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Badfinger is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of George Harrison, Leon Russell, Todd Rundgren, Geoff Emerick and The Spencer Davis Group. Those roots explain a lot about how Badfinger arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Raspberries, Wings, Paul McCartney & Wings, Klaatu and Three Dog Night, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Katie Melua, Mariah Carey, Matthew Sweet, Jon Oliva and Savatage, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Badfinger, reaching back through George Harrison and forward to Katie Melua. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Badfinger were a British rock band formed in Swansea in 1961. Their best-known lineup consisted of Welshmen Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins (drums), and Englishmen Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland. Initially known as the Iveys, the band renamed themselves Badfinger, after the working title for the Beatles' 1967 song "With a Little Help from My Friends". From 1968 to 1973, Badfinger recorded five albums for Apple Records and toured extensively before they became embroiled in the chaos of Apple's dissolution. They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre and are estimated to have sold 14 million records.
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Badfinger connections
Badfinger grew out of George Harrison, Leon Russell, Todd Rundgren and Geoff Emerick, shares an orbit with The Raspberries, Wings, Paul McCartney & Wings and Klaatu, went on to shape Katie Melua, Mariah Carey, Matthew Sweet and Jon Oliva. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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