Derek & The Dominos

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Released Their One And Only Album ‘LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS’ This Day 55 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

9 November 2025

Band: DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Who: Super rock group featuring guitar
hero Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle
and Jim Gordon.

Album: LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS.
Their one and only LP.

It was released on 9 November 1970, today 55 years ago
and went platinum in the US and Canada and platinum in
the UK.

It features classic hit single Layla (more than 546 million streams on Spotify).
Layla was actually about Clapton‘s secret love for his friend George Harrison‘s
wife, photo model Pattie Boyd. They eventually became a couple and were
married for 10 years.

ALBUM


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‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ By DEREK & THE DOMINOS Released 50 Years Ago Today

Posted on by JL

9 November 2020

Band: DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Who: English/American blues-rock supergroup with
Eric ‘God’ Clapton as the main star.
Active: Only one year, 1970-1971

Album: LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS
Their one and only studio LP
Released: 9 November 1970 – 50 years ago today

I guess so many more people know the brilliant single LAYLA but never heard the album it was on it. It’s the passion-filled love song Clapton wrote for Patti Boyd, the wife of his close friend George Harrison, the woman he was secretly in love with. In 1979, they married (Clapton and Harrison stayed friends) but split up in 1987.

Layla
You’ve got me on my knees, Layla
I’m begging, darling please, Layla
Darling won’t you ease my worried mind

Full album…