QUESTION: THIS DAY IN 1945 A FUTURE 3 TIME ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE WAS BORN IN RIPLEY ENGLAND. WHO WAS IT?
ANSWER: ERIC CLAPTON IS BORN IN RIPLEY, ENGLAND. HE FORMS THE BANDS CREAM, BLIND FAITH AND DEREK & THE DOMINOS. HIS BIRTH NAME IS OFTEN ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED AS “ERIC CLAPP,” AS CLAPP IS THE SURNAME OF HIS GRANDPARENTS WHO RAISED HIM.