I never thought I was great or anything there were so many brilliant guitarists in England in the '60s. I got really good at rhythm guitar quite quickly, and then I started learning how to play lead. Polley reminds me of an underground publisher I once worked for. Biography [ edit] Throughout his career, Polley defrauded a number of clients and associates, most notably Badfinger. He signed the members to various contracts that directed their touring, recording and publishing income into holding companies that he controlled. 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. 126.04. But I got a good sound out of the AC30. Having the Beatles as their mentors led to predictable comparisons from the press. It was a friendly vibe. For medical advice, always consult your medical doctor. Elektra/Asylum called it Badfinger. So he came over and played bass, and we made some demos. The date of birth lined up with the Lester Brown we're familiar We didnt do big versions of things; we wanted to be a rock band. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. The Iveys released their first single for Apple in 1968 titled Maybe Tomorrow. By the time Badfinger hired Polleywithout having a lawyer look at the contract that he offeredsome of his other clients had already come to suspect that Polley was mishandling their finances. 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. The leader of rock group Badfinger, Pete Ham (3rd from the left), is a member of the 27 Club. Although initially skeptical of Polley, Collins admired his successful mindset. Tommy and Pete won the Ivor Novello Award for it. I will take him with me." After the group disbanded, Molland and Evans set up and joined other bands but in the end, it didn't work out. He was one of the best slide players ever. Then people started to think, Ahh, they can be a big success for Apple.. Speaking to BBC's Week In Week Out programme in 1987, the band's solicitor Tim Douglas-Jones said no money from the US was ever recovered. In 1974, Warner's publishing division filed a lawsuit against Polley when it was unsuccessful in locating the funds. 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. Nationality: American: Occupation: Entertainment Manager: Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 - July 20, 2009) was an entertainment manager active in the 1960s and 1970s. This year saw Joey Molland, the sole surviving member of Badfingers classic lineup, return with a new solo album, Be True to Yourself. They were attracted to his shrewd business style, his ability to secure six-figure deals for his clients, and his previous experience with world-class music acts. Failed to report flower. Despite a string of hits in the late-60s and early-70s, the members of Badfinger never reaped the financial rewards due to their manager Stan Polley, who allegedly had mob ties. The Rascals were amazing.. Even Paul McCartney assured the band the song would be a hit, but the single only peaked at No. Sorry! BA1 1UA. THE TRUTH BEHIND THE BRAWL BETWEEN JOHN LENNON AND CHRIS MONTEZ IN 1963! Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Manager Stan Polley had negotiated a contract with Warner Bros. for Badfinger, setting up for advances to be paid into an escrow account. He quickly emerged as a prolific tunesmith, coming up with new songs on an almost daily basis and cutting rough demos of his compositions on the two-track tape machine in the houses makeshift studio. Aeronautics engineer Peter Brock accused Polley of swindling him for US $250,000 after the two set up a corporation to manufacture airplane engines. I meet people all the time who know our music. While they returned to form recording Wish You Were Here, Molland said a bombshell was about to tear them apart. The American label people didnt like them. The same year, the band released their third record Straight Up, producing two more hits, Day After Day and Baby Blue. I remember him doing that with Beware of Darkness; he had an acoustic, and he played it for us a few times so that we could get a feel for the tune. Signed by the Beatles The Iveys were the first band signed to The Beatles' Apple label in 1968. In 1974, Warner's publishing division filed a lawsuit against Polley when it was unsuccessful in locating the funds. By that point, Ham, Evans and Gibbins had already each resigned at various times over the previous two years, but had all been persuaded to return. He'd sit in his room, talk to us and he'd taken to burning his hands with cigarettes. George Harrison was most involved, playing guitar and calling Badfinger his band. I didnt hear a lot about it, really. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. He's also written several music-related books and liner notes for numerous CD reissues and box sets and has contributed essays and other pieces to other books, including all six editions of The Trouser Press Record Guide. Lennon tapped Molland and Evans to play two cuts on his Imagine album, and Harrison produced half of the bands 1971 disc, Straight Up (that same year he also enlisted the group to take part in his historic Concert for Bangladesh at New York Citys Madison Square Garden). In 1970, the infamous Stan Polley agreed to be their manager. With their Warner Bros. debut a commercial and critical bust, and yet another album deadline looming, Badfinger returned to the studio in early 1974. What are your feelings on the bands original recording of Without You versus the version Harry Nilsson had a giant smash with? That outfit, which also included ex-Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, released a pair of underwhelming albums that attracted little attention. ). Eight years later, in an eerily similar and no less tragic manner, Evans also hanged himself following a dispute about unpaid royalties. