The song achieved both critical and commercial success, charting first in 1972 again 20 years later as an acoustic version Eric Clapton’s song “Layla” was inspired by Pattie Boyd, who was married to ...

As backstories go it's up there with the best: mercurially-gifted superstar guitarist with a passion for the blues falls hopelessly in love with the wife of his best friend, an ex-Beatle, then writes ...

Two legendary albums recorded in the same year using the same musicians, but released by completely different artists... Such an abundance of musical riches could have happened only in the early 1970s ...

Unrequited love—is there anything more painful? Indeed, such is the inspiration for the all-time classic rock song by Eric Clapton. The six-string artist took from his own experience and that of a ...

Few rock songs are as emotionally charged — or as personally complicated — as “Layla,” the Derek and the Dominos epic born out of an impossible love triangle involving Eric Clapton, George Harrison, ...

In 1964, Pattie Boyd was an international celebrity due to a successful modeling career. Early that year, Boyd appeared in a television advertising campaign helmed by UK-based American director ...

It was 1971 when Eric Clapton first released his song, "Layla," now acclaimed as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The song achieved both critical and commercial success, charting high in ...