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Eric Patrick Clapton CBE Born 30 March 1945 Is An English Rock And Blues Guitarist Singer And Songwriter. He 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 Of Cream. Clapton Has Been Referred To As One Of The Most Important And Influential Guitarists Of All Time. Clapton Ranked Second In Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The "100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time" And Fourth In Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists Of All Time". He Was Also Named Number Five In Time Magazine's List Of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" In 2009. In The Mid-1960s Clapton Left The Yardbirds To Play With John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. Immediately After Leaving Mayall Clapton Formed The Power Trio Cream With Drummer Ginger Baker And Bassist Jack Bruce In Which Clapton Played Sustained Blues Improvisations And "arty Blues-Based Psychedelic Pop". After Cream Broke Up He Formed Blues Rock Band Blind Faith With Baker Steve Winwood And Ric Grech. Clapton's Solo Career Began In The 1970s Where His Work Bore The Influence Of The Mellow Style Of J. J. Cale And The Reggae Of Bob Marley. His Version Of Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" Helped Reggae Reach A Mass Market. Two Of His Most Popular Recordings Were "Layla" Recorded With Derek And The Dominos And Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" Recorded With Cream. Following The Death Of His Son Conor In 1991 Clapton's Grief Was Expressed In The Song "Tears In Heaven" Which Was Featured On His Unplugged Album. Clapton Has Been The Recipient Of 18 Grammy Awards And The Brit Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music. In 2004 He Was Awarded A CBE At Buckingham Palace For Services To Music. He Has Received Four Ivor Novello Awards From The British Academy Of Songwriters Composers And Authors Including The Lifetime Achievement Award. In His Solo Career Clapton Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide Making Him One Of The Best-Selling Musicians Of All Time. In 1998 Clapton A Recovering Alcoholic And Drug Addict Founded The Crossroads Centre On Antigua A Medical Facility For Recovering Substance Abusers.
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"Badge" Is A Song Performed By Cream Written By Eric Clapton And George Harrison. It Was Included As A Track On Cream's Final Album Goodbye. Peaking At Number 60 On Billboard's Hot 100 "Badge" Was A Minor Hit After Its Release As A Single In April 1969. The Single Was Much More Successful In The United Kingdom Where It Reached #18. "Badge" Was Originally An Untitled Track. During The Production Transfer For The Album Goodbye The Original Music Sheet Was Used To Produce The Liner Notes And Track Listing. The Only Discernible Word On The Page Was "bridge" Indicating The Song's Bridge Section . Due To Harrison's Handwriting However Clapton Misread It As "badge" — And The Song Was Titled Soon Thereafter. Harrison Remembered The Story Slightly Differently "I Helped Eric Write 'Badge' You Know. Each Of Them Had To Come Up With A Song For That Goodbye Cream Album And Eric Didn't Have His Written. We Were Working Across From Each Other And I Was Writing The Lyrics Down And We Came To The Middle Part So I Wrote 'Bridge.' Eric Read It Upside Down And Cracked Up Laughing-- 'What's BADGE?' He Said. After That Ringo Starr Walked In Drunk And Gave Us That Line About The Swans Living In The Park." A Common Legend Or Misconception Is That The Name Came About Because Its Chord Progression Is B-A-D-G-E It Is Not Or Simply Because An Anagram Of A Guitar's Standard Tuning E-A-D-G-B-E Can Be Arranged To Spell "Badge". The Arpeggiated Guitar Part In The Song's Bridge Resembles Some Of Harrison's Contemporary Beatles Riffs Including "You Never Give Me Your Money" "Here Comes The Sun" And "Carry That Weight". The Guitar Part Also Strongly Resembles That Of Ringo's Solo Effort "It Don't Come Easy" Written In Collaboration With Harrison . Harrison Himself However Has Stated That He Didn't Play The Aforementioned Riff On "Badge". In The U.S.A. Atco Records' Initial Releases Of Goodbye And Of "Badge" As A Single Gave The Song's Writing Credit To Eric Clapton Alone With Publishing Credit To Robert Stigwood's Company Casserole BMI . ATCO Would Correct This Later In 1969 With The Release Of Best Of Cream Which Lists Both Clapton And George Harrison As The Song's Authors. The U.K. Single Of "Badge" Released By Polydor Records Gave Writing Credit To Both Clapton And Harrison With Publishing Credit Going To Dratleaf And Harrisongs Ltd. Since The Early 1990s The Writing Credit Has Been Listed As Clapton/Harrison With Publishing Credit Going To E.C. Music Ltd. And Harrisongs. Despite His Contribution To The Song's Lyrics Ringo Starr Is Not Credited As A Co-Author Of "Badge." Original Goodbye Performers Eric Clapton – Lead Guitar And Vocals
Jack Bruce – Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals
Ginger Baker – Drums
Felix Pappalardi – Piano And Mellotron
George Harrison Credited For Contractual Reasons As "L'Angelo Misterioso" – Rhythm Guitar
