"I SHOT THE SHERIFF" ● Eric Clapton

ERIC CLAPTON / Reprise Records 1994 Publicity Photo - Credit: Jack English / IVOX MEDIA collection

"I SHOT THE SHERIFF" ● Eric Clapton

The Song● I Shot the Sheriff

Writer● Bob Marley

Producer● Tom Dowd

Recorded● Spring 1974 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida

Released● August 1974

Players●
:: Eric Clapton -- vocals, guitar
:: George Terry -- guitar
:: Dick Sims -- organ
:: Carl Radle -- bass
:: Jamie Oldaker -- drums
:: Yvonne Elliman -- vocals

Album● 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO, 1974)

Also On●
:: Time Pieces: The Best Of Eric Clapton (RSO, 1982)
:: Crossroads (Polydor, 1988)
:: The Cream Of Clapton (Chronicles, 1995)
:: Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies) (Chronicles, 1996)
:: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Eric Clapton (Polydor, 2004) and other compilations

461 Ocean Boulevard ● Eric Clapton

461 Ocean Boulevard is Eric Clapton’s second solo studio album. It was released in late July 1974 by RSO Records, after the record company released the hit single "I Shot the Sheriff" earlier in the month. The album topped various international charts and sold more than two million copies.

The song "I Shot The Sheriff," is a cover of the Bob Marley song, and was the first Clapton single to hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached Number Four in the U.K. Thanks to a strong reggae presence in the British music scene, Eric Clapton was aware of Bob Marley & the Wailers long before mainstream rock audiences.

461 Ocean Boulevard was Clapton's first studio album under his own name in four years. It marked a comeback following a debilitating heroin addiction that kept him out of sight for many months. He overcame it with the help of acupuncture treatments in 1973.

Produced by veteran Tom Dowd -- best known for his work with the Allman Brothers Band -- it was recorded with a group that featured bassist Carl Radle from Derek & the Dominos, and backup singer Yvonne Elliman, who later had a Number One hit of her own with "If I Can't Have You" from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

461 Ocean Boulevard was Clapton's first Number One album on the Billboard 200 chart. Both the single of "I Shot the Sheriff" and the album 461 Ocean Boulevard have gone gold, for sales of over 500,000 copies.

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