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. We did 50 or 60 dates on our first tour, and then a year later we did another tour. 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. Playing guitar was just fantastic.. It was thought that businessman Alan Klein, who had been brought into Apple Records to help clean up the company, put the kibosh on them releasing the album in America. It was met with both praise and cynical Beatles comparison, but was eventually embraced as the accompaniment to the Magic Christian film. 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. He was 36. He was that concerned. ", Concerned, Molland asked Apple to put a 170,000 royalty cheque on hold, saying: "After that, (manager) Stan Polley stopped sending me my wages and cut me off.". Career Dropping the Iveys moniker for Badfinger (a reference to Bad Finger Boogie, the working title of the Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends), the band saw the albums lead single, Come and Get It, a Paul McCartney-penned ear-candy gem that could have easily figured on Abbey Road, hit the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic in the spring of 1970. Id been to England and tried to get the money. Even when pushing 70, he conned $1 . Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. That talk subsided when Badfinger launched their first American tour that September and began appearing on various television programs. Father of Lorraine & Blair Burns of Listowel, Glenn & Diane Polley of Pickering, Bryan & Fiona Polley of Brampton, and Dean & Diane Polley of Ajax. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. "Pete had an affair with a roadie's wife, which caused a lot of not good feeling. Try again later. Head First contained a pair of scathing Tom Evans compositions, Hey Mr. Manager and Rock n Roll Contract, that offered his bitter assessment of Stan Polleys handling of the bands affairs. What I knew of the Iveys was that they were a bit too pop for me at the time. Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 - July 20, 2009) was an entertainment manager from the 1960s and 1970s. By Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, Ill be gone. Soon after, the band did another demo session for CBS Records, although the label declined to sign them. In January 1967, Davies took the Iveys into the studio to record demos of three of their original tunes. People seemed to really like us over there, and we went over like mad. Now, Joey Molland is the last "Finger" left. One indication of the bands increasing seriousness was the decision to fire guitarist Dai Jenkins, who showed more interest in Londons nightlife than he did in the Iveys musical progress. I will take him with me." Mr Matovina will say: "It's a very hard business, full of shysters, huge egos and people more than willing to use others for . People think that because the band was signed to Apple that they were just given a straight ride to success, but that wasnt the case. By 1969, the line-up included Swansea members Ham and drummer Mike Gibbins, plus Liverpudlians Molland and Tommy Evans. . I said, 'Well, whats the point in this?'. 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. "I was angry years later, angry that we didn't value at the time who we were, what we were.". Just a few months after Evans suicide, Molland, Gibbins and Bob Jackson regrouped as Badfinger, playing thirty-one dates as part of a 20th Anniversary of British Rock N Roll package tour, and continued gigging sporadically through 1989. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Now, 40 years later, the only surviving original member Joey Molland says he still feels angry, calling his band mate's death "a disaster". We loved learning about America. Who knows what drives people to do such a thing? To use this feature, use a newer browser. Just a few years earlier, as members of the British quartet Badfinger, Ham and Evans shared what looked like an unimaginably promising future. Evans protests would go unheard by the public until 2000, when demand from fans resulted in an early rough mix of Head First being released. With the release of Ass delayed by Polleys wrangling with Apple, Ass and Badfinger ended up being released almost simultaneously, virtually guaranteeing that neither album would find a large audience. We were jamming more. Evans was the victim of more mismanagement and was sued for $5-million. "Somewhere along the way, we lost that cohesiveness, belief in each other that we could trust each other with our children, our lives. Prospective new managers and booking agents were leery of working with the band, due to the restrictive contracts that they had entered into with Polley, and the Warner lawsuit and the Apple publishing dispute that continued to hang over the bands heads. Our manager, Bill Collins, wanted us to do a big version of the song. We were astounded when we heard Harrys version. 0 cemeteries found in Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA. In fact, some referred to the band as, The new Fab Four and they were handpicked by the members of the Beatles themselves. 