1972, Derek & The Dominos reach #10 on the charts with "Layla" … their only hit, it qualifies Eric Clapton (in his guise as Derek) as a bonafide member of the One Hit Wonders club … co-written by Clapton, "Layla" is one of the all-time classic rock favorites and features the slide guitar playing of Duane Allman and a wonderful piano-led coda written by Dominos drummer Jim Gordon … the group was ill-fated: Clapton slides into heroin addiction, bassist Carl Radle dies from a drug overdose, and Gordon is serving a life prison sentence for murdering his mother … keyboardist/vocalist Bobby Whitlock came through relatively unscathed, although he had to watch a terrific group fall apart while recording an unfinished second album …
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