Ten years after Gibbins passing, short-term keyboardist/guitarist Bob Jackson launched his own U.K.-based Badfinger act to play the British oldies circuit. He formed new companies to house future artists he secured, including composers Irwin Levine and Larry Brown. "325,000 cash we'd received and in three months it was gone. Evans singing and songwriting abilities added considerably to the Iveys creative arsenal, allowing them to expand their songbook and develop the harmonies that would become an integral element of their sound. P.S. I used the guitars I was playing at the time: a Firebird and an SG Standard. The necessity of a wiki page on Stan Polley is rather dubious, especially if the bulk of it is in reference to Badfinger. He was replaced by Joey Molland. Despite the bands bitter career travails, there has never been any lapse in demand for Badfingers music. But Pete remained optimistic that the band would achieve success. In 1988, readers of Goldmine voted Straight Up the album theyd most like to see released on Compact Disc. He worked as an apprentice television engineer before finding fame The band house in Golders Green, London, where Badfinger lived He described them as having fun living in London, playing practical. Wed love to stay in touch, sign up for The Pick team to contact you with great news, content and offers. We were driving secondhand cars. In 1991, having relocated to the West Coast, he pleaded no contest to charges of money laundering and misappropriation of funds, after aeronautics engineer Peter Brock accused Polley of swindling him out of $250,000 after the two set up a corporation to manufacture airplane engines. But Polley denied the existence of such a note. Unable to locate the funds, Warner sued Polley. Just a few years earlier, as members of the British quartet Badfinger, Ham and Evans shared what looked like an unimaginably promising future. Please try again later. 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. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. We played with great bands. It wasnt until Come and Get It came out that the perception changed for Badfinger. "But he was spinning us a line. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? They were musical geniuses. Slamming down the phone, Tom told Marianne, Ill be dead before I get the money. The next morning, Evans six-year-old son Stephen woke his mother, telling her that a man was standing in their garden. Badfinger's (USA) manager, Stan Polley. 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. The album wasnt released in America until years later. Edward was born on January 15 1872, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. He soon formed an instrumental combo called the Panthers, quickly emerging as an adept guitarist and disciplined bandleader. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, singer Lou Christie, singer-producer Hank Medress, arranger Charles Calello, composer Sandy Linzer, WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis, among others. Ten million people watched Sunday's final episode of Breaking Bad, with a touching farewell scene set to Badfinger's 1971 ballad Baby Blue. . Aeronautics engineer Peter Brock accused Polley of swindling him out of $250,000 (equivalent to $497,000 in 2021) after the two set up a corporation to manufacture airplane engines. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. 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. Pete Ham was born in Townhill, Swansea and made his first guitar in school woodwork class. What I knew of the Iveys was that they were a bit too pop for me at the time. His unassuming manner led others to feel comfortable confiding in him and seeking his advice. By the time he joined Badfinger, Molland had accumulated a good deal of professional experience, having played with such acts as the Merseys, the Masterminds and Gary Walker & the Rain. 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. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Polley reminds me of an underground publisher I once worked for. Stanley Polley. Resend Activation Email. 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. On the night of November 18, 1983, Evans had a heated phone argument with Molland about the Apple stalemate. He began artist management after he met Christie in the mid-1960s. "I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. Pete and Tommy had been warned when the band left Apple and signed to Warners to get rid of him. 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. When he and I sang together, it sounded like Badfinger.. 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. P.S. I wish it wouldve gone differently. "But on the whole, the same fans come. Signed by the Beatles The Iveys were the first band signed to The Beatles' Apple label in 1968. 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. Husband of Joan (Scott) Polley for 64 years. He was that concerned. By 1965, Roy Anderson would be replaced by Mike Gibbins, who was introduced to the band through Griffiths. Stanley Polley. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. When Warner Music found 385,000 missing from another account, they sued Badfinger and Polley. It all became too much for Pete Ham who hanged himself in his garage on April 23, 1975 at the age of 27. What was he like? THE SHOCKING LIVE TELEVISION SUICIDE OF A NEWS ANCHOR! 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. Allen Klein swiftly renegotiated their EMI contract, obtaining them the highest royalties ever paid to an artist at the time. My amp was an AC30 that belonged to the band. Now, 40 years later, the only surviving original member Joey Molland says he still feels angry, calling his band mate's death "a disaster". Polley was placed on probation for five years and ordered by the court to return all missing funds to Brock, although the complainant said the restitution never materialized. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. What are you waiting for. Later that morning, his body was cut down by his bandmate Tom Evans. Evans stated, We were told so many times that the Iveys was a stupid name. Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 - July 20, 2009) was an American entertainment manager and fraudster active in the 1960s and 1970s. This is better. Adding in his post script, Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. Stan Polley. I thought that was a good album. If he had an idea to change an arrangement, he would sit down and talk to you about it. The withdrawal of Wish You Were Here and the non-release of Head First were devastating blows for Badfinger, sapping what little remained of their morale and momentum. Peter William Ham was born on April 27, 1947, the youngest of three siblings, in Swansea, Wales. Unbelievable. BA1 1UA. "He was having a baby and trying to get money from Polley for night gowns for the hospital, but was told categorically there was none left. Pete passionately embraced music early in life, learning to play harmonica at the age of four and receiving his first guitar as a Christmas gift when he was 12. The leader of rock group Badfinger, Pete Ham (3rd from the left), is a member of the 27 Club. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Anna was born on August 17 1868, in Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA. We had guitars in our songs! Hams daughter Petera was born a month later. I think they were happy to find me. He said he couldnt relate to anybody. But it was never given the chance to revive the bands increasingly moribund career. Charles Kenneth Polley, 1915 - 1962. He was provided with unaudited accounts that said earnings had been eaten up by expensive US tours. For math, science, nutrition, history . I cant get away from it, but I dont really dwell on it. Todd Rundgren was initially hired to produce, but quickly dropped out of the project, which the band completed with producer Chris Thomas. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Allegedly, Ham left a suicide note that named Stan Polley, his booking agent, as the cause of the suicide. 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. Financially and emotionally destroyed a great band leading to the hanging deaths of both Pete Ham & Tom Evans in '75 & '83 respectively. "It was [manager] Bill Collins who suggested we join their two ideas. [laughs] So he cleaned us out. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Bill Collins, a session musician, was impressed with the Iveys performance, and took them under his wing. Soon after, the band did another demo session for CBS Records, although the label declined to sign them. Id been to England and tried to get the money. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. George Harrison was always very sweet but very direct. Desperate and in the throes of depression, Ham hanged himself in his garage in 1975. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. 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. The band signed a contract with Warner Brothers in late 1973 and very quickly, problems arose. Being taken under the Beatles wing had the added benefit of allowing Badfinger to collaborate with their bigger-than-life labelmates. What was the buzz on them? By this point in time, Ron Griffiths left the group due to friction between himself and Tom Evans and the fact that his family life took precedence. Almost two years later, in September 1985, the funds being held by Apple were finally released and royalties began to flow. Their new Warner Bros. contract called for Badfinger to deliver a new album every six months. We were all quite pleased for them., We didnt have any money. The band were excited about the opportunity, but it didnt come without its problems. Ham, Evans, Molland and Gibbins all played on George Harrisons 1970 solo debut All Things Must Pass, while Ham and Evans provided backing vocals on Ringo Starrs 1971 hit It Dont Come Easy, and Evans and Molland performed on John Lennons album Imagine the same year. Pete called Stan because he needed some money to buy something for his girlfriend, and he was told that he had no money left. Dr. Stan Polley teaches 2nd, 4th, and 7th grade science at Loveland Classical School in Loveland, Colorado. Our manager, Bill Collins, wanted us to do a big version of the song. [7], Polley died in Rancho Mirage, California, on July 20, 2009. Pete had a lot of faith in him, and I dont know why because the guy was a crook. 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. Stan Polley outlived both the band that he helped to destroy and the two men hed driven to suicide. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. That talk subsided when Badfinger launched their first American tour that September and began appearing on various television programs. Their songs and albums made millions but a series of financial and legal complications would lead to the deaths of two of the bands main songwriters, and leave behind a bittersweet legacy. I said, 'Well, whats the point in this?'. Evans possessed a mercurial personality that contrasted with Petes even-keeled approach. Soon after recording Come and Get It, the Iveys changed their name to Badfinger. Year should not be greater than current year. Ironically, eight years later, Tom Evans would choose . Mackintosh Academy - Boulder. