Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and
photographer, and the former wife of both
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
and
Eric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
. She was the inspiration for songs written by both musicians: Harrison's "
Something"Something" is a song by The Beatles, written by lead guitarist George Harrison in 1969. It was featured on the album Abbey Road, and was also the first song written by Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles' single...
", "I Need You", "
For You Blue"For You Blue" is a Beatles song written by George Harrison. It was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" and the eleventh track on the Beatles' final LP release, Let It Be...
" and "
Isn't It a Pity"Isn't It a Pity" is a song by George Harrison from his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. It was written in 1966 but was rejected by John Lennon. It was released as the B-side of "My Sweet Lord" in the United States on November 23, 1970....
", and Clapton's "
Layla"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues-rock band, Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs...
", "
Wonderful Tonight"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand and released as a single the following year. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me...
" and "Bell Bottom Blues".
Boyd started her modelling career in 1962, but was rejected by many photographers owing to her unconventional looks, including rather prominent front teeth, with one saying, "Models don't look like rabbits." Despite this, she modelled in London, New York, and Paris (for
Mary QuantMary Quant OBE FCSD is a British] fashion designer and British fashion icon, who was instrumental in the mod fashion movement. She was one of the designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants. Born in Blackheath, London, to Welsh parents, Quant brought fun and fantasy to...
and others), and was photographed by David Bailey, and
Terence DonovanTerence Daniel Donovan was a British photographer and film director, best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s. He oversaw the music video to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible".Donovan was born in Stepney in the East End of London to Lilian Constance V...
.
An exhibition of photographs taken by Boyd during her relationships with Harrison and Clapton opened at the San Francisco, California
San Francisco Art ExchangeThe San Francisco Art Exchange is a gallery in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in 1983.The gallery first rose to prominence through its role in establishing the work of pinup artist Alberto Vargas as fine art. Less than a year after the San Francisco Art Exchange's 1985 display of...
on February 14, 2005, titled
Through the Eye of a Muse. The exhibition continues to be shown around the world several times a year, with appearances in Dublin, Sydney, Toronto, Moscow, London and Washington, DC, among others.
Early life
Boyd was born in Taunton, Somerset, to Colin Ian Langdon Boyd and Diana Frances Drysdale (married 14 September 1942). She was the eldest child, before Colin (1946),
Helen MaryHelen Mary Boyd is a former 1960s London fashion model. She is also the younger sister of Pattie Boyd, who married Beatle George Harrison....
(later known as Jenny, 1947, later married to
Mick FleetwoodMichael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...
), and Paula (1951). Boyd nicknamed Helen "Jenny", after one of her favourite dolls. The Boyds moved to
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, Kenya, from 1948 to 1953, after her father's discharge from the
Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
following a severe injury as a pilot during
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Diana and Colin divorced in 1952, and Diana returned to England with her four children following her remarriage to Robert Gaymer-Jones in February 1953 in Tanganyika (now
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). They had two sons named David J.B. (1954) and Robert, Jr. (1955).
Boyd attended Hazeldean School,
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, and the St Agnes and St Michael Convent Boarding School,
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as well as St Martha's Convent,
Hadley WoodHadley Wood is a suburb of North London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield, about north north-west of Charing Cross and is situated close to Barnet...
,
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, which she left with 3
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O level passes in 1961. She moved to London in 1962, first working at
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's as a shampoo girl. A client who worked for a fashion magazine asked her if she had thought of modelling as a career.
Career
Boyd modelled in London, New York, and Paris (for Mary Quant), and was photographed by David Bailey and Terence Donovan. She appeared on covers of the UK and Italian editions of
VogueVogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
in 1969. After becoming George Harrison's girlfriend, Boyd was asked by
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to write a regular column for
16 Magazine16 Magazine was a fan magazine based out of New York City. It was the first magazine marketed to adolescents that focused exclusively on celebrities...
.
TwiggyLesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....
, the popular 1960s model, commented that she based her own look on Boyd when starting her modelling career in 1966.
George Harrison
Boyd, who was nearly twenty years old in 1964, met Harrison during the filming of
A Hard Day's NightA Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists...
