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 ...

"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 ...

Amazon “Tears in Heaven” was a major success and won three Grammy Awards, including record of the year, song of the year and best male pop vocal performance.

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 ...

Sept. 7, 2006 — -- Eric Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven" captures the grief and heartbreak the singer-songwriter suffered after the loss of his 4½-year-old son, Conor. Now, 15 years later ...

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 ...

We played together a lot and many of the songs written at that time, including Tears in Heaven, were worked out on those two instruments.” Construction-wise, the guitar features a 26.25” scale ...

Jennings, a Texas native who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006, wrote songs tunes recorded ... "Higher Love" and Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," the latter of which earned ...

Eric Clapton attends 'Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars' during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.

A two-time Record and Song of the Year Grammy winner, Jennings also co-wrote Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" and An Officer and a Gentleman's "Up Where We Belong ...

“The song also solidified Celine Dion’s place as one of music’s most reliable (and shameless) emoters.” Jennings also contributed to “Where Are You Christmas?” from the movie “How ...