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A one hit wonder from the late 70's.

They were the opening act for Journey. and at the end they wrapped them selves with a huge Union Jack flag

1 posted on 07/06/2023 2:55:24 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I think they had a few minor hits, and John Waite had a small solo career in the mid 80s — they did pretty well. I personally loved them.


2 posted on 07/06/2023 2:57:30 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: DallasBiff

Saw John Waite open for Kansas a few years back. Solo act. Everyone was still finding their seats. That was one ticked off singer.


4 posted on 07/06/2023 3:14:27 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: DallasBiff

Also hit with “Isn’t It Time 1977”


5 posted on 07/06/2023 3:15:01 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: DallasBiff

Isn’t It Time is very similar and also a hit. They also had a couple more. They were more than one hit wonders.


7 posted on 07/06/2023 3:15:50 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: DallasBiff

Decent documentary on John Waite on free TubiTV. He is an ok front man and good singer, saw the Baby’s 3 times and enjoyed them. After that Journey tour Jon Cain left the Baby’s and joined Journey, wrote Dont Stop Believing and the rest is history. Cain also wrote Open Arms and tried to get Waite to sing it but he wouldn’t. Steve Perry made it a classic.

https://tubitv.com/movies/726162/john-waite-the-hard-way


8 posted on 07/06/2023 3:17:54 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: DallasBiff
They had a few hits in the late 1970s. The Babys not a one hit wonder.

Now the band New England was a one hit wonder. They had the one hit "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya" in 1979 and that was it for them.

New England - Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya (1979)

10 posted on 07/06/2023 3:25:16 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,301,904 Truth | 86,921,174 Twitter)
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To: DallasBiff

One of the few concerts I went to back then had the Baby’s as the warm up act. The other group was someone big at the time, I can’t even remember.

The Baby’s blew them away. When the main band came up they apologized ahead of time for probably not going to be able to properly follow the act..and they didn’t.

They had many good songs, not too many that’s were smash hits.


11 posted on 07/06/2023 3:48:43 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: DallasBiff

Caught them in NYC back in the day...
I believe tickets were only 66 cents and Leggs Diamond opened for them...

Funny thing was people were throwing diapers on stage...


12 posted on 07/06/2023 4:07:19 PM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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To: DallasBiff

I saw them as the warm-up for Journey around 1980 in Reunion Arena.


13 posted on 07/06/2023 4:14:05 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DallasBiff
The Babys did the best version of Money (That's what I want)

14 posted on 07/06/2023 4:42:07 PM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: DallasBiff

Great song!

Remember it well, and the girl I was dating at the time.

People said a love like ours would surely pass... and it did.


17 posted on 07/06/2023 6:04:17 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: DallasBiff

They were the opening act for Styx at the Cow Palace in January of 1980. Great show.

The other song by The Babys that was a hit was “Midnight Rendezvous.”


18 posted on 07/06/2023 7:07:55 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: DallasBiff

I never heard of them, and that cut was a big “Eh”.


22 posted on 07/06/2023 8:52:15 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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