, in which she was cast as a schoolgirl fan. Boyd was "semi-engaged" to boyfriend Eric Swayne, whom she had dated for about a year, and out of loyalty declined Harrison's first invitation for a date, but said that Harrison was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. One of the first things Harrison said to her was "Will you marry me?" Boyd laughed, so Harrison said, "Well, if you won't marry me, will you have dinner with me tonight?" Several days later, when Boyd was recalled for another day's work on the film, Harrison asked her out again and she accepted, having ended the relationship with Swayne. Their first date was spent at the
Garrick ClubThe Garrick Club is a gentlemen's club in London.-History:The Garrick Club was founded at a meeting in the Committee Room at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Wednesday 17 August 1831...
(a private
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) in
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, in the company of
Brian EpsteinBrian Samuel Epstein , was an English music entrepreneur, and is best known for being the manager of The Beatles up until his death. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle...
, who managed Harrison.
Boyd was present, along with Harrison, John and
Cynthia LennonCynthia Lillian Lennon is the former wife of musician John Lennon, and mother of Julian Lennon. She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. At the age of twelve, she was accepted into the Junior Art School, and was later enrolled in the...
, during their first encounter with
LSDLysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
, in early 1965. John Riley, a dentist and the son of a London police officer, laced their coffee with the drug. After Riley explained what he had done, the four of them soon left. In an agitated state, Boyd threatened to break a store window.
Harrison and Boyd were driving through London in December 1965 when he proposed marriage, but said he would have to talk to Epstein first, to make sure no tours had been planned. Boyd married Harrison on 21 January 1966, in a ceremony at the then Registry Office, Upper High Street, in
EsherEsher is a town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. It is a very prosperous part of the Greater London Urban Area, largely suburban in character, and is situated 14.1 miles south west of Charing Cross....
,
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, with
Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
(Best Man) and Epstein (sharing Best Man duties with Paul) in attendance.
John LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
and
Ringo StarrRichard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
had gone on holiday abroad with their wives, distracting journalists from finding out about the wedding. Boyd had started living with George at Kinfauns in 1965. Boyd and Harrison later went on holiday with Epstein, staying at the Hotel Cap Estel, near
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, in the south of France.
While Lennon was in Spain filming
How I Won the WarHow I Won the War is a black comedy film directed by Richard Lester, released in 1967. The film stars Michael Crawford as bungling British Army Officer Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody, with John Lennon , Jack MacGowran , Roy Kinnear and Lee Montague as soldiers under his command...
in September 1966, Harrison and Boyd flew to
BombayMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
as guests of
sitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
virtuoso
Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
, and returned to London on 23 October 1966. Through her interest in Eastern
mysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
and her membership in the Spiritual Regeneration Movement, she inspired all four Beatles to meet the Indian mystic
Maharishi Mahesh YogiMaharishi Mahesh Yogi , born Mahesh Prasad Varma , developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of the TM movement, characterised as a new religious movement and also as non-religious...
in London on 24 August 1967, which resulted in a visit to
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, to join him again in the following day. Boyd attended the
Our World broadcast of "
All You Need Is Love"All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by 400 million in 26 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967...
", which was shown on 25 June 1967. She accompanied Harrison, with the other Beatles, on their visit to the Maharishi's
ashramTraditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....
in Rishikesh, India in 1968.
Marriage breakdown
Lennon and
Mick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
were also said to have been attracted to Boyd, with Jagger admitting to then-girlfriend
Bebe BuellBeverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell is an American fashion model and singer, and Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. She is also known for dating rock musicians. She is actress Liv Tyler's mother from a brief relationship with Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler...
in the 1980s that he had failed to seduce Boyd after trying for years. Boyd had a brief affair with future Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood in 1973, as her marriage to Harrison was failing. Boyd states that Harrison's increasing
religiousReligion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
explorations, extreme work ethic, and personality changes irrevocably alienated her, until they finally split in June 1974. Although they never reunited, Boyd said that Harrison is the love of her life and that she always regretted not working things out with him. Boyd was extremely upset upon hearing about Harrison's marriage to Olivia Harrison. She always had a good relationship with Harrison after their marriage, and they kept in regular contact throughout Harrison's life.
Eric Clapton
In the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends, and began writing and recording music together. It was reported at this time that Clapton fell in love with Boyd. Clapton also fell in love with Boyd's 17-year-old sister, Paula, who moved in with him. Paula left Clapton when she heard "Layla", because the song confirmed that Clapton had been using her as a substitute for her sister. Boyd claims that when she rebuffed Clapton's advances in late 1970, he descended into
heroin addiction and self-imposed
exileExile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
with
Alice Ormsby-GoreAlice Magdalen Sarah Ormsby Gore was a British socialite.She was the youngest daughter of William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech and his first wife Sylvia Thomas. She became engaged to guitarist Eric Clapton but never married...
for three years. Meanwhile, during Clapton's tenure in
Derek and the DominosDerek and the Dominos were a blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon, who had all played with Clapton in Delaney, Bonnie & Friends...
