2007-01-16 07:23:37 · 14 answers · asked by jue 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Yes you're correct, the song is about Pattie Boyd. Apparently
Clapton's inspiration for the song came as he grew impatient for Boyd to finish dressing for a party that they were both going to.
2007-01-16 07:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by Pumpkin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Wonderful Tonight" was indeed written for Patti Boyd, but by this time she was Clapton's wife. "Layla" (recorded by Eric Clapton under the name Derek and The Dominoes) was also written for Boyd at the time she was married to George Harrison.
Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton two years later, divorcing in 1989.
2007-01-16 15:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had to be her. They hooked up in the mid 70s & married in '79. The song came out in '77 or '78.
2007-01-16 15:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It WAS George Harrisons wife he wrote it about...Layla was writen about his mums cat (probably), and tears in heaven was written about his son falling from an apartment window.
....I mighta made that bit up about the cat though...(cough)
2007-01-19 15:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by Steve h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sort of....after Patti and George divorced, she married Clapton and it was then that he wrote the song
2007-01-16 17:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the song your thinking of is Layla. Layla was dedicated to George Harrisson's wife.
2007-01-16 15:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Layla was for George's wife
2007-01-16 18:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is about Patti Harrison (as is Layla)
2007-01-16 15:34:40 · answer #8 · answered by alanprogrock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And Tears in Heaven was song of the year in 1993...
2007-01-16 15:31:04 · answer #9 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe it was his own wife, the mother of the son he tragically lost in a fall from an apartment window, he dedicated tears in heaven to him.
2007-01-16 15:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by CHARISMA 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