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‘Layla’ — Derek And The Dominos

Eric Clapton was fascinated by Nizami Ganjavi, a Persian poet from the 12th century, about “The Story of Majnon and Layla” that his friend Ian Dallas told him, who was then was converting to Islam. The story of Nizami is about a princess from the moon who married to a man whom she did not love, and that was the result of Majnun’s foolishness, but somehow it hit Clapton in a deep chord, which he wrote “Layla,” often praised as one of the most famous rock songs ever.

‘Layla’ — Derek And The Dominos