The most important and influential guitarist of all time is Eric Clapton.
You will always be enchanted with his type of music, as his music genres are blues and rock.
Eric Clapton was born in March 1945 in Ripley, England and he started his career in 1962. He is still active in the world of music and he is one of the greatest guitarists, singers, and songwriters.
Over the years, he collaborated on different albums with many worldwide known artists.
We can hear his songs on the radio, TV, shows, and mostly weddings, as he is an absolute romantic.
Among his most famous songs, we can name Have You Ever Loved a Woman, My Father's Eyes, or Wonderful Tonight.
Wonderful Tonight is considered to be a ballad belonging to the soft rock music genre. The song was released in November 1977 and it was dedicated to Pattie Boyd.
The song was released as part of the album named Slowhand, it has a length of 3:43 minutes in the album version and was released under the RSO label.
The story behind the free Wonderful Tonight piano sheet music is very beautiful, as the song was composed for Pattie Boyd, while Eric Clapton was waiting for her to get ready to go together to an annual Buddy Holly party.
The song is also mentioned in her autobiographical book.
The instrumental part of the song is beautiful, it has a great melodic line, having in its composition elements like lead vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, bass guitar, and Hammond organ.
The song is a classic, absolutely loved by the public and by the critics and over the years has been covered by some famous artists and bands, for example, Damage version in 1997, David Kersh in 1998 or Michael Buble in 2007, a version that reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
If you have not tried playing it at your piano yet, we strongly recommend you to use the free Wonderful Tonight piano sheets on our website and come back with your opinion afterward.
