Layla

:For the Saudi Arabian town, see Layla (town).

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"Layla" is the title track on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in December of 1970. It is considered one of rock music's definitive love songs{{ref|AMGfoot}}, featuring an unmistakable guitar figure, played by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, as lead-in. Its famously contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Jim Gordon, similarly to the combination of fragments John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to create "A Day In The Life". Clapton was inspired to write the piece by his burning unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison.

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Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - December - 1970 - Rock music - Eric Clapton - Duane Allman - Jim Gordon - John Lennon - Paul McCartney - A Day In The Life - Unrequited love - Pattie Boyd - George Harrison

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