In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as Eric Clapton, Paul Jones, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money and others, which was later released as The Party Album, and as a video.

* Christopher Hjort Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom, 1965-1970, foreword by John Mayall, Jawbone, 2007.

" His works and innovations inspired and influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.

He was also known as The Originator because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock, influencing a host of acts, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and George Michael, among others.

He performed his song " Bo Diddley " with Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, and longtime bassist and musical director Debby Hastings at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 20th annual induction ceremony and in the UK, Uncut magazine included his 1957 debut album " Bo Diddley " in its listing of the ' 100 Music, Movie & TV Moments That Have Changed The World '.

with the top 5 consisting of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Jeff Beck.

King, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

Williamson extended his influence on the young British blues rockers in the 1960s, recording with Eric Clapton and The Yardbirds and appearing on live British television.

During the early 1980s the FujiGen guitar factory also produced most of the Roland guitar synthesizers, including the Stratocaster-style Roland G-505, the twin-humbucker Roland G-202 ( endorsed by Eric Clapton, Dean Brown, Jeff Baxter, Yannis Spathas, Steve Howe, Mike Rutherford, Andy Summers and Steve Hackett ) and the Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010.

Guitarists in the fusion realm fused the post-bop harmonic and melodic language of musicians such as John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis with a hard-edged ( and usually very loud ) rock tone created by iconic guitarists such as Cream's Eric Clapton who'd redefined the sound of the guitar for those unfamiliar with the black blues players of Chicago and, before that, the Delta region of the Mississippi upon whom his style was based.

During his adolescent years, he was influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

* Eric Clapton

He is credited by many rock musicians as an important influence ; Eric Clapton has called Johnson " the most important blues singer that ever lived.

Although this " purist " interest in the blues would have an impact on major British rock musicians, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Jimmy Page, other artists adopted an interest in a wider range of rhythm and blues styles.

He also wrote " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), which contributed to the development of techno, and the international hit " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), a synthpop song for which he sang the vocals through a vocoder and which would later be covered by a number of international artists, including Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton.

In addition to her own work, Crow has performed with The Rolling Stones and has sung duets with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Tony Bennet and Sting among others.

During this period, she discussed in interviews having gone through a deep depression, and there was speculation about a brief affair with Eric Clapton.

The record featured Crow singing many of her hit singles with new musical spins and guest appearances by many other musicians including Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, the Dixie Chicks, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton.

Both Big Pink and The Band also influenced their musical contemporaries, with both Eric Clapton and George Harrison citing the Band as a major influence on their musical direction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Other guests they admired ( and in most cases had worked with before ) included Muddy Waters, Dr. John, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Paul Butterfield, and Neil Diamond.

The Band released two more albums after Jericho: High on the Hog ( 1996 ) and Jubilation ( 1998 ), the latter of which included guest appearances by Eric Clapton and John Hiatt.

The Band has influenced numerous bands, songwriters, and performers, from the Grateful Dead and The Beatles to Eric Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, Elton John, and Phish.

In addition to Lennon and Ono, this first incarnation of the group consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bass player Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White.

Both versions feature Eric Clapton on guitar.

During her career, Ono has collaborated with a diverse group of artists and musicians including John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Cornelius ( Keigo Oyamada, Naoki Shimizu and Yoko Araki ), Frank Zappa, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Jim Keltner, Earl Slick, Peaches, John Cage, David Tudor, George Maciunas, Ornette Coleman, Charlotte Moorman, George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Fred DeAsis, Yvonne Rainer, La Monte Young, Richard Maxfield, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Yo La Tengo, and Andy Warhol ( in 1987 Ono was one of the speakers at Warhol's funeral ).

* Around 980 – 982, Eric the Red discovered Greenland, geographically and geologically a part of the Americas.

* 1886 – Eric Coates, English composer and viola player ( d. 1957 )

* 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor

* 1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer ( d. 2007 )

* 1907 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer ( d. 1977 )

* 1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer

* 1967 – Eric Angle, American wrestler

* 1951 – Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

He married secondly to Anna Maria ( 1532 – 20 March 1568 ), daughter of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1550.

* 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor

* 1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor

* 1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian actor

* 1979 – Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Raspberries )

* 1967 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsledder

* 1999 – Eric Harris, American student who committed the Columbine High School massacre ( b. 1981 )

* 1947 – John Weider, English musician ( Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, and Stud )

* 1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor

* 1987 – Eric Devendorf, American basketball player

* 1965 – Eric Avery, American musician and songwriter ( Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, and Polar Bear )

* 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer

* 1973 – Eric Snow, American basketball player

* 1974 – Eric Kripke, American writer, director, and producer

* 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor

# Katharina ( b. Meissen, 24 July 1468 – d. Göttingen, 10 February 1524 ), married firstly on 24 February 1484 in Innsbruck to Duke Sigismund of Austria, and secondly on 1497 to Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg.