Eric Clapton
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	BIRTHDAY: March 30, 1945 BIGGEST SINGLE: "Tears In Heaven" (1992) BIGGEST LP: Unplugged (1992) GRAMMY AWARDS: 17 ROLLING STONE: '100 Greatest Artists of All Time': # 53 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 2000

Eric Clapton was born on March 30, 1945, in England. Clapton's musical career has developed from band member to solo artist and has allowed Clapton to be considered one of the premiere rock and blues guitarists in history. Clapton was raised by his grandmother who he thought was his mother until age 9 when he learned that his "sister" was actually is mom and he was an illegitimate child. By the time Clapton was 15, he was fascinated with the blues and playing guitar (a gift for his 13th birthday) and by age 17, he had dropped out of Kingston College of Art to focus on a career in music in London.

Although his first membership in a band was with The Roosters, Clapton found more success when he joined up with The Yardbirds in 1963. Clapton played with The Yardbirds in the mid-60s before moving on and into the band, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers. Clapton's membership in the group led his nickname "Slowhand" and soon he became the major focus of the band. In 1966, Clapton and 2 other band members broke away from the group to form Cream. The band broke up in 1968 and Clapton formed Blind Faith (which also included Steve Winwood). Blind Faith found success with a tour and LP but broke up in 1969. Throughout the turmoil of joining groups, forming groups, and leaving groups, Clapton also found success with helping other musicians. In 1969, Clapton was asked to play with John Lennon in a few concert appearances including Lennon's hit "Cold Turkey." Clapton also helped out and toured with Delaney and Bonnie. The same year, Clapton was awarded the Melody Maker Pop Poll for Best International Musician.

Clapton went solo with the release of Eric Clapton and hit the Top 40 with "After Midnight."

Clapton retreated from his solo stance and formed Derek And The Dominos.

Clapton's career in the music had begun to be consumed by a heroin addiction and Derek And The Dominos broke up during the year - Clapton remained relatively out of the public eye.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for The Concert For Bangla Desh (with George Harrison, Ravi Shanker, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, and Klaus Voormann).

Clapton kicked his drug habit and performed a comeback show in London which resulted in the release of Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert.

Clapton released 461 Ocean Boulevard and hit #1 on the pop charts with the Bob Marley cover, "I Shot The Sheriff" and hit the Top 40 with "Willie And The Hand Jive."

Clapton returned to tour England for the first time in 5 years.

Clapton appeared in the film version of Tommy.

Clapton released There's One In Every Crowd.

Clapton released another live LP - E.C. Was Here.

No Reason To Cry was released and Clapton hit the Top 40 with "Hello Old Friend."

Clapton's commercial success as a solo artist came into being with the release of Slowhand.
The LP contained the hits "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight" as well as the classic "Cocaine" and sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.

Clapton released Backless and hit the Top 10 with "Promises."

By the late 70s, Clapton's career began to feel the effects of his drinking.

Clapton released the live 2-LP, Just One Night of songs performed live in Japan in late '79.

Clapton hit the Top 40 with "Tulsa Time / Cocaine."

# 63 Singles Artist of the Year

Eric Clapton (& His Band) hit the Top 40 with "I Can't Stand It."

Clapton released Another Ticket and hit the Top 10 with "I Can't Stand It." The release had originally been rejected by Clapton's label, Polydor, until a new producer was found and the recording was redone.
Clapton hit the Top 10 with "I Can't Stand It."

Clapton collapsed during a Wisconsin performance from alcohol-related problems. The medical emergency eventually led to Clapton's treatment for alcoholism.

# 95 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton released a hits collection, Time Pieces - The Best Of Eric Clapton, and Money And Cigarettes with his new record label, Warner Brothers.
Clapton hit the Top 40 with "I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart."

# 107 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton released Behind The Sun with the hits "She's Waiting," "See What Love Can Do" and the Top 40 hit "Forever Man."

Clapton released August with the hits "It's In The Way That You Use It" (from The Color Of Money) and "Tearing Us Apart" (with Tina Turner). Q magazine called the LP, "...the official start of Clapton's Career renaissance..."

Clapton was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Institute.

The video for "It's In The Way That You Use It" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film.

Clapton could also be heard on the Lethal Weapon soundtrack.

Clapton released his first boxset titled Crossroads which included 73 songs spanning Clapton's solo career and work with groups. By 1990, the collection became the first box set to be certified platinum (and eventually double platinum).

# 156 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("After Midnight").

Clapton could be heard on the Homeboy and Lethal Weapon 2 soundtracks.

Clapton released Journeyman and the LP was hailed as his return to his blues-rock roots. Most notable tracks on the LP included "Pretending" and "Bad Love."

