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"Tears in Heaven" is a song by English guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack .
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon.
Rush is the soundtrack album for the 1991 film of the same name.Written and performed by Eric Clapton, the soundtrack album includes the song "Tears in Heaven," which won three Grammy awards in 1993.
In January 1975 Eric Clapton played on Arthur Louis's recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" which was arranged in a cross-over reggae style. After the recording sessions with Louis, Clapton recorded his own version of the song which was released as a single in August 1975 two weeks after Louis's version. [28]
[161] Phoebe Bridgers mentions Clapton in "Moon Song," with the lyrics "We hate 'Tears in Heaven' / But it's sad that his baby died," a reference to the death of Clapton's child, Conor. However, the original lyric, which she sometimes performs live, is "We hate Eric Clapton" instead of "We hate 'Tears in Heaven'."
Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series. [1] It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla".
Clapton wrote "My Father's Eyes" whilst living in Antigua and Barbuda in 1991. [1] The song was inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father, Edward Fryer, who died of leukemia in 1985. [2] Describing how he wishes he knew his father, the song also refers to his own son Conor, who died in 1991 at age four after falling from an ...
Jennings also wrote "Tears in Heaven" with Eric Clapton, which won song of the Year and also won the Ivor Novello award for best song from a film. [ 27 ] Teaming with James Horner and Mariah Carey , Jennings wrote the lyrics for the central song in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , " Where Are You Christmas? ", sung by a character within the ...