The stories of musicians who sold more than one million records, continuing with Swansea's Pete Ham and his band Badfinger, who wrote the song Without You, which became an international smash hit for Harry Nilsson. The first group to sign to the Beatles' Apple label, they seemed to be heading for financial and creative success. But it didn't quite turn out that way.
Richard Harrington
Narrator
Pete Ham
Self (Archive Footage)
Tom Evans
Self (Archive Footage)
Mike Gibbins
Self (Archive Footage)
Joey Molland
Self (Archive Footage)
Dai Jenkins
Self
Ron Griffiths
Self
Beverley Tucker
Self
Bob Jackson
Self
The stories of musicians who sold more than one million records, continuing with Swansea's Pete Ham and his band Badfinger, who wrote the song Without You, which became an international smash hit for Harry Nilsson. The first group to sign to the Beatles' Apple label, they seemed to be heading for financial and creative success. But it didn't quite turn out that way.
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