Guide Note

While model and photographer Pattie Boyd is not a musician, the mark she has made on the world of rock music as an inspiration for ex-husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton is indelible. First married to Harrison while he was in The Beatles, she was the subject of the song "Something," a #1 hit love song appearing on the Abbey Road album.¹

Fast Facts

1. Name: Patricia Anne Boyd
2. Born: March 17, 1944
3. Birthplace: Taunton, Somerset, England
4. First wife of Beatle George Harrison
5. Divorced George Harrison and married Eric Clapton in 1979
6. Boyd's memoir, entitled Wonderful Tonight, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list

While still married, Boyd became the muse for Harrison's friend Eric Clapton, whose unrequited love for her inspired such songs as "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues". Eventually, Clapton and Boyd would marry, and Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" would be another, in a line of classic songs written for her.¹

In August 2008, Boyd had a photo exhibition called Through The Eye Of A Muse debut at Gallery Number One in Dublin, Ireland. The photos chronicle her time with George Harrison and Eric Clapton.²