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Eric Clapton

Also known as Eric Patrick Clapton, Slowhand

British musician

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Eric Clapton is a highly influential British musician known for his work as a guitarist and singer-songwriter across rock, blues, and pop music. He matters because of his significant impact on modern music through his technical innovations and popular recordings that have shaped multiple genres over his decades-long career.

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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's…

Known for

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self2026
Pino — Self2025
Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later — Guitar / Vocals2025
Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert — Self2024
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson — Self2024
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words2024
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues — Self2023
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)2023
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock — Self - Vocals, Guitar2023

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1945

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Discography

Member of

The Yardbirds1963–1965
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers1965–1966
Cream1966–1968
Blind Faith1968–1969
Plastic Ono Band1969–1969
Derek and the Dominos1970–1971
Derek and the Dominos1970–1971
The Louisiana Gator Boys
Eric Clapton And His Band
The Secret Police
Eric Clapton & His All Star Band
Sean Head Showband
The Chester Bees
George's Band
Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes
The Singing Rebels’ Band

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Total plays: 82,123,882

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Quotes

“Did you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now?”
“Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?”
“Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.”
“Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
“And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."”
“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.”

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Official website: www.ericclapton.com
Image: Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 24th May 2017 EricClaptonRAH240517-30 (34987232355) (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Eric Clapton
date of birth: 1945-03-30
Commons gallery: Eric Clapton
birth name: Eric Patrick Clapton
start of work period: 1962-00-00
name in native language: Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
pseudonym: Slowhand
social media followers: 1600000
end of work period: 2023-00-00
short name: Eric Clapton

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Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.

After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds from 1963 to 1965, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1965 to 1966. After leaving Mayall, he formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". After four successful albums, Cream broke up in November 1968. Clapton then formed the blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up. Clapton then toured with Delaney & Bonnie and recorded his first solo album in 1970, before forming Derek and the Dominos with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. Like Blind Faith, the band only lasted one album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which includes "Layla", one of Clapton's signature songs.