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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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Knockin' On Heaven's Door Is A Song Written And Performed By Bob Dylan For The Soundtrack Of The 1973 Film Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. It Reached #12 On The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. In 2004 Representatives Of The Music Industry And The Press Voted It #190 In Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time Issue. Although It Was Originally Recorded As An Acoustic Folk Song "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" Has Been Covered Extensively In Many Styles Most Famously By British Blues-Rocker Eric Clapton And By American Hard-Rock Group Guns N' Roses. Eric Clapton Recorded A Version Of The Song In June 1975 And Released It As A Single Later That Year Two Years After Dylan's Version Was Released. Live Recordings From This Era Can Be Found On Official Clapton Releases Such As 1996's Crossroads 2 Live In The Seventies Which Features A London Performance From April 1977. The Song Was Not Included On A Full-Length Album Until The Release Of The 1982 Compilation Time Pieces The Best Of Eric Clapton. In 1989 Clapton And David Sanborn Backed Singer Randy Crawford In A New Version Recorded For The Soundtrack Of The Film Lethal Weapon 2.
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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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Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2004, representatives of the music industry and the press voted it #190 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue.
Although it was originally recorded as an acoustic folk song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has been covered extensively in many styles, most famously by British blues-rocker Eric Clapton and by American hard-rock group Guns N' Roses.
Eric Clapton recorded a version of the song in June 1975 and released it as a single later that year, two years after Dylan's version was released. Live recordings from this era can be found on official Clapton releases such as 1996's Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies, which features a London performance from April 1977. The song was not included on a full-length album until the release of the 1982 compilation Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton. In 1989, Clapton and David Sanborn backed singer Randy Crawford in a new version recorded for the soundtrack of the film Lethal Weapon 2. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.