It is one of the greatest hits of all time and Eric Clapton's (top right) most famous song. But now a female singer has claimed that she actually penned part of 'Layla' - and did not get the credit for it.
Rita Coolidge (left) claims Clapton used the chords and melody that she played for him at Olympic Studios in London in 1970.
According to rock lore, Layla was Clapton's declaration of undying love to Pattie Boyd who at the time was married to his best friend, Beatle George Harrison (together, bottom right). Coolidge claims that when she asked Clapton's manager, the late Robert Stigwood, for a credit he told her to get lost and said: 'You're a girl singer - what are you going to do?'
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