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Eric Patrick Clapton CBE Born 30 March 1945 Is An English Rock And Blues Guitarist Singer And Songwriter. He 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 Of Cream. Clapton Has Been Referred To As One Of The Most Important And Influential Guitarists Of All Time. Clapton Ranked Second In Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The "100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time" And Fourth In Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists Of All Time". He Was Also Named Number Five In Time Magazine's List Of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" In 2009. In The Mid-1960s Clapton Left The Yardbirds To Play With John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. Immediately After Leaving Mayall Clapton Formed The Power Trio Cream With Drummer Ginger Baker And Bassist Jack Bruce In Which Clapton Played Sustained Blues Improvisations And "arty Blues-Based Psychedelic Pop". After Cream Broke Up He Formed Blues Rock Band Blind Faith With Baker Steve Winwood And Ric Grech. Clapton's Solo Career Began In The 1970s Where His Work Bore The Influence Of The Mellow Style Of J. J. Cale And The Reggae Of Bob Marley. His Version Of Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" Helped Reggae Reach A Mass Market. Two Of His Most Popular Recordings Were "Layla" Recorded With Derek And The Dominos And Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" Recorded With Cream. Following The Death Of His Son Conor In 1991 Clapton's Grief Was Expressed In The Song "Tears In Heaven" Which Was Featured On His Unplugged Album. Clapton Has Been The Recipient Of 18 Grammy Awards And The Brit Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music. In 2004 He Was Awarded A CBE At Buckingham Palace For Services To Music. He Has Received Four Ivor Novello Awards From The British Academy Of Songwriters Composers And Authors Including The Lifetime Achievement Award. In His Solo Career Clapton Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide Making Him One Of The Best-Selling Musicians Of All Time. In 1998 Clapton A Recovering Alcoholic And Drug Addict Founded The Crossroads Centre On Antigua A Medical Facility For Recovering Substance Abusers.
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"Badge" is a song performed by Cream, written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison. It was included as a track on Cream's final album, Goodbye. Peaking at number 60 on Billboard's Hot 100, "Badge" was a minor hit after its release as a single in April 1969. The single was much more successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached #18.
"Badge" was originally an untitled track. During the production transfer for the album Goodbye, the original music sheet was used to produce the liner notes and track listing. The only discernible word on the page was "bridge" (indicating the song's bridge section). Due to Harrison's handwriting, however, Clapton misread it as "badge" — and the song was titled soon thereafter.
Harrison remembered the story slightly differently: "I helped Eric write 'Badge' you know. Each of them had to come up with a song for that Goodbye Cream album and Eric didn't have his written. We were working across from each other and I was writing the lyrics down and we came to the middle part so I wrote 'Bridge.' Eric read it upside down and cracked up laughing-- 'What's BADGE?' he said. After that, Ringo Starr walked in drunk and gave us that line about the swans living in the park."
A common legend or misconception is that the name came about because its chord progression is B-A-D-G-E (it is not) or simply because an anagram of a guitar's standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) can be arranged to spell "Badge".
The arpeggiated guitar part in the song's bridge resembles some of Harrison's contemporary Beatles riffs, including "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Carry That Weight". The guitar part also strongly resembles that of Ringo's solo effort "It Don't Come Easy" (written in collaboration with Harrison). Harrison himself, however, has stated that he didn't play the aforementioned riff on "Badge".
In the U.S.A., Atco Records' initial releases of Goodbye and of "Badge" as a single gave the song's writing credit to Eric Clapton alone, with publishing credit to Robert Stigwood's company Casserole (BMI). ATCO would correct this later in 1969 with the release of Best of Cream, which lists both Clapton and George Harrison as the song's authors.
The U.K. single of "Badge" released by Polydor Records gave writing credit to both Clapton and Harrison, with publishing credit going to Dratleaf and Harrisongs Ltd. Since the early 1990s the writing credit has been listed as Clapton/Harrison with publishing credit going to E.C. Music, Ltd. and Harrisongs.
Despite his contribution to the song's lyrics, Ringo Starr is not credited as a co-author of "Badge."
Original Goodbye performers:
Eric Clapton – lead guitar and vocals
Jack Bruce – bass guitar and backing vocals
Ginger Baker – drums
Felix Pappalardi – piano and mellotron
George Harrison (credited, for contractual reasons, as "L'Angelo Misterioso") – rhythm guitar
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