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 #13 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on the
Cashbox chart in the late 1970s. The 1976–1978 Babys line-up consisted of keyboardist/guitarist Michael Corby, vocalist/bassist John Waite, drummer Tony Brock and guitarist Wally Stocker.
The brainchild of Michael Corby and Adrian Millar, the group signed a contract that was the highest ever for a new music act at the time. Two studio albums, Broken Heart and The Babys went without incident and were well received. However trouble emerged with Head First and Brock, Waite and Stocker remained with Chrysalis but continued to record as The Babys. Corby has always denied their right to do so and has publicly produced documents to prove his title to the business name used by his employees Waite, Brock and Stocker. However, the legal name of The Babys is now owned by Tony Brock, so this is no longer a concern.
In August 1978, a replacement for Michael Corby was sought and the The Babys added two musicians: Jonathan Cain as keyboardist and Ricky Phillips to take over as bassist. From 1979 until the breakup in 1981, The Babys line-up consisted of vocalist Waite, drummer Brock, bassist Phillips, guitarist Stocker, and keyboardist Cain.
John Waite went on to produce a major solo hit, "Missing You", in 1984. Stocker and Brock worked with Rod Stewart and other mainstream artists including Elton John and Air Supply. Cain left to join Journey. Waite, Cain and Phillips joined Bad English in the late 1980s. Phillips currently plays for Styx.
In 2013 it was announced that Brock and Stocker had reformed the band, alongside vocalist/bassist John Bisaha and guitarist Joey Sykes.
In 2014, The Babys released their latest album "I'll Have Some of That!" - the first album in over 30 years - produced by Tony Brock at his studio - Silver Dreams Studios in California.