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Forever Man (album)
''Forever Man'' is a compilation album by the British rock musician Eric Clapton and was released through Reprise Records. Release The pre-order for the compilation album started on March 17, 2015, through the official Eric Clapton website. When ordering the 3-CD and LP-version of the release, a T-shirt with the album's cover, a cup and an 18″ × 24″ lithograph was also available for purchase. On the first day of the album announcement more than 37,000 copies were pre-ordered. With the total pre-order sales being added up, ''Forever Man'' reached position ten on the American pre-order chart. Until the actual release in the United States of the album on 28 April 2015, the compilation was pre-ordered more than 151,000 times. In Venezuela the album has been available since April 28, and has sold more than 5,000 copies, becoming a gold record in the first two days."Clapton in the charts again! - The new 2015 album", May 2015. The same release day was set for the United States, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of the "Top 100 Greatest Guitar Players of all Time, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson (guitar company), Gibsons "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was named number five in ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009. After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds from 1963 to 1965, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1965 to 1966. After leaving Mayall, he formed the power trio Cream (band), Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". After four successful albums, Cream broke up in November 1968. Clapton then fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart
"I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" is a song written by Troy Seals, Eddie Setser, and Steve Diamond and recorded by Eric Clapton. It appeared on Clapton's album ''Money and Cigarettes'' released in January 1983. The release was successful in the United States, peaking at 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and reached number 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart the same year. Adaptation In 2010, it was used as part of an advertisement campaign for a Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Fender edition of the T-Mobile HTC Magic myTouch 3G telephone. Clapton also appeared in the commercial, and resurrected the song for his North American tour with Roger Daltrey. This re-boosted popularity of the song, and as of February 2010 the song had shifted 112,798 digital downloads in the United States. The song is also used prominently in a first season episode of ''List_of_Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)_episodes, Knight Rider'' titled "A Nice, Indecent Little Town". Chart positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Love (Eric Clapton Song)
"Bad Love" is a song recorded by English singer and guitarist Eric Clapton, who co-wrote it with Foreigner's lead guitarist Mick Jones. The track was released in the UK in January 1990 as the first single from Clapton's 1989 studio album ''Journeyman''. The song features Phil Collins on drums and harmony background vocals. It was produced by Clapton's then long-time partner Russ Titelman. At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, Clapton won an award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The single release reached various international single music charts and sold a total of 250,000 copies worldwide. A music video was released in 1989 to accompany the single release. Release "Bad Love" was released as the second US single from Eric Clapton's 1989 studio album ''Journeyman'' in March 1990. However, promotional single releases in the United Kingdom on 7-inch vinyl, and in the United States on a CD single were released in 1989 under license of Warner Bros. Records. For whole of Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptile (album)
''Reptile'' is the fourteenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton. The album was produced by Eric Clapton with Simon Climie and is Clapton's first album to include keyboard work by Billy Preston and background vocals by the Impressions. The album reached the Top 10 in 20 countries, topping the national album charts in three of them. In total, the album sold more than 2.5 million copies and gained several certification awards around the globe. To help promote album sales, music network VH1 streamed the album in full on TV. Clapton presented the album on his Reptile World Tour in 2001. Critical reception ''Rolling Stones Anthony DeCurtis thought Clapton combines both blues and pop music very well and "blends virtually every style he's worked in during the past thirty-five years". ''PopMatters'' critic Simon Warner felt the album "could have been mawkish but it's actually quite moving. Clapton, circumspect as a composer and still highly adept as a musical practitioner, has his ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Sun (Eric Clapton Album)
''Behind the Sun'' is the ninth solo studio album by Eric Clapton, released on 11 March 1985 by Duck Records / Warner Bros. Records. It is Clapton's first collaborative project with Phil Collins who co-produced the album and played on some of the tracks. While recording the album Clapton temporarily split with his wife. Background and recording After nearly a decade of Clapton's guitar playing taking a backseat to his singing/songwriting, this album contains several guitar solos. The album includes synthesizers and drum machines played by Phil Collins, Ted Templeman, Peter Robinson, Michael Omartian, James Newton Howard, Chris Stainton and Greg Phillinganes, as well as Clapton's Roland guitar synthesizer on "Never Make You Cry". Bassists Donald "Duck" Dunn from Booker T. & the MG's and Nathan East (later of the smooth jazz quartet Fourplay) also played on the sessions. In his autobiography, Clapton remembers the 1984 session pleasantly: "The whole thing is going so great, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Lynn Williams