Clapton lost several members of his road crew and friend, Steve Ray Vaughan, in a helicopter crash.

Clapton won a Billboard Music Award for Top Album Rock Artist.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Bad Love").

Clapton released another live LP, 24 Nights of live performances from London's Royal Albert Hall from '90 and '91.

Tragedy struck Clapton when his 4-year old son was killed after falling out a high-rise window.

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton contributed music to the soundtracks of Rush ("Tears In Heaven") and Lethal Weapon 3 (including the collaboration with Sting, "It's Probably Me").
Clapton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the group The Yardbirds.

Clapton hit the Top 40 with "Tears In Heaven."
Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance, Solo ("24 Hours").

Clapton hit the Top 10 with "Tears In Heaven."
Clapton topped the Billboard Top Singles Sales chart for 3 weeks with "Tears In Heaven."

Clapton topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 3 weeks with "Tears In Heaven."

Clapton released Unplugged (from a March appearance). Clapton hit the Top 10 with his unplugged version of "Layla." The LP went on to win several Grammy Awards and became his biggest-selling LP - selling over 10 million copies in the U.S.

The video for "Tears In Heaven" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video and was also nominated for Best Video from a Film and Best Cinematography.

Clapton hit the Top 40 with the unplugged version of "Layla."

Clapton hit the Top 10 with the unplugged version of "Layla."

# 129 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton was nominated for an American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Clapton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the group Cream.

Clapton won 6 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, and Song of the Year (songwriter with Will Jennings) ("Tears In Heaven"), Album of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male (Unplugged), and Best Rock Song (songwriter with Jim Gordon) ("Layla") - and was also nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ("Tears In Heaven" with Will Jennings and "It's Probably Me" with Michael Kamen and Sting), and Best Intrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (Rush soundtrack). Critics of the Grammy Awards questioned the reasoning behind a 20-year old song such as "Layla" winning an award. The song had been written in the 70s as a testament to Clapton's involvement with George Harrison's wife, Patti, (who Clapton eventually married and divorced). The co-writer of "Layla" was in prison at the time of the awards.

Unplugged topped the Billboard 200 Pop Albums chart for 3 weeks.

Clapton won 2 World Music Awards for Best-Selling British Artist of the Year and World's Best-Selling Rock Artist of the Year.

Clapton won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("My Back Pages" with Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison).

Clapton released From The Cradle, a collection of blues standards. Rolling Stone called the LP, "...the plugged-in, all-blues album that old school Clapton freaks have been moaning and groaning for..."
From The Cradle topped the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart for 10 weeks.

From The Cradle topped the Billboard Pop Albums chart for a week.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album (From The Cradle) and was nominated for Album of the Year.
Clapton released The Cream Of Eric Clapton which included tracks dating back from the late 60s into the 80s.

Clapton topped the UK Singles chart with Cher, Chrissie Hynde, and Neneh Cherry for a week with "Love Can Build A Bridge."

# 40 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton released another box-set with Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies consisting of unreleased live performances from the 70s and 4 previously unreleased studio tracks.

Clapton hit the Top 40 with "Change The World" - a collaboration with Babyface from the Phenomenon soundtrack.

Clapton hit the Top 10 with "Change The World."

Clapton could also be heard on the LP, Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan with "Ain't Gone'N Give Up On Your Love" and "Tick Tock."
Clapton topped the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks chart for 13 weeks with "Change The World."

Clapton's video for "Change The World " was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography.

Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "After Midnight."
Clapton won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

Clapton won 4 more Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Change The World") and Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("SRV Shuffle" with Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, and Art Neville) and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male ("Ain't Gone 'N Give Up On Your Love")

# 74 Singles Artist of the Year

Clapton was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

Clapton made a rare television appearance on CNN's Larry King Live. On his LP Pilgrim, Clapton said: "It is autobiographical... and I see myself as kind of being like a lone guy on a quest."

March 7: Clapton hit the Top 40 with "My Father's Eyes."
March 10: Clapton released Pilgrim and kicked off a tour for the summer. Clapton's "Sick And Tired" off his new Pilgrim LP has been angering women's groups who have labeled the songs as "hate speech." A portion of the offending lyrics include: I'm gonna get me a shotgun, baby, Keep it stashed behind the bedroom door. I may have to blow your brains out, baby, Then you won't bother me no more. Opponents of the song have said, "It's disturbing to all of us Clapton fans. In this day and age, with domestic violence as prevalent as it is, the idea of him writing a song like that is horrible." Supporters of the song have claimed that the track represents the tradition of blues music.

Ranked # 15 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (and # 11 on Rock On The Net's Poll).

Clapton was nominated for a MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video ("My Father's Eyes").

