feelings on the bands original recording of Without You versus the version Harry Nilsson had a giant smash with? 2012 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 1h 48m | Documentary Films. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Mollands departure, and the fact that Wish You Were Here had been pulled from record-store shelves, didnt stop the band (which now included new keyboardist/guitarist Bob Jackson) from rushing into the studio in early 1975 to record yet another haphazardly-assembled album, Head First. In an interview in Disc & Music Echo magazine, bassist Ron Griffiths complained about Apple neglecting the Iveys. I never went down to Apple to talk about titles. Polley was a slick, charming operator whod served in the U.S. Army and worked in New Yorks garment industry, before entering the music business in the mid-60s. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. It was through Duffield that the Iveys met the Kinks leader Ray Davies, who took a liking to Pete and expressed interest in producing the foursome. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, and singer Lou Christie. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Pete was also a trusting, innocent soul, and that personality trait would eventually cost him dearly. "Pete trusted him [Polley], but was living in an attic, driving a second-hand Triumph Stag after winning an Ivor Novello award," he said. Manager Stan Polley had negotiated a contract with Warner Bros. for Badfinger, setting up for advances to be paid into an escrow account. Follow More from Medium Alvin Ang in Mind Cafe A Beautiful Girl I Knew Became a High-Class Escort And. The single 'Something'/'Come Together' was released on 31 October 1969. He said he couldnt relate to anybody. This is better. Adding in his post script, Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. Despite the bands bitter career travails, there has never been any lapse in demand for Badfingers music. "As soon as I joined, the record came out, it was a big smash hit and it was the last we saw of Paul for years.". In 1970, the group hooked up with the music agent Stan Polley, who quickly became their manager. People say things like the saddest story in rock, and I guess they always will, says Molland, who at 72 continues to tour with a band he calls Joey Mollands Badfinger. "But he was spinning us a line. However questionable its legitimacy, the Cass lawsuit was a major source of consternation for Evans, who was already broken emotionally from his years of soul-crushing legal and financial struggles. Badfinger further established their own credentials with the release of their second album No Dice, in November 1970. Yet despite their success, the group soon discovered they had little to show for it. This browser does not support getting your location. 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