Five years after her divorce, Boyd got married to Clapton. In 1974, Pattie Boyd broke up with George due to his continuous affairs with various women including Ringo Starr’s wife. Here is what Pattie Boyd stated about Eric Clapton’s ‘Layla’ as she recalled the first time hearing it: While Eric was writing the lyrics of ‘Layla,’ he was actually influenced by a 7th-century love story which later became popular with Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi’s ‘The Story of Layla and Majnun.’ Clapton told Pattie to listen to the song he had written for her hoping it would convince her to leave George and marry him instead. The song was Clapton’s ‘ Layla‘ which described a man who fell in love with a woman who also loved him but wasn’t available. After he confessed his love for his friend’s wife with a letter he sent her, Eric Clapton also asked Pattie to listen to a new song he had written. George wasn’t the only one who was inspired by Pattie Boyd and wrote a song about his love for her. Due to many problems caused by Harrison’s habits, the couple separated in 1974 and got divorced around three years later. However, George’s love song wasn’t able to prevent their relationship to end. George Harrison inspired by Pattie Boyd and their love while writing the lyrics of ‘Something,’ which became his first composition to become a Beatles A-side. The Beatles released their iconic song ‘Something’ in 1969 as a part of the ‘ Abbey Road’ album. Was Pattie The Muse For Clapton’s ‘Layla’ And The Beatles’ ‘Something’?
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