The Crossroads Centre, a rehabilitation center Clapton funded with over $6 million opened in the Caribbean.

Clapton won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop Male Artist.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("My Father's Eyes") and was also nominated for Best Pop Album (Pilgrim).

Clapton auctioned off 100 of his guitars to raise money for Crossroad Center - a substance use rehabilitation center in Antigua. Clapton said: "I wanted to make a gesture to draw attention to the Crossroads Center and demonstrate the extent of my personal commitment... The auction finally gives me a chance to share with others the instruments that have given me so much pleasure throughout my career."

Clapton released The Blues.

The Blues topped the Billboard Blues Albums chart for 10 weeks.

Clapton returned to the Top 40 with "Blue Eyes Blue."

Clapton released another hits collection, Clapton Chronicles:The Best Of Eric Clapton, with the new track "Blue Eyes Blue" (from Runaway Bride) and "(I) Get Lost" (from The Story Of Us).

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("The Calling" with Santana).

Clapton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (by Robbie Robertson) and said at the ceremony: "For me, it's all about the music. I'm the messenger and play the message."

Clapton released Riding With The King with B.B. King and the LP hit #1 on the Billboard Internet Sales chart.

Riding With The King was certified platinum and topped the Billboard Internet Album chart for 7 weeks and the Billboard Blues Album chart into 2001.

Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Tears In Heaven" at # 45.

Clapton topped Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top Blues Album (Riding With The King).

Riding With The King was certified 2x platinum.
Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Clapton released Reptile which topped the Billboard Internet Sales chart for 2 weeks.
Clapton's European tour included stops at London's Royal Albert Hall and the Moscow Convention Center.

Clapton Chronicles:The Best Of Eric Clapton was certified platinum.

Clapton won Contemporary Album of the Year (for Riding With The King) at the Annual W.C. Handy Awards. Clapton was touring when he talked about possibly ending tours: "I was musing that it might be the last time. Now I'm going, 'This is definitely the last time.' It's hard. It's doesn't work for me anymore. I will leave the door open for a couple of projects, to play the odd theater, but I'd say this is near the end."

Reptile was certified gold.

Clapton performed at The Concert For New York City benefit concert in New York City (later released as an LP) with proceeds going to 9/11 chartities.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Reptile") and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Superman Inside").

Clapton performed as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.

Clapton released a live CD/DVD - One More Car, One More Rider. The songs were taken from performance in Los Angeles and Tokyo in 2001.

Clapton could be heard on the tribute compilation - Conceptions: Musical Tribute To Stevie Wonder - with "Higher Ground."

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Tears In Heaven" at # 57.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 325: Slowhand, # 409: 461 Ocean Boulevard.

Clapton released Me & Mr. Johnson - a collection of 14 Robert Johnson covers.

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Clapton at # 53.

Me & Mr. Johnson was certified gold.

Clapton released the DVD/CV Sessions For Robert J.
Clapton topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Blues Artist and with the Top Blues Album (Me & Mr. Johnson).

# 122 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

Clapton performed with Roger Waters as part of the benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of Hope on NBC.

Clapton was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Something" with Paul McCartney) and Best Traditional Blues Album (Me & Mr. Johnson).

The single "Wonderful Tonight" was certified gold.

Clapton released Back Home.

Clapton could be heard on B.B. King's LP 80 with the track "The Thrill Is Gone."

Crossroads was certified 3x platinum.

Back Home was certified gold.

Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance ("Revolution").

Clapton released the collaboration with J.J. Cale The Road To Escondido. Cale wrote Clapton's classics "Cocaine" and "After Midnight."

Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("You Are So Beautiful" with Sam Moore, Billy Preston, Zucchero, and Robert Randolph).

Complete Clapton was released.

Complete Clapton was certified gold.

Clapton won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album (The Road To Escondido with J.J. Cale).

Clapton and Steve Winwood released the live LP Live From Madison Square Garden. The set was recorded in February, 2008 from 3 sold-out shows.

Clapton was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Can't Find My Way Home") and Best Rock Album (Live From Madison Square Garden) (both with Steve Winwood).

Clapton released Clapton.

Clapton topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart with Clapton.

Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ("Run Back To Your Side").

Clapton released Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues with Wynton Marsalis.

Slowhand (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) was released.

Clapton released Old Sock.

The 2CD/1DVD set Unplugged: Expanded & Remastered was released.

The live compilation Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 was released.

The 5CD/DVD set Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings was released.

• July 29: Clapton released Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze (An Appreciation Of JJ Cale).

• April 28: The 3-CD set Forever Man was released.

• May 20: Clapton released I Still Do.

• June 11: Clapton topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart with I Still Do.