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, singer Lou Christie, singer-producer Hank Medress, arranger Charles Calello, composer Sandy Linzer, WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis, among others. Read about our approach to external linking. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, You worked with John Lennon on Imagine, and you played acoustic guitar on George Harrisons All Things Must Pass. Did that sound like a hit when you were recording it? His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, singer Lou Christie, singer-producer Hank Medress, arranger Charles Calello, composer Sandy Linzer, WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis, among others. He ran off with Badfinger's income, the record company money, leading to 2 band member suicides. THE KING OF FUH: BRUTE FORCE MEETS THE BEATLES, AND IN THE END: A LOOK AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE BEATLES. It took the label a little while to get the song on the radio, but once they did, the record did really well.. Badfinger fulfilled its commitment to Apple with the 1973 release Ass. In 2013, Baby Blue was prominently featured in the closing scene of the final episode of TVs Breaking Bad. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He described them as having fun living in London, playing practical jokes, going to the pub and watching Monty Python. Molland said he got inspiration from things that happened to him, such as splitting up with his girlfriend. Molland and Evans fronted two separate versions of the band as part of a contentious legal dispute. Asss Tom Evans-devised coverdepicting a jackass gazing longingly at a giant carrot off in the distanceoffered a grim omen of Badfingers future. I wanted to play Chuck Berry music; I wanted to play beat music. Pete Hams mood shifted from nave and hopeful to frantic, as Polley was now impossible to get hold of. "After that, concerts started selling out, it was like we had a hit record again. Boasting such memorable tunes as Hams Just A Chance and Dennis, the Chris Thomas-produced Wish You Were Here should have been a triumphant comeback for Badfinger. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. What are your feelings on the bands original recording of Without You versus the version Harry Nilsson had a giant smash with? We could always write songs; we could always play. I asked him what we were going to do about Stan, and he didnt want to do anything. But Pete was firmly committed to rock n roll. From left: Pete Ham, Tommy Evans, Mike Gibbons, Joey Molland. 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. "Pete trusted him [Polley], but was living in an attic, driving a second-hand Triumph Stag after winning an Ivor Novello award," he said. The band's manager, Stan Polley. Gibbins recalled in an interview, Wed be doing a gig in Ireland, and hed be singing Mrs. Polley had Badfinger under his control and they would end up signing a new management agreement with him. It also inspired some fans, in the wake of the Beatles spring 1970 breakup, to speculate that Badfinger was actually the disbanded Fab Four secretly recording under a pseudonym. On April 24, 1975, Hams girlfriend, who was pregnant with their daughter at the time, discovered his body hanging in their garage. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. The story of the British power pop phenomenon is one of hits, Beatles, music industry sharks and tragedy. This is a band.. By the end of the year, the band signed a business management contract and Polley started Badfinger Enterprises. There was also a counter-claim outstanding from the band's label Warner Brothers for alleged breach of contract. On the morning of April 24, 1975, he was found to have . Their girlfriends and wives wondered why the band was living in a cramped house while their songs were being played on the radio and they were jamming with ex-Beatles members. By 1982, Tommy and Joey were touring separately, each fronting a band billing itself as Badfinger. 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. 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. 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. Co-produced by Mal Evans and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, No Dice yielded the massively catchy No Matter What, written and sung by Ham, which became a Top 10 hit in America and Britain, along with harder-edged tunes such as Hams I Cant Take It and the Evans/Molland co-write Better Days.. Its been reported that it was because of an argument about royalties between you, Tom, Mike Gibbins and Bill Collins, your former manager, that Tom also hanged himself. While not a manager per-se, he did have industry connections, and got them a job as the backing band for David Garrick. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. People seemed to really like us over there, and we went over like mad. Stan Polley decided to pounce on the weakness and shop his superstar band around to potential bidders. It was very hard to get over that. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. ", 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.". 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. Bob Jackson, ex of progressive group Ross and John Entwistle's . Sorry! I think Pete really liked it. Tragically, Badfinger's Tom Evans, upset regarding what he considered the band's missing income, also hanged himself in 1983! American bands played really well and could sing their asses off. Sometime after that, Ham hanged himself in his garage studio, leaving a note apologizing to his pregnant girlfriend Anne Herriot. At one point we met a manager by the name Stan Polley. Do you remember what kind of guitar and amp setup you used on that? Badfinger perform on Top Of The Pops, 1973. 