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    • Apr 18, 1988
    Polydor releases Eric Clapton's four-disc box set "Crossroads." It includes "Lay Down Sally," a minor country hit from 10 years prior
    Apr 29, 1988
    "Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton files for divorce from Patti Boyd in London
    Jun 22, 1988
    The four-disc Eric Clapton album "Crossroads" is certified gold by the RIAA. The box set includes "Lay Down Sally," a country hit 10 years before
    Oct 17, 1990
    The Eric Clapton box set "Crossroads" is certified platinum by the RIAA. The four-disc project includes "Lay Down Sally," a former country hit
    Mar 20, 1991
    Conor Clapton, the four-year-old son of "Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton, dies when he falls out a window on the 53rd floor of a Manhattan high-rise
    Mar 28, 1991
    Eric Clapton's son, Conor Clapton, is buried in England. Attending the funeral are rockers Phil Collins and George Harrison, who wrote the 1974 Johnny Rodriguez country hit "Something"
    May 28, 1991
    "Time Pieces/Best Of Eric Clapton" is certified gold, platinum and double-platinum by the RIAA, nine years after its release. The album features the rocker's minor country hit "Lay Down Sally"
    Nov 4, 1991
    The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame announces Johnny Cash as a new inductee. Also added: Booker T. & The MGs, Jimi Hendrix, Sam & Dave, Bobby "Blue" Bland, guitar maker Leo Fender, songwriter Doc Pomus and The Yardbirds, including Eric Clapton
    Dec 22, 1991
    The movie "Rush" appears in theaters, with Gregg Allman playing a drug kingpin. On the soundtrack: Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights," and music by Bob Dylan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton and The Charlie Daniels Band
    Jan 15, 1992
    Johnny Cash is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, along with Booker T. & The MGs, Jimi Hendrix, Sam & Dave, Bobby "Blue" Bland, guitar maker Leo Fender, songwriter Doc Pomus and The Yardbirds, including guitarist Eric Clapton
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