• July 1: Clapton could be heard on the live compilation Crossroads Revisted - Selections From The Crossroads Festivals.

• September 30: Live In San Diego was released.

• June 8: Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars was released.

• October 12: Clapton released Happy Xmas.

• February 10: Clapton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film (Life In 12 Bars).

• August 30: Clapton could be heard on the Sheryl Crow LP Threads on the track "Beware Of Darkness."

• November 12: Clapton released The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions. A 'live' LP with Clapton bringing his band together to record what would have been presented at live shows at the Royal Albert Hall that were cancelled in February, 2021, due to the pandemic.

• June 24: Clapton released the live LP Nothing But The Blues.

• April 26: Clapton digitally released To Save A Child.

• Clapton will release Meanwhile on January 24th.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

	Eric Clapton Released: August, 1970 Billboard peak: # 13 Tracks: "Slunky" - "Bad Boy" - "Lonesome And A Long Way From Home" - "After Midnight" - "Easy Now" - "Blues Power" - "Bottle Of Red Wine" - "Lovin' You, Lovin' Me" - "Told You For The Last Time" - "Don't Know Why" - "Let It Rain"
	Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert Released: September, 1973 Billboard peak: # 18 Live Tracks: "Layla" - "Badge" - "Blues Power" - "Roll It Over" - "Little Wing" - "Bottle Of Red Wine" - "After Midnight" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Prescence Of The Lord" - "Tell The Truth" - "Pearly Queen" - "Key To The Highway" - "Let It Rain" - "Crossroad"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	461 Ocean Boulevard Released: July, 1974 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 1 (for 4 weeks) Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Motherless Children" - "Give Me Strength" - "Willie And The Hand Jive" - "Get Ready" - "I Shot The Sheriff" - "I Can't Hold Out" - "Please Be With Me" - "Let It Grow" - "Steady Rollin' Man" - "Mainline Florida"
	There's One In Every Crowd Released: April, 1975 Billboard peak: # 21 Tracks: "We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)" - "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" - "Little Rachel" - "Don't Blame Me" - "The Sky Is Crying" - "Singin' The Blues" - "Better Make It Through Today" - "Pretty Blue Eyes" - "High" - "Opposites"
	E.C. Was Here Released: August, 1975 Billboard peak: # 20 Live Tracks: "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Driftin' Blue" - "Can't Find My Way Home" - "Rambling On My Mind" - "Further On Up The Road"
	No Reason To Cry Released: August, 1976 Billboard peak: # 15 Tracks: "Beautiful Thing" - "Carnival" - "Sign Language" - "Country Jail Blues" - "All Our Past Times" - "Hello Old Friend" - "Double Trouble" - "Innocent Time" - "Hungry" - "Black Summer Rain" - "Last Night"
	Slowhand Released: November, 1977 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 2 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Cocaine" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Lay Down Sally" - "Next Time You See Her" - "We're All The Way" - "The Core" - "May You Never" - "Mean Old Frisco" - "Peaches & Diesal"
	Backless Released: November, 1978 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 8 Tracks: "Walk Out In The Rain" - "Watch Out For Lucy" - "I'll Make Love To You Anytime" - "Roll It" - "Tell Me That You Love Me" - "If I Don't Be There By Morning" - "Early In The Morning" - "Promises" - "Golden Ring" - "Tulsa Time"
	Just One Night Released: May, 1980 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 2 Live Tracks: "Tulsa Time" - "Early In The Morning" - "Lay Down Sally" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "If I Don't Be There By Morning" - "Worried Life Blues" - "All Our Past Times" - "After Midnight" - "Double Trouble" - "Setting Me Up" - "Blues Power" - "Rambling On My Mind" - "Cocaine" - "Further On Up The Road"
	Another Ticket Released: April, 1981 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 7 Tracks: "Something Special" - "Black Rose" - "Blow Wind Blow" - "Another Ticket" - "I Can't Stand It" - "Hold Me Lord" - "Floating Bridge" - "Catch Me If You Can" - "Rita Mae"
	Time Pieces - The Best Of Eric Clapton Released: February, 1983 US: 7x Platinum Billboard peak: # 101 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "I Shot The Sherif" - "After Midnight" - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Layla" - "Cocaine" - "Lay Down Sally" - "Willie And The Hand Jive" - "Promises" - "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" - "Let It Grow"
	Money And Cigarettes Released: February, 1983 Billboard peak: # 16 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Everybody Ought To Make A Change" - "Shape You're In" - "Ain't Going Down" - "I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart" - "Man Overboard" - "Pretty Girl" - "Man In Love" - "Crosscut Saw" - "Slow Down Linda" - "Crazy Country Hop"
	Behind The Sun Released: March, 1985 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 34 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "She's Waiting" - "See What Love Can Do" - "Same Old Blues" - "Knock On Wood" - "Something's Happening" - "Forever Man" - "All Depends" - "Tangled In Love" - "Never Make You Cry" - "Just Like A Prisoner" - "Behind The Sun"
	August Released: November, 1986 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 37 Tracks: "It's In The Way That You Use It" - "Run" - "Tearing Us Apart" - "Bad Influence" - "Walk Away" - "Hung Up On Your Love" - "Take A Chance" - "Hold On" - "Miss You" - "Holy Mother" - "Behind The Mask" - "Grand Illusion"