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. He said it was decided to "write off" the money in the US, because trying to get it would have involved using other band funds for litigation that may have proved "hopeless". Tommy could fill a room with his presence, or become withdrawn and uncommunicative, and he was quick to make it known if he wasnt happy. 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. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Salaries and advances to the band members ranged from $5,000 to $8,500 US. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, and singer Lou Christie. In 1970, Polley registered Badfinger Enterprises, Inc. as a corporate entity for management of the British rock group Badfinger, which had no American representation at the time. The band signed a contract with Warner Brothers in late 1973 and very quickly, problems arose. To be honest, I almost didnt go to the audition. Did that sound like a hit when you were recording it? It wasnt until Come and Get It came out that the perception changed for Badfinger. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). In 1968, Polley formed a company called Five Arts Management, for his work with singer Lou Christie, musician Al Kooper, arranger Charles Calello, TV director Michael Cooper, composer Sandy Linzer and WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis. Sure, I wish things didnt turn out as they did. Stan Polley outlived both the band that he helped to destroy and the two men hed driven to suicide. "I perform them the best I can and try and bring them to life. 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. The band is well-known for making a huge impact on power pop in the 1970s and sold an estimated 14 million albums throughout their careers. [laughs] So he cleaned us out. In 1970, Polley formed a company called Badfinger Enterprises, Inc. as a management arm for the British rock group Badfinger, which had no American representation at the time. The records were on the radio all over the world, and we were doing 120 shows a year . There is a problem with your email/password. With McCartney producing and coaching the band to duplicate his original demo, the Iveys cut Come and Get It in an hour, with Tom Evans providing an appropriately Beatlesque lead vocal. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody, Ham wrote. This celebrity has also been counted as part of famous people who are born on April 7. I think we would have gone a long way with that. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. I listened to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. In 2013, Baby Blue, a record Molland calls "one of the great rock songs" featured in television show Breaking Bad. Maybe he heard what Harry eventually did, but we just werent that kind of band. "But I was told there was no money," he said. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. "I always felt that when a band is a band, it's four guys in a thing together. Getting involved with the crook was the worst thing we ever did. We all choose the songs. Stan Polley (swindled the rock group Badfinger, the lead singer became broke and committed suicide) Henry Kissinger (Nixon's handler) Robert Oppenheimer (directed the development of the first nuclear bombs) Nostradamus (fraud) Samuel Byck (murderer, planned to assassinate Nixon by flying a plane into the White House) 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. We were thrilled at what he did.. Good riddance. I had no money. That POS Stan Polley was sued by Warner brothers over a contract he negotiated for Badfinger, because Polley said he had placed their funds in an escrow account that could never be found, and Badfinger's legal fees resulted in the band's financial problems; Pete Ham later blaming Polley in the note he left behind when he committed suicide. Evans couldnt get over the loss of Pete Ham took his own life by hanging on November 19, 1983. It would drag on through the courts for years, tying up millions of dollars. The rest, he claimed, was being saved and invested. All of us had to agree to it. Stan Polley is a souless bastard. In 2013, Baby Blue was prominently featured in the closing scene of the final episode of TVs Breaking Bad. We played with great bands. On this site which analyses celebrities, Stan is well known as one of the top stars. We were quite happy when it was over. Collins moved with the Iveys to London, England, where theyd set up base at his communal house in Golders Green. If in doubt, leave it out. Until then, The Beatles had never lifted a single from one of their albums; they had . Petes heirs had to be involved, too. Polley pushed the band to work on a new album so he could get his hands on a $350K advance that Warner was owing, but the album was rejected by the label due to pending legal action. While Polley had a lot of control over the band, if he was able to negotiate a deal with a different label, he could exert even more control over the group. 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. While initially performing on the local circuit using temporary names, their first serious incarnation was as the Iveys, which came together in 1961. Pete called Stan because he needed some money to buy something for his girlfriend, and he was told that he had no money left. