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Badfinger: Tom Evans
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Tom Evans (Badfinger) hanged himself in 1983. Big Joe Turner passed away at the age of 74 in 1985. Tommy Boyce was 55 when he committed suicide in 1994. O.C. Smith died in 2001 of a heart attack.
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Evans' death wasn't the only reason Badfinger's comeback stalled. "The sound of popular music started to really change and we fell through the cracks," Molland said. "Producers were looking at music a bit differently, the kids were looking at it differently and we sort of graduated to a classic rock act."
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After unsuccessfully auditioning bassists, Badfinger found Liverpudlian guitarist Joey Molland. The addition of Molland required Evans to shift to the bass guitar, which Evans was willing to do for the expediency of getting the ball rolling again.
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Recording was difficult for Badfinger, and many failed attempts at a single occurred before the group finally offered "Maybe Tomorrow" in 1968. The single did well in the Netherlands and Germany, but not so well in England or the United States. Business and personal problems with Apple Records ... contributed to the record's failure.
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