	Crossroads Released: April, 1988 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 34 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Boom Boom" - "Honey In Your Hips" - "Baby What's Wrong" - "I Wish You Would" - "Certain Girl" - "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" - "I Ain't Got You" - "For Your Love" - "Got To Hurry" - "Lonely Years" - "Bernard Jenkins" - "Hideaway" - "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" - "Rambling On My Mind" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" (live) - "Wrapping Paper" - "I Feel Free" - "Spoonful" - "Lawdy Mama" - "Strange Brew" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" - "Steppin' Out" - "Anyone For Tennis" - "White Room" - "Crossroads" (live) - "Badge" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Can't Find My Way Home" - "Sleeping In The Ground" - "Comin' Home" - "Blues Power" - "After Midnight" (Alternate Mix) - "Let It Rain" - "Tell The Truth" - "Roll It Over" - "Layla" - "Mean Old World" - "Key To The Highway" - "Crossroads" - "Got To Get Better In A Little While" - "Evil" - "One More Chance" - "Mean Old Frisco" - "Snake Lake Blues" - "Let It Grow" - "Ain't That Lovin' You" - "Motherless Children" - "I Shot The Sheriff" (live) - "Better Make It Through Today" - "The Sky Is Crying" - "I Found A Love" - "(When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too" - "What'cha Gonna Do?" - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - "Someone Like You" - "Hello Old Friend" - "Sign Language" - "Further On Up The Road" (live) - "Lay Down Sally" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Cocaine" - "Promises" - "If I Don't Be There By Morning" - "Double Trouble" (live) - "I Can't Stand It" - "Shape You're In" - "Heaven Is One Step Away" - "She's Waiting" - "Too Bad" - "MIss You" - "Wanna Make Love To You" - "After Midnight"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Journeyman Released: November, 1989 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 16 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Pretending" - "Anything For Your Love" - "Bad Love" - "Running On Faith" - "Hard Times" - "Hound Dog" - "No Alibis" - "Run So Far" - "Old Love" - "Breaking Point" - "Lead Me On" - "Before You Accuse Me"
	24 Nights Released: October, 1991 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 38 Rolling Stone review: Live Tracks: "Badge" - "Running On Faith" - "White Room" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "Watch Yourself" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Worried Life Blues" - "Hoodoo Man" - "Hard Times" - "Edge Of Darkness" - "Pretending" - "Bad Love" - "Old Love" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Hard Times" - "Edge Of Darkness"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Unplugged Released: January, 1992 US: 10x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 3 weeks) Unplugged Tracks: "Signe" - "Before You Accuse Me" - "Hey Hey" - "Tears In Heaven" - "Lonely Stranger" - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" - "Layla" - "Running On Faith" - "Walkin' Blues" - "Alberta" - "San Francisco Bay Blues" - "Malted Milk" - "Old Love" - "Rollin' & Tumblin'"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	From The Cradle Released: September, 1994 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for a week) Tracks: "Blues Before Sunrise" - "Third Degree" - "Reconsider Baby" - "Hoochie Coochie Man" - "Five Long Years" - "I'm Tore Down" - "How Long Blues" - "Goin' Away Baby" - "Blues Leave Me Alone" - "Sinner's Prayer" - "Motherless Child" - "It Hurts Me Too" - "Someday After Awhile" - "Standin' Round Crying" - "Driftin'" - "Groaning The Blues"
	The Cream Of Eric Clapton Released: March, 1995 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 80 Tracks: "I Feel Free" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "White Room" - "Crossroads" - "Badge" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Blues Power" - "After Midnight" - "Let It Rain" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Layla" - "I Shot The Sheriff" - "Let It Grow" - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - "Hello Old Friend" - "Cocaine" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Promises" - "I Can't Stand It"
	Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies Released: April, 1996 Billboard peak: # 137 Rolling Stone review: Live Tracks: "Walkin' Down The Road" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Willie And The Hand Jive / Get Ready" - "Can't Find My Way Home" - "Driftin' Blues / Rambling On My Mind" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Rambling On My Mind / Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Little Wing" - "The Sky Is Crying / Have You Ever Loved A Woman? / Rambling On My Mind" - "Layla" - "Further On Up The Road" - "I Shot The Sheriff" - "Badge" - "Driftin' Blues" - "Eyesight To The Blind / Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?" - "Tell The Truth" - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - "Stormy Monday" - "Lay Down Sally" - "Core" - "We're All The Way" - "Cocaine" - "Goin' Down Slow / Rambling On My Mind" - "Mean Old Frisco" - "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" - "Worried Life Blues" - "Tulsa Time" - "Early In The Morning" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Kind Hearted Woman" - "Double Trouble" - "Crossroads" - "To Make Somebody Happy" - "Cryin'" - "Water On The Ground"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Pilgrim Released: March 10, 1998 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 4 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "My Father's Eyes" - "River Of Tears" - "Pilgrim" - "Broken Hearted" - "One Chance" - "Circus" - "Goin' Down Slow" - "Fall Like Rain" - "Born In Time" - "Sick & Tired" - "Needs His Woman" - "She's Gone" - "You Were There" - "Inside Of Me"
