The song in question, "Tears in Heaven," was inspired by the death of Clapton's 4-year-old son Conor after a tragic fall from a New York high-rise where the boy had been living with his mother ...

Clapton, 79, famously performed an acoustic version of his hit single “Tears in Heaven” for Unplugged, which aired as an MTV special and was later released as a live album. Prior to recording ...

Eric Clapton's ‘Tears in Heaven’ guitar has recently fetched $101,600 at auction. The 1977 Juan Alvarez acoustic guitar in natural finish was originally owned and played by musician and music ...

"Tears in Heaven" (composed by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings) was Clapton's way of pouring his grief and growing acceptance of Conor's loss into his music. The song was created for the 1991 film ...

That was the time he co-wrote “Tears in Heaven” with Will Jennings. Jennings previously shared how he and Clapton worked on the song. “[Clapton] said to me, ‘I want to write a song about ...

Here’s how it works. If there’s one song Eric Clapton probably wished he’d never written, it’s Tears In Heaven. A lament to his deceased son Conor, and also full of Clapton’s own self-loathing, it ...

Mourning for his son, Clapton began writing one of his biggest hits “Tears in Heaven.” Soon after the tragedy, both added another track as a tribute and lament to Clapton’s son. Initially ...

Listen to Eric Clapton Perform 'Tears in Heaven' In a 2005 interview with Mojo, Clapton said Conor's death "threw me into ... a wobble," and in the immediate aftermath of the accident, he coped by ...

Eric Clapton opened up about how song Tears In Heaven enabled him to grieve son Conor's death aged four in an unearthed interview for a new TV special. Conor, the son of Clapton, now 79 and model ...