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A fixture at proms and weddings, Eric Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend and future wife Pattie to get ready for a night out.

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This is just a preview! Gary from Watford, United KingdomA romantic song dedicated to your wife after a good evening out, i still prefer the original studio version taken off 'slowhand'• They were going to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together, and Clapton was in the familiar position of waiting while she tried on clothes.

Please do me the kindness of letting me help you.

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By then, Eric had had an affair with both her and her sister.

Together for 14 years and married for 12 years.

Eric Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' in 1976 while waiting for his then-girlfriend and future wife Pattie Boyd to get ready for a night out.

Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.

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