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Eric Clapton
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Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?
— Fall Like Rain (from the album Pilgrim - 1998)
Eric Clapton
British musician
- Audience1.8M
- Fame81.9
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- Fame81.9
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- Musicians rank#197
Born 1945 · age 81United Kingdom
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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.
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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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Eric Clapton
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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
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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
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And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight.
— Wonderful Tonight (from the album Slowhand - 1977)
Eric Clapton
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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
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