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Eric Clapton

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Also known as Eric Patrick Clapton, Slowhand

chitarrista e cantautore britannico

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Eric Patrick Clapton is a British-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and jazz musician born in Ripley, Surrey, England, in 1945. He is right-handed and speaks English. Clapton has been a member of the bands Cream, The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and Blind Faith. His musical genres include rock music, blues, blues rock, and psychedelic rock. He has recorded for Atco Records and Polydor.

Clapton has received several awards, including induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Silver Clef Award. He participated in Live Aid and The Concert for Bangladesh. He is married to Pattie Boyd and owns the guitars Blackie and Brownie. Clapton was educated at Kingston University and has a medical condition of peripheral neuropathy.

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Ripley, Surrey, England, UK

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton 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 Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's…

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  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self2026
  • Pino — Self2025
  • Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later — Guitar / Vocals2025
  • Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert — Self2024
  • Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson — Self2024
  • The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words2024
  • Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
  • Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues — Self2023
  • Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock — Self - Vocals, Guitar2023

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945
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3,437,820
Total plays
82,123,882

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Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". In 2023, Rolling Stone named Clapton the 35th best guitarist of all time. He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Clapton">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Instance of
human
Given name
Eric
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ripley
Occupation
recording artist
Languages spoken
English language
Participant in
The Concert for Bangladesh
Genre
hard rock
Instrument
keyboard instrument
Record label
Polydor
Discography
Eric Clapton discography
Official website
www.ericclapton.com
Image
Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 24th May 2017 EricClaptonRAH240517-30 (34987232355) (cropped).jpg
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Eric Clapton
date of birth
1945-03-30
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handedness
right-handedness
birth name
Eric Patrick Clapton
medical condition
peripheral neuropathy
start of work period
1962-00-00
name in native language
Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
pseudonym
Slowhand
copyright representative
PRS for Music
social media followers
1600000
related category
Category:Films scored by Eric Clapton
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end of work period
2023-00-00
short name
Eric Clapton
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Article · Italiano

Eric Patrick Clapton (IPA: [ˈɛɹɪk ˈpætɹɪk ˈklæptən]; Ripley, 30 marzo 1945) è un chitarrista e cantautore britannico. Soprannominato Slowhand ("mano lenta"), Clapton è annoverato fra i chitarristi blues e rock più famosi e influenti. Nell'arco della sua lunga carriera ha collaborato con altri artisti acclamati e ha militato in numerosi gruppi (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos) prima di affermarsi come solista, sperimentando nel corso degli anni svariati stili musicali, dal blues di matrice tradizionale al rock psichedelico, dal reggae al pop rock. Figura al secondo posto della classifica dei cento più grandi chitarristi di tutti i tempi stilata dalla rivista Rolling Stone e al quarto posto della classifica dei migliori cinquanta chitarristi di tutti i tempi secondo Gibson.

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