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Rita Coolidge says Eric Clapton owes her a writing credit for one of the most celebrated songs in rock
More than half a century since the release of “Layla,” one of the most iconic tracks in Eric Clapton’s canon, Rita Coolidge is still waiting to be credit for writing the outro’s piano lines.
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