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 ...

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 ...

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 ...