September 21, 2016

"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon. The song was inspired by Clapton's then unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison of The Beatles. In 1966 George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he met during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends. Clapton fell in love with Pattie and wrote the song "Layla," pouring out his feelings for his unrequited love. Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979. During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Pattie called "Wonderful Tonight." Clapton and Boyd eventually divorced in 1988 after several years of separation.