Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Layla’ wasn’t just a rock masterpiece—it was a love letter born out of forbidden passion. Discover how a Persian love story inspired one of rock’s greatest songs and the ...

The song achieved both critical and commercial success, charting first in 1972 again 20 years later as an acoustic version ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pattie Boyd, 82, supported ex-husband Eric Clapton by attending his April 20–21 warm-up shows in Guildford, England, where he ...

Typically, one-hit wonders are pop songs repeatedly blasted on the Top 40 Radio for a year or so before becoming culturally irrelevant and largely forgotten. However, some one-hit wonders are released ...

"We were a make-believe band," Clapton later said in an interview with music journalist Anthony DeCurtis. "We were all hiding inside it," Clapton continued. "Derek and the Dominos — the whole thing.

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 ...