	The Blues Released: July, 1999 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 52 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Before You Accuse Me" (Version 1) - "Mean Old World" - "Ain't That Lovin' You" - "The Sky Is Crying" - "Cryin'" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Alberta" - "Early In The Morning" - "Give Me Strength" - "Down At The Bottom (Meet Me)" - "Country Jail Blues" - "Floating Bridge" - "Blow Wind Blow" - "To Make Somebody Happy" - "Before You Accuse Me" (Version 2) - Live Tracks: "Stormy Monday" - "Worried Life Blues" - "Early In The Morning" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Kind Hearted Woman" - "Double Trouble" - "Driftin' Blues" - "Crossroads" - "Further On Up The Road"
	Clapton Chronicles:The Best Of Eric Clapton Released: October, 1999 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 20 Tracks: "Blue Eyes Blue" - "Change The World" - "My Father's Eyes" - "Tears In Heaven" - "Layla" - "Pretending" - "Bad Love" - "Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself)" - "It's In The Way That You Use It" - "Forever Man" - "Running On Faith" - "She's Waiting" - "River Of Tears" - "(I) Get Lost"
	B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King Released: June, 2000 Billboard peak: # 3 US: 2x Platinum Tracks: "Riding With The King" - "Ten Long Years" - "Key To The Highway" - "Marry You" - "Three O'Clock Blues" - "Help The Poor" - "I Wanna Be" - "Worried Life Blues" - "Days Of Old" - "When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer" - "Hold On! I'm Comin'" - "Come Rain Or Come Shine"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Reptile Released: March, 2001 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 5 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Reptile" - "Got You On My Mind" - "Travelin' Light" - "Believe In Life" - "Come Back Baby" - "Broken Down" - "Find Myself" - "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" - "I Want A Little Girl" - "Second Nature" - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - "Modern Girl" - "Superman Inside" - "Son & Sylvia"
	One More Car, One More Rider Released: November, 2002 Billboard peak: # 43 Rolling Stone review: Live Tracks: "Key To The Highway" - "Reptile" - "Got You On My Mind" - "Tears In Heaven" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Change The World" - "My Father's Eyes" - "River Of Tears" - "Goin' Down Slow" - "She's Gone" - "I Want A Little Girl" - "Badge" - "Hoochie Coochie Man" - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" - "Cocaine" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Layla" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "Over The Rainbow"
	Me & Mr. Johnson Released: March, 2004 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 6 Tracks: "When You Got A Good Friend" - "Little Queen Of Spades" - "They're Red Hot" - "Me And The Devil Blues" - "Traveling Riverside Blues" - "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" - "Milkcow's Calif Blues" - "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" - "Come On In My Kitchen" - "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" - "Love In Vain" - "32-20 Blues" - "Hell Hound On My Trail"
	Sessions For Robert J. (CD/DVD) Released: December, 2004 Billboard peak: # 172 Tracks: "Sweet Home Chicago" - "Milkcow's Calf Blues" - "Terraplane Blues" - "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" - "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" - "Little Queen Of Spades" - Traveling Riverside Blues" - "Me And The Devil Blues" - "From Four Until Late" - "Kindhearted Woman Blues" - "Ramblin' On My Mind"
	Back Home Released: August, 2005 US: Gold Rolling Stone: Tracks: "So Tired" - "Say What You Will" - "I'm Going Left" - "Love Don't Love Nobody" - "Revolution" - "Love Comes To Everyone" - "Lost And Found" - "Piece Of My Heart" - "One Day" - "One Track Mind" - "Run Home To Me" - "Back Home"
	Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale: The Road To Escondido Released: November, 2006 Billboard peak: # 23 Entertainment Weekly: B+ Tracks: "Danger" - "Heads In Georgia" - "Missing Person" - "When This War Is Over" - "Sporting Life Blues" - "Dead End Road" - "It's Easy" - "Hard To Thrill" - "Anyway The Wind Blows" - "Three Little Girls" - "Don't Cry Sister" - "Last Will And Testament" - "Who Am I Telling You?" - "Ride The River"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Complete Clapton Released: October, 2007 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 14 Tracks: "I Feel Free" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "White Room" - "Crossroads" - "Badge" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "After Midnight" - "Let It Rain" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Layla" - "Let It Grow" - "I Shot The Sheriff" - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - "Hello Old Friend" - "Cocaine" - "Lay Down Sally" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Promises" - "I Can't Stand It' - "I've Got A Rock 'N' Roll Heart" - "She's Waiting" - "Forever Man" - "It's In The Way That you Use It" - "Miss You" - "Pretending" - "Bad Love" - "Tears In Heaven" - "Layla" (unplugged) - "Running On Faith" (unplugged) - "Motherless Child" - "Change The World" - "My Father's Eyes" - "Riding With The King' - "Sweet Home Chicago" - "If I Had Possession Over Judgment" - "Ride The River"
