The Babys – Isn’t It Time

The Babys – Isn’t It Time The Babys were a British rock/pop group best known for their songs “Isn’t It Time” and “Everytime I Think of You”. Both songs reached #13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the late 1970s. The 1976-1978 Babys line-up consisted of vocalist/bassist John Waite, drummer Tony Brock, Keyboard player/guitarist Michael Corby, and guitarist Wally Stocker. After Corby was sacked by Chrysalis in August 1978 a replacement was sought. The company brought in two musicians to replace the co-founder: Jonathan Cain on keyboards and Ricky Phillips to play bass. From 1979 until the final breakup in 1981 the Babys line-up consisted of vocalist Waite, drummer Brock, bassist Phillips, guitarist Stocker and keyboardist Cain. Corby had been dismissed and the control of the name of the band was never relinquished by him, in effect making the 1979 band a breakaway group from the original contract and not entitled to use the name. The Babys Archives states a very strong case against the name being used after Corby and Millar were sacked, the original contract clearly has Corby as a member and never lists Cain and Phillips. Corby commissioned The Babys Archives a number of years ago to correct a number of misconceptions about the origins of the group. Cain’s piano work on Don’t Stop Believin’ is “one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock” according to All Music Guide. John Waite went on to produce a major solo hit, “Missing You”, in 1984. Stocker and Brock worked …
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