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Stan notoriously crippled the band financially by stealing funds for himself. Paul McCartney particularly appreciated their style and took the band under his wing, to . Joey Molland keeps Badfinger alive as the sole surviving member of their classic lineup and continues to perform. From that moment on, I wanted to be a guitar player. I try to focus on the good things that we did and all the great songs we recorded. McCartney was so pleased with the results that he turned the job of recording two more new songs for The Magic Christiana task for which he had originally signed onover to the Iveys. A few months earlier, on what would have been his 66th birthday, Pete Ham was honored in his hometown of Swansea with a plaque near the Ivey Place entrance of the citys train station. 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. His clients were mostly American artists, including Al Kooper and Lou Christie, but Polley is mostly known for his alleged mismanagement of the British band Badfinger. Already in his 50s, Collins had played piano in dance bands in the 1940s, and more recently had briefly road-managed the Kinks. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, I really miss the great musical groups of the 1960's. They played this bombastic version of Without You and we were flabbergasted.". I got to make records. The bands first album under the Badfinger moniker was Magic Christian Music, which was released in early 1970. (Image credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images), Guitarist plays $40 Harley Benton on arena tour, Marshall pedal reissues finally confirmed, High school basketball player shreds national anthem, Fender launches drool-worthy Custom Shop Tyler Bryant signature Shell Pink Stratocaster, Marshall confirms the worst-kept secret in gear and unveils Vintage Reissue pedal series, Watch David Gilmour play the Black Strat with Pink Floyd for the final time, Tommy Henriksen: "When you play with a Kemper, you hear every little mistake, and that alone forces you to be a better player", 50 years ago: The Runaways guitarist Lita Ford was invited to replace John Paul Jones in Led Zeppelin. Badfinger continued its hot streak with 1971s Straight Up, whose production is credited to George Harrison, Todd Rundgren and Geoff Emerick. Thats what I call him the crook. It was just blatant. Applebee, and the girls would be screaming, screaming, screaming, but then hed go, Hang on a minute, look to the other side andthere would be crowds around Dai. 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. A year later, Badfinger was still living in Collins house with their wives and girlfriends, no more richer than they were prior to signing with Polley. By the time of its release in 1974, it would be self-titled by default. On the night of April 23, 1975 in the London suburb of Surrey, Ham and Tom Evans had drinks at a local pub, commiserating over their mutual misfortune. Were there tensions within the band at this point? Did I have any idea that he would kill himself? Anna was born on August 17 1868, in Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA. Recognizing the Iveys talent and potential, he signed them to a management deal and moved them to London, where he installed them in a house that he rented in the suburb of Golders Green. Can you come down and play some guitar? So the car came and we went to Johns place; we went into the studio, and there was John. Badfinger fulfilled its commitment to Apple with the 1973 release Ass. Hed made his initial mark managing Lou Lightning Strikes Christie, and later oversaw the careers of such prominent figures as Al Kooper, veteran producer Hank Medress, Four Seasons arranger Charlie Calello, hit tunesmith Sandy Linzer and WABC radio disc jockey Bob Lewis. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Drag images here or select from your computer for CPL Stanley Herbert Stan Polley memorial. The legal morass crippled Badfinger financially; band leader Pete Ham committed suicide in 1975 leaving behind a note pointing the finger at Polley for his financial ruin. Tom Evans worked for awhile as a pipefitter and cab driver in England, while Joey Molland spent a period living in L.A., laying carpet and doing various odd jobs, eventually selling off many of his guitars to make ends meet. EXCLUSIVE! I had an argument the night before he died; he was talking about getting that money from the cohorts. The band left Apple in the spring of 1972 and signed with Warner Brothers, a contract that required them to produce a new album every 6 months for 3 years. Stan Polley has been a part of the Celebrity list. Allen Klein swiftly renegotiated their EMI contract, obtaining them the highest royalties ever paid to an artist at the time. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Stan Polley decided to pounce on the weakness and shop his superstar band around to potential bidders. I wanted to play guitar music with a harder bite to it.. 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. Peter William Ham was born on April 27, 1947, the youngest of three siblings, in Swansea, Wales. Pete, who had already taken some tentative early stabs at songwriting, took Collins urgings to heart and embraced the challenge. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? We were broke! 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. "But he was spinning us a line. Badfinger further established their own credentials with the release of their second album No Dice, in November 1970. 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