	Live From Madison Square Garden (with Steve Winwood) Released: May, 2009 Billboard peak: # 14 Live Tracks: "Had To Cry Today" - "Low Down" - "Them Changes" - "Forever Man" - "Sleeping In The Ground" - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Glad" - "Well All Right" - "Double Trouble" - "Pearly Queen" - "Tell The Truth" - "No Face, No Name, No Number" - "After Midnight" - "Split Decision" - "Rambling On My Mind" - "Georgia On My Mind" - "Little Wing" - "Voodoo Chile" - "Can't Find My Way Home" - "Dear Mr. Fantasy" - "Cocaine"
	Clapton Released: September, 2010 Tracks: "Travelin' Alone" - "Rocking Chair" - "River Runs Deep" - "Judgment Day" - "How Deep Is The Ocean" - "My Very Good Friend The Milkman" - "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" - "That's No Way To Get Along" - "Everything Will Be Alright" - "Diamonds Made From Rain" - "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" - "Hard Time Blues" - "Run Back To Your Side" - "Autumn Leaves"
	Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues (with Wynton Marsalis) Released: September, 2011 Tracks: "Ice Cream" - "Forty-Four" - "Joe Turner's Blues" - "The Last Time" - "Careless Love" - "Kidman Blues" - "Layla" - "Joliet Bound" - "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" - "Corrine, Corrina"
	Old Sock Released: March 12, 2013 Billboard peak: # 7 Tracks: "Further On Down The Road" - "Angel" - "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" - "Gotta Get Over" - "Till Your Well Runs Dry" - "All Of Me" - "Born To Lose" - "Still Got The Blues" - "Goodnight Irene" - "Your One And Only Man" - "Every Little Thing" - "Our Love Is Here To Stay"
	Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Released: November 19, 2013
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze (An Appreciation Of JJ Cale) Released: July 29, 2014 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Tracks: "Call Me The Breeze" - "Rock And Roll Records" (featuring Tom Petty) - "Someday" (featuring Mark Knopfler) - "Lies" (featuring John Mayer) - "Sensitive Kind" (featuring Don White) - "Cajun Moon" - "Magnolia" (featuring John Mayer) - "I Got The Same Old Blues" (featuring Tom Petty) - "Songbird" (featuring Willie Nelson) - "Since You Said Goodbye" - "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" (featuring Don White) - "The Old Man And Me" (featuring Tom Petty) - "Train To Nowhere" (featuring Mark Knopfler & Don White) - "Starbound" (featuring Willie Nelson & Derek Trucks) - "Don't Wait" (featuring John Mayer) - "Crying Eyes" (featuring Christine Lakeland & Derek Trucks)
	Forever Man (box set) Released: April 28, 2015
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	I Still Do Released: May 20, 2016 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 6 Tracks: "Alabama Woman Blues" - "Can't Let You Do It" - "I Will Be There" - "Spiral" - "Catch The Blues" - "Cypress Grove" - "Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day" - "Stones In My Passway" - "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" - "I'll Be Alright" - "Somebody's Knockin'" - "I'll Be Seeing You"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Live In San Diego Released: September 30, 2016 Live Tracks: "Tell The Truth" - "Key To The Highway" - "Got To Get Better In A Little While" - "Little Wing" - "Anyday" - "Anyway The Wind Blows" (with JJ Cale) - "After Midnight" (with JJ Cale) - "Who Am I Telling You?" (with JJ Cale) - "Don't Cry Sister" (with JJ Cale) - "Cocaine" (with JJ Cale) - "Motherless Children" - "Little Queen Of Spades" - "Further On Up The Road" - "Wonderful Tonight" - "Layla" - "Crossroads"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars (soundtrack) Released: June 8, 2018 Tracks: "Bakwater Blues" - "My Life Is Ruined" - "I've Got My Mojo Working Again" (live) - "I Wish You Would" - "For Your Love" - "Steppin' Out" - "All Your Love" (mono) - "I Feel Free" - "Strange Brew" - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - "Good To Me As I Am To You" - "Crossroads" (live) - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - "Badge" - "White Room" (live) - "Spoonful" (live) - "Presence Of The Lord" - "Comin' Home" (live) - "After Midnight" - "Let It Rain" - "High" - "My Sweet Lord" - "Thorn Tree In The Garden" - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" - "Bell Bottom Blues" - "Layla" - "Little Wing" (live) - "Got To Get Better In A Little While" - "I Shot The Sheriff" - "Little Queenie" - "Mainline Florida" - "Tears In Heaven"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Happy Xmas Released: October 12, 2018 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 84 Tracks: "White Christmas" - "Away In A Manager (Once In Royal David's City) - "For Love On Christmas Day" - "Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday" - "Christmas Tears" - "Home For The Holidays" - "Jingle Bells" - "Christmas In My Hometown" - "It's Christmas" - "Sentimental Moments" - "Lonesome Christmas" - "Silent Night" - "Merry CHristmas Baby" - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions Released: November 12, 2021 'Live' Tracks: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" - "Golden Ring" - "Black Magic Woman" - "Man Of The World" - "Kerry" - "After Midnight" - "Key To The Highway" - "River Of Tears" - "Rock Me Baby" - "Believe In Life" - "Going Down Slow" - "Layla" - "Tears In Heaven" - "Long Distance Call" - "Bad Boy" - "Got My Mojo Working"

