The Babys
are a
British
Rock group
best known
for their songs
"Isn't It Time"
and
"Every Time I Think of You".
Both songs
were composed by
Jack Conrad
and
Ray Kennedy,
and each
reached No. 13
on the U.S.
Billboard
Hot 100
and
No. 8
on the
Cashbox chart
in the late 1970s.
"Back on My Feet Again"
also reached
the U.S.
Top 40
in 1980.
The original
Babys
line-up
consisted of
founding member
keyboardist/guitarist
Michael Corby,
and in order
of joining the group,
vocalist/bassist
drummer
Tony Brock
and
guitarist
Wally Stocker.
The group signed
a contract
with
Chrysalis Records
that was the
highest ever
for a
new music act
at the time.
Two studio albums,
The Baby's
and
Broken Heart,
were well received.
After recording
their third album,
Head First,
in 1978,
co-founder
Michael Corby
was replaced by
Jonathan Cain
as keyboardist
and
Ricky Phillips
took over as
bassist.
From late 1978
until the breakup
in 1981,
The Babys
line-up consisted of
vocalist
Waite,
drummer
Brock,
bassist
Phillips,
guitarist
Stocker,
and
keyboardist
Cain.
Aftermath
Jonathan Cain
had joined
Journey
just as that band
was on the verge
of mainstream success.
John Waite
embarked on a
successful solo career,
peaking with a
number one
American hit
in 1984
with
Chas Sandford
and
Mark Leonard's
"Missing You"
from his
second solo album
No Brakes.
Waite and Cain
reunited with
Ricky Phillips
at the end
of the 1980s
to form the
hard rock/glam
rock-infused
supergroup
Bad English,
scoring
several hits
from their
1989
self-titled album.
Tony Brock
spent many years
drumming for
Rod Stewart,
as well as
drumming
and co-producing
for
Jimmy Barnes
and producing
for
Keith Urban.
Wally Stocker
went on to join
Brock
in
Rod Stewart's band
and briefly
joined
Air Supply
in the mid-1980s,
later playing in a
reformed version
of
Humble Pie
in the 1990s.
Phillips played
with
Styx
for over 20 years,
from
2003
to early
2024
