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Babe Ruth 

are an English 

rock band from 

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 

They were active in 

the 1970s and then

 reformed in 2002.

History

In 1971 after graduating from

Royal Academy of Music, 

Alan Shacklock formed

 "Shacklock" 

with

 David Hewitt

 on bass, 

Dave Punshon 

on piano,

 Dick Powell 

on drums, 

and

 Jenny Haan 

as vocalist. 

Roger Dean

later introduced Shacklock

 to Nick Mobbs, 

vice president of A&R

 to the 

EMI Harvest Records,

 who got them a show at

Marquee Club

before signing the band

 on to the EMI Harvest label.

In 1972, 

Shacklock

 was renamed after

Babe Ruth, 

the baseball player

.In 1972, 

Rupert Perry signed 

Babe Ruth

 for the United States, 

and their first album,

First Base,

 was released.

In 1973 

Ed Spevock 

joined Babe Ruth, 

replacing Powell 

on drums. 

Babe Ruth 

appeared twice on

BBC Two's

The Old Grey Whistle Test

in 1973 

on January 2nd and 2 August 2nd

 Shacklock,

 Haan, Punshon,

 Hewitt and Spevock 

survived a near fatal car crash 

on the M1 motorway

coming home from a

 1973 performance at 

Liverpool University. 

Chris Holmes

 then joined Babe Ruth

 on keyboards. 

Amar Caballero, 

Babe Ruth's second album, 

was released in 1973. 

During a 1973 performance 

Alan Shacklock 

was electrocuted

 but was not 

badly injured. 

Bernie Marsden

then replaced

 Alan Shacklock 

as guitarist.

In 1974 Babe Ruth's

 first album, 

First Base, 

was certified gold in Canada. 

Steve Gurl

 joined Babe Ruth,

 replacing Chris Holmes 

on keyboards. 

Babe Ruth appeared again on 

The Old Grey Whistle Test, 

this time getting banned from BBC 

by Bernie Andrews.

 Babe Ruth

 was unbanned 

from BBC

 in 1975.

The next two albums,

Babe Ruth 

and

Stealin' Home, 

were released in 1975. 

In 1975 Babe Ruth 

received the

Gold Leaf Award

for outstanding sales 

of their first album,

First Base. 

Babe Ruth's concert in

 Jardin des Étoiles, Montreal,

 Quebec, Canada

 on

  April 9th 1975, 

was filmed for television.

With none of the 

original members left,

 Babe Ruth

 released their 

fifth album, 

Kid's Stuff,

 in 1976. 

Marsden later joined

Paice Ashton Lord 

and Spevock

 reappeared in Piblokto.

In 2002 

Punshon, 

Haan,

 Shacklock,

 Spevock,

 and Hewitt

 started working on

 the sixth album,

Que Pasa. 

Que Pasa 

was completed in

 September 2006, 

and after being

 made availabl

e in digital form

 via the band's official website, 

was released on 

Revolver Records in 2009. 

The band embarked on a

 successful reunion tour 

of Canada in July 2010,

 playing three concerts

 at Ottawa Bluesfest, 

Metropolis Montreal,

 and at the

 Festival International

 du Blues de Tremblant.

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