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"Change the World" is a song written by #TommySims, #GordonKennedy, and #WayneKirkpatrick and recorded by #country music artist #WynonnaJudd. A later version was recorded by English singer #EricClapton for the #soundtrack of the 1996 film #Phenomenon. Clapton's version was produced by #RAndB record producer #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds. The Clapton release was recorded for #Reprise and #WarnerBrosRecords. While reaching the top 40 in twenty countries.
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"After Midnight" is a rock song by #JJCale, first released in 1966. #EricClapton later covered it for his eponymous album, released in 1970. Clapton's rendition became a success, prompting Cale to re-record the song for his own 1971 album #Naturally. In 1987, Clapton later re-recorded the song for a #Michelob beer commercial and then released the re-recording as a single. "After Midnight" has been considered one of Clapton's #signatureSongs throughout his career.
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"Tulsa Time" is a song written by #DannyFlowers, and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #DonWilliams. It was released in October 1978 as the first single from the album Expressions. It was Williams' eighth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at number one and eleven weeks in the top 40. It was also recorded by #EricClapton for his 1978 album #Backless.
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#OnThisDay in 1999, Christie’s Auction House in New York City conducts sale of 100 of #EricClapton’s guitars to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising nearly $4.5M; "Brownie", a 1956 Fender Stratocaster used on the original recording of "Layla" sells for a then record $450,000.

#OnThisDay in 2004, Christie’s Auction House in New York City conducts sale of 80 of #EricClapton and friends' guitars to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising over $5M; "Blackie", a 1956-57 composite Fender Stratocaster used as his primary instrument form the mid 70s until 1985 sells for a then record $959,500.