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English musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1945) the musician|his album|Eric Clapton (album) pp-semi-indef EngvarB January 2023 April 2024 Infobox person | name = Eric Clapton | honorific_suffix = post-nominals|size=100%|country=GBR|CBE | image = Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 24th May 2017 EricClaptonRAH240517-30 (34987232355) (cropped).jpg | caption = Clapton performing at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2017 | birth_name = Eric Patrick Clapton | birth_date = Birth date and age|1945/3/30| | birth_place = Ripley, Surrey, England | occupation = flatlist| * Musician * singer * songwriter * record producer | years_active = 1962–present | spouse = plainlist| * marriage|Pattie Boyd|1979|1989|end=div.cite book|last1=Womack|first1=Kenneth The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four [2 volumes]: Everything Fab Four 2014 ABC-CLIO|page=158|quote= The couple were formally divorced in 1989. * marriage|Melia McEnery|2002 | children = 5 | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes solo_singer flatlist| * Rock * blues | instrument = flatlist| * Guitar * vocals flatlist| * Polydor * Atco Records|Atco * RSO Records|RSO * Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. * Duck Records|Duck * Reprise Records|Reprise * Surfdog | past_member_of = flatlist| * The Yardbirds * John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers * Cream (band)|Cream * The Dirty Mac * Plastic Ono Band * Blind Faith * Delaney & Bonnie * Derek and the Dominos | website = URL|ericclapton.com ''Eric Patrick Clapton'' post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE (born nowrap|30 March 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music.cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/eric-clapton-19691231 55 – Eric Clapton |magazine=Rolling Stone 11 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120718095057/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/eric-clapton-19691231 18 July 2012 He ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of the "Top 100 Greatest Guitar Players of all Time|100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson (guitar company)|Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was named number five in ''Time (magazine)|Time'' magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.cite magazine | last = Tyrangiel | first = Josh | title = The 10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players | date = 14 August 2009 | magazine = Time | url = https://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1916544_1921860,00.html | access-date = 26 April 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130918082452/http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1916544_1921860,00.html | archive-date = 18 September 2013 | url-status = live In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named Clapton the 35th best guitarist of all time.Cite magazine 13 October 2023 The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ 14 October 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone 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 (band)|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 Blind Faith (Blind Faith album)|one album and performing on one tour before they broke up. Clapton then toured with Delaney & Bonnie and recorded his Eric Clapton (album)|first solo album in 1970, before forming Derek and the Dominos with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon (musician)|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. Clapton continued to record a number of successful solo albums and songs over the next several decades, including a 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" (which helped reggae reach a mass market),cite web http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/eric-clapton Inductee: Eric Clapton Rockhall.com 22 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012231539/http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/eric-clapton/ 12 October 2014live the Country music|country-infused ''Slowhand'' album (1977) and the pop rock of 1986's ''August (Eric Clapton album)|August''. Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which appeared on his ''Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)|Unplugged'' album. In 1996 he had another top-40 hit with the R&B crossover "Change the World". In 1998, he released the Grammy award-winning "My Father's Eyes (song)|My Father's Eyes". Since 1999, he has recorded a number of traditional blues and blues rock albums and hosted the periodic Crossroads Guitar Festival. His latest studio album, Meanwhile (Eric Clapton album)|''Meanwhile'', was released in 2024. Clapton has received 18 Grammy Awards as well as the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.cite web https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-clapton-p64692/charts-awards/grammy-awards Eric Clapton, All Music: Grammy Awards AllMusic 22 September 2014 10 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230810043620/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-clapton-mn0000187478live In 2004, he was awarded a CBE for services to music.cite news https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475787/Ex-rebel-Clapton-receives-his-CBE.html Ex-rebel Clapton receives his CBE 4 November 2004|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph 22 September 2014|location=London https://web.archive.org/web/20141205052136/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475787/Ex-rebel-Clapton-receives-his-CBE.html 5 December 2014live He has received four Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the only List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees#Multiple inductees|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 of Cream. In his solo career, he has sold 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling musicians of all time.cite news https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/music/guitar-great-eric-clapton-returns-to-las-vegas-1846914/ Guitar great Eric Clapton returns to Las Vegas Jason Bracelin|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal September 12, 2019 September 12, 2019 December 26, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191226103646/https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/music/guitar-great-eric-clapton-returns-to-las-vegas-1846914/live In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for those recovering from substance abuse.cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/eric-clapton/biography Eric Clapton Biography Kemp Mark|year=2001|magazine=Rolling Stone 23 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110919145624/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/eric-clapton/biography 19 September 2011live

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