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Eric Clapton

British musician

  • Audience1.8M
  • Fame82.5
  • Momentum3.4
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  • Audience1.8M
  • Fame82.5
  • Momentum3.4
  • United Kingdom rank#57
  • Musicians rank#121
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Born 1945 · age 81United Kingdom
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  • Wikipedia
    85 languages
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  • Rank in United Kingdom
    #57
    Musicians
  • Age
    81
    Born 1945
  • Known for
    Blues Brothers 2000
    1998
Summary
Updated 2026-08-26

The guitarist who's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three separate times — once solo, once with the Yardbirds, once with Cream. Rolling Stone ranked him second-greatest ever; 100 million records sold; and a through-line from sixties blues purism to "Tears in Heaven" played in every waiting room on earth.

Biography

About

Eric Patrick Clapton was born 30 March 1945 and came up through local bands before joining the Yardbirds in 1963, then John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In 1966 he formed Cream with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce — sustained blues improvisations, arty psychedelic pop, four albums, then done by November 1968. He tried again with Blind Faith (one album, one tour), then Derek and the Dominos, which lasted just long enough to record Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and give him "Layla". The solo decades that followed were uneven but huge: a 1974 cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" that brought reggae to…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton
said
Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?
— Fall Like Rain (from the album Pilgrim - 1998)
Eric Clapton
said
Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
— Layla (by Derek and the Dominos - 1970)
Eric Clapton
said
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
— Tears in Heaven (from the album Unplugged - 1992)
Eric Clapton
said
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight.
— Wonderful Tonight (from the album Slowhand - 1977)
Eric Clapton
said
All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.
— Clapton: The Autobiography
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Albums

Low confidence
  • Back Home
    2005
  • Sessions for Robert J
    2004
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
82.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum3.4
Historical33.6
Now attention11.7
Source confidence95.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#57
Category rank
#121
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  • Wikipedia
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence