Sunday March 13, 2022 “Baby Come Back” Player
According to Darryl Hall this is one of the most requested songs that Hall & Oates never recorded and Player co-songwriter Peter Beckett acknowledges that the sound was indeed modeled with John and Darryl in mind.
Player lead singer Peter Beckett is from Liverpool, England, but moved to Los Angeles to join a group called Skyband, which broke up after one album. By the time he formed the band Player with Texan J.C. Crowley, Beckett’s wife had left him and returned to England. Crowley was also going through a breakup, so they both channeled their feelings into today’s 1978 number one song, “Baby Come Back”.
"Baby Come Back" would be a staple in what would later be known as "Yacht Rock" that mellow, sophisticated, and often inappropriately maligned music.
Player had a few additional minor hits before breaking up in 1982. After the demise of the band, Beckett joined Australia's Little River Band, Player bassist Ron Moss became a popular star on the CBS Soap Opera The Bold And The Beautiful, playing the character Ridge Forrester and Crowley went on to write songs recorded by Smokey Robinson, Johnny Cash, Little River Band and many others.
Stay safe and well…and jangly guitars along with great vocals and harmonies, you know I am all-in, join me.