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Badfinger began life in Wales in 1964 as The Iveys. After honing their approach as a support act for groups including The Who, The Spencer Davis Group and The Yardbirds, in late 1966 The Iveys cut their first demo with producer Ray Davies.
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Badfinger's spectacular rise to stardom in a short time during late sixties is a well-known phenomenon that no other music group can match. Their popularity and hype in the early 70’s led everyone to believe that Badfinger would be heir apparent to The Beatles. This was mainly because of their close working relationship with the “Fab Four” and of course, the Beatnic hairstyle, they kept.
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The group was known as The Iveys, but The Beatles renamed them "Badfinger" after their road manager, Neil Aspinall, came up with the name. He got the idea from John Lennon, who used to talk about his "Bad Finger Boogie."
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