1	Tears In Heaven from the Rush soundtrack ARC chart run: 40 - 28 - 14 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 11 - 15 - 17 - 18 - 26 - 34 - 39 - off	2	18	1992
2	Lay Down Sally from the LP Slowhand Billboard chart run: 28 - 18 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 15 - 24 - 31 - off	3	17	1978	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	Change The World Phenomenon soundtrack	2	18	1996	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
4	Layla (unplugged) from the LP Unplugged ARC chart run: 36 - 24 - 18 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 13 - 19 - 28 - 37 - off	7	13	1992
5	I Shot The Sheriff 461 Ocean Boulevard	1(1)	10	1974	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
6	Promises Backless	9	11	1979	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
7	I Can't Stand It from the LP Another Ticket ARC chart run: 31 - 24 - 16 - 13 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 15 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 74	6	10	1981	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	My Father's Eyes Pilgrim	11	12	1998	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
9	I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart from the LP Money And Cigarettes ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 29 - 21 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 24 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 116	15	10	1983	iTunes Amazon.mp3
10	Wonderful Tonight Slowhand	16	7	1978	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
11	Blue Eyes Blue Runaway Bride soundtrack	21	7	1999	Amazon.mp3
12	After Midnight Eric Clapton and Just One Night	18	7	1980	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
13	Forever Man Behind The Sun Year-End Chart Position: # 171	21	5	1985	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
14	Hello Old Friend No Reason To Cry	24	6	1976	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
15	Willie And The Hand Jive 461 Ocean Boulevard	26	5	1974	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
16	Tulsa Time / Cocaine from the LP Just One Night ARC chart run: 37 - 32 - 30 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 198	30	3	1980	Amazon.mp3
17	Watch Out For Lucy Backless	40	2	1979	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Let It Rain Eric Clapton	**	**	1972	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Bell Bottom Blues Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert	**	**	1973	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Blues Power Just One Night	**	**	1980	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Another Ticket Another Ticket	**	**	1981	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	See What Love Can Do Behind The Sun	**	**	1985	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	She's Waiting Behind The Sun	**	**	1985	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	It's In The Way That You Use It August	**	**	1985	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Pretending Journeyman	**	**	1989	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Bad Love Journeyman	**	**	1990	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Help Me Up Rush soundtrack	**	**	1992	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	It's Probably Me [Sting & Eric Clapton] Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales	**	**	1992	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Running On Faith Unplugged	**	**	1993	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Stone Free Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix compilation	**	**	1993	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Motherless Child From The Cradle	**	**	1994	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Revolution Back Home	**	**	2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Say What You Will Back Home	**	**	2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]