Posted on 07/15/2023 6:41:16 PM PDT by FLNittany
"Baby Come Back" is a song by the British-American rock band Player. It was released in late 1977 as the lead single from their 1977 self-titled debut album, and was the breakthrough single for the band, gaining them mainstream success, hitting #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the three consecutive weeks of January 14, 21 and 28, 1978 and #10 on the R&B charts in 1978.[4] Their biggest hit single, the song was written and performed by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley, the founders of Player.
As reported on the American Top 40 replay broadcast of November 5, 1977, "Baby Come Back" was written after two of the band members had broken up with their girlfriends.
Plus Ridge Forrester from Bold and the Beautiful is playing bass.
I remember that song. I would never have guessed that they were from England. I detected no accent while they were singing.
I never heard their speaking voices.
That song is well produced too.
I like the mild echo during the refrain. It described the feeling of desolation and distance.
I like that the vocals and the music do not drown each other out.
One of the best!
Apparently, some people think Daryl Hall and John Oates did this song . . .
Sounds a lot like The Little River Band.
Great tune. They were a one hit wonder, despite a second song entitled “this time i’m in it for love” which no one seems to have heard.
That’d be me. I was 16 when it came out and was not into AM pop, more into FM album rock.
It’s pretty easy to disguise your accent/dialect when singing. Many bands have done this. It’s when you hear their dialect that they are actively trying not to cover over it, IMHO.
When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers came out with Southern Accents, you’ll get what I mean. It was deliberate for that song.
Yes it does sound like what I remember of LRB, which is not much. I recall that band’s name, because
The Eagles’ Glenn Frey once called Little River Band
“The best singing band in the world!”
That’s a high compliment, coming from the late Glenn Frey.
This song brings back nothing but bitter memories of love lost, a descent into depression and self-destruction that lasted years.
Proof of their singing prowess: It’s a Long Way There.
ABBA could write a book (or a song) about losing one’s native accent while singing in a different language.
Sometimes, one cannot get rid of the accent, or doesn’t even try. In the song 99 Luftballons, I could clearly hear Nena’s German accent. I thought it added to the “Worldly Gypsy” credibility of that song. That quality helped it to sell.
Ridge?
Ya gotta be kidding
Can’t wait to show the gf this vid tomorrow...
Same here
One of the guitarists ended up on the soap “Bold and the Beatiful”, right?
You’re right, if you pay attention you can still hear their accents, but they often try to disguise it so as to reach a wider audience.
Once Tom did Southern Accents, he let his Southern twang loose more often. Made it easier for me.
We survived.
The Beatles certainly sounded American, without so much as a hint of their native accents when they were singing, and the Rolling Stones sounded like they hailed from somewhere south of the Potomac.
Totally agree.
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