Eric Clapton
Rođen 1945 u Engleskoj pod pravim imenom Eric Patrick Clapton. Šezdesetih godina prošlog stoljeća zvali su ga "Eric Clapton, The God" Pisac tekstova i gitarista grupa Yarbirds and The Cream. Prema Rolling Stones listi najvećih gitarista svijeta zauzima 2 mjesto, a prema Gibsonu zauzima 4 mjesto.
Sredinom 60 godina Clapton napušta Yardbirdse i posvećuje se blues glazbenom pravcu. Pridružuje se grupi John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Prema glazbi koju svira nazvali su ga nadimkom "Slowhand".
Najveći diskografski uspjesi:
Mean Streets (1973) – "I Looked Away"
Private Lessons (1981 film) (1981) – Next Time You See Her
Purple Haze (1983) – "I Feel Free"
The Hit (1984) – Score
Miami Vice (1984–1989) – Four songs over the course of the show's five seasons: "Wonderful Tonight", "Knock On Wood", "She's Waiting", and "Layla"
Back to the Future (1985) – "Heaven Is One Step Away"
Edge of Darkness (1985) – Soundtrack
The Color of Money (1986) – "It's In The Way That You Use It"
SpaceCamp (1986 film) – "Forever Man" plays when Tate Donovan's character arrives at the Space Camp
The German car manufacturer Opel and Vauxhall in the UK used the guitar riff of Clapton's "Layla" in its advertising campaign throughout in 1987–95.
Lethal Weapon (1987) – Soundtrack with Michael Kamen
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Communion (1989) - Clapton wrote the score
Goodfellas (1990) – "Layla" and "Sunshine of Your Love"[126]
Rush (1991) – Clapton wrote the score
Wayne's World (1992) – "Loving your Loving"
Peter's Friends (1992) – "Give Me Strength"
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) – Clapton contributed to the score and co-wrote and co-performed the song "It's Probably Me" with Sting and "Runaway Train" with Elton John.
True Lies (1994) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
The Simpsons episode "Mother Simpson" (1995) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
Twister (1996) – "Motherless Child"
Phenomenon (1996) – "Change the World"
The Van (1996) – Soundtrack
Happy Gilmore (1996) – "Wonderful Tonight"
Patch Adams (1998) – "Let It Rain"
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) – "Pilgrim"
City of Angels (1998) – "Further On Up The Road"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes "Band Candy" and "Forever" (1998) – "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Runaway Bride (1999) – "Blue Eyes Blue"
The Story of Us (1999) – "(I) Get Lost" (featured multiple times)
Friends episode "The One with the Proposal, Part 2" (2000) – "Wonderful Tonight"
Dancing At The Blue Iguana (2000) – "River of Tears"
A Knight's Tale (2001) – "Further On Up The Road"
Blow (2001) – "Strange Brew"
Friends episode "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two" (2002) – "River of Tears"
Futurama episode "The 30% Iron Chef" (2002) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
The Sopranos episode "Whitecaps" (2002) – Tony Soprano is seen listening to "Layla" in his Suburban.
School Of Rock (2003) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
Starsky & Hutch (2004) – "Cocaine"
Anger Management (2004) – "Strange Brew"
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) – "Cocaine"
Bad News Bears (2005) – "Cocaine"
Lords of Dogtown (2005) – "Strange Brew"
Lord of War (2005) – "Cocaine"
United States of Tara episode – "Cocaine"
Community episode – "Layla"
The Good Guys Episode Silvio's Way – "Layla"
Due Date (2010) – "White Room"
Shameless (U.S. TV series) (2011) – "White Room"