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"Baby Blue" is a song recorded by the rock/pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 band Badfinger
Badfinger

Badfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and partly because of their similar sound....
 for inclusion on their 1971
1971 in music

Events*February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disband. They never performed together again until April 21, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music....
 album, "Straight Up
Straight Up

Straight Up may refer to:* Straight Up , an album by United Kingdom rock music group Badfinger* Straight Up , a song by Paula Abdul* Straight Up , a song by Chant? Moore...
." The song was written by Pete Ham, produced by Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren , is an United States musician, singer-songwriter and record producer....
, and released on Apple Records
Apple Records

Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston....
.

Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Butz, whom he had dated during Badfinger's last U.S. tour.

"Baby Blue" was released as a single in the U.S. in March of 1972, in a blue-tinted picture sleeve. Because Al Steckler, the head of Apple U.S., felt that it needed a stronger hook in the opening, he overdubbed reverb on the snare drum track in the first verse and the middle eight to create a "U.S.






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"Baby Blue" is a song recorded by the rock/pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 band Badfinger
Badfinger

Badfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and partly because of their similar sound....
 for inclusion on their 1971
1971 in music

Events*February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disband. They never performed together again until April 21, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music....
 album, "Straight Up
Straight Up

Straight Up may refer to:* Straight Up , an album by United Kingdom rock music group Badfinger* Straight Up , a song by Paula Abdul* Straight Up , a song by Chant? Moore...
." The song was written by Pete Ham, produced by Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren , is an United States musician, singer-songwriter and record producer....
, and released on Apple Records
Apple Records

Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston....
.

Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Butz, whom he had dated during Badfinger's last U.S. tour.

"Baby Blue" was released as a single in the U.S. in March of 1972, in a blue-tinted picture sleeve. Because Al Steckler, the head of Apple U.S., felt that it needed a stronger hook in the opening, he overdubbed reverb on the snare drum track in the first verse and the middle eight to create a "U.S. single version" for the song in February 1972. It would become the group's last Top 20 single, peaking at number 14 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart.

However, the chaos that was enveloping the Apple U.K. operation at the time was strongly evident with regard to this song. While Apple U.S. gave the song a picture sleeve and a remix to ensure that it was a hit, Apple U.K. remained unaware of its commercial potential. Although the single was even assigned a release number for the U.K. (Apple 42), "Baby Blue" was never actually released as a U.K. single.

Despite Badfinger's four top-20 Apple singles, Badfinger would only release one more single, "Apple of My Eye
Apple of My Eye (Badfinger song)

"Apple of My Eye" is a song recorded by the Rock /Pop music band Badfinger for inclusion on their 1973 in music album, Ass . The song was written and sung by Pete Ham, produced by Chris Thomas and Badfinger, and released on Apple Records....
" in December 1973, on Apple Records.