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. Without more biographical information and details about his other artist-clients, this page probably could be blanked. We had two people in the band take their own lives thats a tragedy on a human level. Using a mix of interviews and sly home movies, Sarah Polley creates an intriguing profile of her family, especially her complicated late mother. 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". Was calling the bands 1973 album Ass met with resistance? But not long after, Polley had seemingly taken the advance payment and run . Desperate and in the throes of depression, Ham hanged himself in his garage in 1975. It was around 1968 that Polley first formed a company called Five Arts Management, that included Christie, Kooper, Calello, Linzer and Lewis. The group made their way to America, and were in need of proper management stateside. The additions of bassist Ron Griffiths in 1964 and drummer Mike Gibbins in 1965 helped the Iveys to achieve new levels of musical proficiency and professional presentation. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Even then, he showed an uncommon dedication, teaching himself the rudiments of guitar. 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. Throughout his career, Polley defrauded a number of clients and associates. It was in April 1975 that Ham hanged himself. The Iveys struggled to keep their heads above water, barely scraping by on their meager gig receipts and the small weekly stipend that Collins paid them. In 1972, Polley negotiated a record contract with Warner Bros. Records for Badfinger, which called for advances to be paid into an escrow account. William Stanley Polley of Listowel, passed away peacefully at Freeport Hospital, Kitchener, on Wednesday December 23, 2020, in his 88th year. Pete was also a trusting, innocent soul, and that personality trait would eventually cost him dearly. Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 - July 20, 2009) was an American entertainment manager and fraudster active in the 1960s and 1970s. 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. John was quite different. Bill Collins, related to classic-Kinks manager Grenville Collins of Robert owes half to Grenville? I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody, Ham wrote. When you go to the meetings, just tell Polley you dont want to sign his contracts and you dont want him to manage you. PolleyBadfinger EnterprisesInc.Stan PosesPolley Collins helped them to get a gig as backup band for pop singer David Garrick; that association lasted for a few months, until Garrick fired the Iveys when their opening sets began attracting a bit too much attention from audiences. Tommy and Pete won the Ivor Novello Award for it. But my friends in Liverpool insisted that I go and check it out. But bad business dealings - the group had entrusted their financial affairs to an American businessman, Stan Polley, who ultimately swindled them out of millions and left the members all but broke - splintered Badfinger, and in 1975, Pete Ham hanged himself in the garage of his Surrey home. In January 1968, Bill Collins invited the Beatles longtime personal assistant Mal Evans, along with Apple Records A&R head Peter Asher, to see the Iveys play at Londons Marquee Club. Id seen them on TV doing a song called Maybe Tomorrow, and it wasnt my cup of tea. 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. What were the differences in working with the two? Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. He was cremated at the Morriston Crematorium, Swansea; his ashes were spread in the memorial gardens. The publicity from the Senate hearings later caused several of Polleys clients to sever their ties with him, although its unclear if Badfinger or Bill Collins were aware of this at the time. Bill Collins met with Stan Polley to secure a management deal. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 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. This is better. The book, Without You: The Tragic History of Badfinger, describes how the Iveys were in instant awe of Evans musicianship, but his personality took a bit of getting used to. Also in 1982, Evans, Gibbins and Bob Jackson somehow fell in with John Cass, a shadowy Milwaukee entrepreneur with minimal music-industry experience, who nonetheless promised to relaunch Badfingers career with a lucrative tour and a high-profile record deal. Starring: Sarah Polley, Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin. 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. Bath It had nothing to do with Pete dying, as some have suggested. Stanley Polley passed away at age 87 years old on July 20, 2009, and was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 58A Site 3337 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside. 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. I will take him with me." - Pete Ham By the spring of 1975, Pete Ham learned he was penniless. 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. Badfinger continued its hot streak with 1971s Straight Up, whose production is credited to George Harrison, Todd Rundgren and Geoff Emerick. Aeronautics engineer Peter Brock accused Polley of swindling him for US $250,000 after the two set up a corporation to manufacture airplane engines. On July 23, 1968, the Iveys became Apples first non-Beatles singing, with each member also signing contracts with Apples publishing company. This was the beginnings of mechandising. So he came over and played bass, and we made some demos. But Polley was no ordinary showbiz sharpie. 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