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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few artists have left as lasting a mark on rock music as Eric Clapton, who turned 81 on Monday. Clapton first rose to prominence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are only a few songs out there that capture the sting of heartbreak quite like "Layla." The actual title of the song was ...

There are only a few songs out there that capture the sting of heartbreak quite like "Layla." The actual title of the song was based on the story of Layla and Majnun, an old Arab folktale about the ...

This was well researched, comprehensive and well balanced, focussing on an era of Clapton's career which is generally skimmed over in terms of the bullet points of Layla-heroin-comeback-Wonderful ...