Jerry Lynn Williams (October 30, 1948 – November 25, 2005) was an American rock music singer and composer. He wrote such hits as " Forever Man", " See What Love Can Do", " Something's Happening", " Running on Faith" and " Pretending" for Eric Clapton. Life Williams was born in Dallas, Texas. Discography He contributed two songs, " Real Man" and " I Will Not Be Denied", to Bonnie Raitt's 1989 album '' Nick of Time''. He had previously written material for Raitt's 1986 album '' Nine Lives''. He also wrote songs for Robert Plant, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan. As a performer, he led the band High Mountain (later renamed The Jerry Williams Group), which released an album on Columbia Records in 1970. Solo, he released albums on Warner Bros. Records and CBS Records during the 1970s, and his break as a songwriter came when Delbert McClinton's cover of a song from his second album, "Givin' It Up for Your Love", reached the Top 40. In his autobiography, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Man
"Forever Man" is a song from Eric Clapton's 1985 album '' Behind the Sun'', released as the first single of the album. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks chart, becoming his second single to do so. In total, the single release sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. Composition Clapton had just signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records when he started recording ''Behind the Sun''. When the album was completed, the record company rejected it because they felt it did not have enough singles. They commissioned three songs by composer Jerry Lynn Williams, one of which was "Forever Man". The song begins with a riff in which a bass, guitar and synth play. The song has an intro, verse, chorus, verse solo and final chorus structure and is in the key of D Minor. Music video and appearance The song produced Clapton's first music video, showing Clapton performing the song with his tour band Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jamie Oldaker, Michael Omartian, Tim Renwick, Shaun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me The Breeze
"Call Me the Breeze" is a rock song by J. J. Cale. It first appeared on his 1972 debut album, '' Naturally'', as the opening track. The song consists of a 12-bar blues guitar shuffle and features the early use of a drum machine. Lynyrd Skynyrd version Like many Cale songs, "Call Me the Breeze" has been covered numerous times by an assortment of musicians, most notably Lynyrd Skynyrd on their albums '' Second Helping'' (1974) and the live disc '' One More from the Road'' (1976), Mason Proffit on their 1972 album ''Rockfish Crossing'', Bobby Bare on his album ''Bobby Bare: The Country Store Collection (1988)'', Johnny Cash on his album '' Water from the Wells of Home'' (1988) with his son John Carter Cash, John Mayer on his 2013 album '' Paradise Valley'', former Guns N' Roses guitarist and songwriter Izzy Stradlin' in 2016, and UK singer Alan Price on his 1977 album ''Two of a Kind'' with Rob Hoeke. Many of the cover versions available have been performed as tributes to L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack Album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', the soundtrack to the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', in 1938. The first soundtrack album of a film's orchestral score was that for Alexander Korda's 1942 film ''Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book'', composed by Miklós Rózsa. Overview When a feature film is released, or during and after a television series airs, an music album, album in the form of a soundtrack is frequently released alongside it. A soundtrack typically contains instrumentation or alternatively a film score. But it can also feature songs that were sung or performed by characters in a scene (or a cover version of a song in the media, re-recorded by a popular artist), songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush (1991 Soundtrack)
''Rush'' is the soundtrack album for the 1991 film of the same name. Written and performed by Eric Clapton, the soundtrack album includes the song " Tears in Heaven," which won three Grammy Awards in 1993. In a review of the album, ''AllMusic Guide'' wrote: "This album has far more impact than you might expect from the score to a movie — there's a sense of the music here working something out in Clapton's heart, a sense given a lot of power thanks to the intense, heart-rending passion invoked by some of the turns taken here. At its best, Clapton's music can speak of the pain he feels — and Clapton has rarely been better than he is here." Track listing All songs written by Eric Clapton, except where noted: Personnel Musicians – Score * Eric Clapton – guitar * Randy Kerber – keyboards * Greg Phillinganes – keyboards * Chuck Leavell – piano and organ * Robbie Kondor – synthesizer * Nathan East – bass * Tim Drummond – bass * Steve Ferrone – drums * Lenny Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Jennings
Wilbur Herschel Jennings (June 27, 1944 – September 6, 2024) was an American lyricist. He was known for writing the songs " Up Where We Belong", " Higher Love", " Tears in Heaven" and "My Heart Will Go On". He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and won several awards including three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Background Wilbur Herschel Jennings was born in Kilgore, Texas, on June 27, 1944, the youngest of three siblings. He had two sisters, Joyce and Gloria. He attended school near Tyler, Texas, in the Chapel Hill Independent School District. He graduated from Tyler Junior College and taught English at the college. In 1966, Jennings earned his B.A. from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas; he earned a master's degree the following year and taught English there. He taught at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire for three years, then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1971 to begin his songwriting ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears In Heaven
"Tears in Heaven" is a song by English guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor. It appeared on the 1991 ''Rush'' film soundtrack. In January 1992, Clapton performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for ''MTV Unplugged'', with the recording appearing on his '' Unplugged'' album. The song is Clapton's best-selling single in the United States, reaching number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In Clapton's native United Kingdom, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted in the top 10 in more than 20 countries. It won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Tears in Heaven" 353rd on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Writing On 20 March 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, whom he had with Lory Del Santo, died after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
