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* NamesTheSame: Unfortunately, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gordon did not moonlight as a police commissioner.]]
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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was co-written by Gordon and his then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge, derived from the song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir ''Literature/DeltaLady''.[[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rita-coolidge-layla/]]

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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was co-written by Gordon and his then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge, derived from the song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir ''Literature/DeltaLady''.[[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rita-coolidge-layla/]]com/rita-coolidge-layla/]] She received no songwriting credit for it.
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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was co-written by Gordon and his then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge, derived from the song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir ''Literature/DeltaLady''.

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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was co-written by Gordon and his then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge, derived from the song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir ''Literature/DeltaLady''.[[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rita-coolidge-layla/]]
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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was written by Gordon's then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge; Gordon claimed authorship for the music himself.

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* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was written co-written by Gordon's Gordon and his then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge; Gordon claimed authorship for Music/RitaCoolidge, derived from the music himself.song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir ''Literature/DeltaLady''.

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* CreatorBacklash: The band's concept, at least [[WordOfGod as explained by Whitlock]], was devised in part as [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth a sort of backlash]] against the eleven-piece Delaney & Bonnie band. [[{{Irony}} He currently tours the Dominos songs (and his solo output) alongside his wife, a sax player.]]

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* CreatorBacklash: The band's concept, at least [[WordOfGod as explained by Whitlock]], was devised in part as [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth a sort of backlash]] against the eleven-piece [[Music/DelaneyAndBonnieAndFriends Delaney & Bonnie and Friends]] band. [[{{Irony}} He currently tours the Dominos songs (and his solo output) alongside his wife, a sax player.]]



* ThrowItIn: Upon hearing Sam Samudio in a nearby studio singing "Key to the Highway", the group spontaneously began jamming on the song. Producer Tom Dowd turned on the recording machines a short ways in (supposedly by walking in, hearing them and shouting at someone to roll the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking tape!]], which is why the song fades in), and this nine-minute, solo-packed take found its way onto the final album.

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* ThrowItIn: Upon hearing Sam Samudio in a nearby studio singing "Key to the Highway", the group spontaneously began jamming on the song. Producer Tom Dowd turned on the recording machines a short ways in (supposedly by walking in, hearing them and shouting at someone to roll the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking tape!]], which is why the song fades in), and this nine-minute, solo-packed take found its way onto the final album.album.
* UncreditedRole: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Music/EricClapton and Music/JimGordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was written by Gordon's then-girlfriend Music/RitaCoolidge; Gordon claimed authorship for the music himself.
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* NamesTheSame: Unfortunately, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gordon did not moonlight as a police commissioner.]]

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* NamesTheSame: Unfortunately, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gordon did not moonlight as a police commissioner.]]
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* CreatorBacklash: The band's concept, at least [[WordOfGod as explained by Whitlock]], was devised in part as [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth a sort of backlash]] against the eleven-piece Delaney & Bonnie band. [[{{Irony}} He currently tours the Dominos songs (and his solo output) alongside his wife, a sax player.]]
* NamesTheSame: Unfortunately, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gordon did not moonlight as a police commissioner.]]
* ThrowItIn: Upon hearing Sam Samudio in a nearby studio singing "Key to the Highway", the group spontaneously began jamming on the song. Producer Tom Dowd turned on the recording machines a short ways in (supposedly by walking in, hearing them and shouting at someone to roll the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking tape!]], which is why the song fades in), and this nine-minute, solo-packed take found its way onto the final album.

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