, their only studio album,
Layla and Other Assorted Love SongsLayla and Other Assorted Love Songs is a blues-rock album by Derek and the Dominos, released in November 1970, best known for its eponymous title track, "Layla"...
, was written to state his love for Boyd. It included the track "Layla", which has become a hit in three different decades and in two different versions. Boyd and Clapton married in 1979, but their public image as a perfect couple masked struggles within the marriage.
Marriage breakdown
Although Boyd drank and admits to past drug use, unlike Clapton she never became an alcoholic or a drug addict. Boyd states that she left Clapton at one point because of his refusal to seek treatment for his alcoholism, and she began seeing a photographer, Will Christie.
In 1984, whilst they were still married, Clapton began a year-long relationship with Yvonne Kelly; they had a daughter, Ruth, born in January 1985. Clapton and Kelly did not make any public announcement about the birth of their daughter, and Ruth was not revealed as his child until 1991, at the funeral of his son Conor. Boyd says that she did not know of Ruth's existence until 1991: "What cut deepest was that Eric had known about the child all along. While declaring undying love to me and pleading with me to go back to him, he had been paying Yvonne
maintenanceIn family law and public policy, child support is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship...
for the past six years."
Boyd states that she divorced Clapton after years of alcoholism as well as numerous affairs on his part, which began before their marriage. Clapton and Boyd
divorceDivorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
d in 1989, following his affair with Italian model Lory Del Santo, who had given birth to his son, Conor, in August 1986. Boyd herself has never been able to conceive children, despite attempts at
in vitro fertilisationIn vitro fertilisation is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside the body: in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed...
. Boyd and Clapton's divorce was granted on the grounds of "infidelity and unreasonable behaviour".
Later years
Boyd's autobiography
Wonderful Today: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me, was published in England on 23 August 2007, by Hodder Headline Review and in the U.S. (as
Wonderful Tonight) on 28 August 2007, by Harmony Books, includes her own photographs and was written with a £950,000 ($2.2 million) advance. It was co-written with journalist
Penny JunorPenny Junor is an English journalist and author.-Education:Junor was educated at the independent Benenden School in Kent and read History at St Andrew's University, but left in her second year to get married....
.
In 2008, Boyd was living in a 17th-century cottage in
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, and was said to be enjoying the prospect of her autobiography competing
head-to-headCompetition in economics is a term that encompasses the notion of individuals and firms striving for a greater share of a market to sell or buy goods and services...
with Clapton's own autobiography. In the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Boyd's book debuted at the top of the
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.
Song inspiration
Boyd claims that she was the inspiration for one of Harrison's songs, "
Something"Something" is a song by The Beatles, written by lead guitarist George Harrison in 1969. It was featured on the album Abbey Road, and was also the first song written by Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles' single...
", which
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said was, at the time, the best love song written in 50 years. Boyd stated that Harrison told her "Something" was written for her, but after they parted Harrison said he was thinking about a song for
Ray CharlesRay Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
. Boyd also stated she was the inspiration for "
Bell Bottom Blues"Bell Bottom Blues" is a song written by Eric Clapton and performed by Derek and the Dominos. It deals with unrequited love and appears on the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. As a single, backed with "Keep on Growing," the song reached #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971...
", which Clapton reportedly wrote after he gave her a pair of blue jeans. In her autobiography, Boyd wrote that Clapton gave her a pair of jeans after returning from a trip to Miami. It appeared on the same album as "Layla", which took its name from a Persian tale of unrequited love that Clapton had received from Abdalqadir as-Sufi.
On 7 September 1976, Clapton wrote "
Wonderful Tonight"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand and released as a single the following year. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me...
" for Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend
PaulSir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
and
Linda McCartneyLinda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....
's annual
Buddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
party. Talking about the song, Boyd says: "For years it tore at me. To have inspired Eric, and George before him, to write such music was so flattering. 'Wonderful Tonight' was the most poignant reminder of all that was good in our relationship, and when things went wrong it was torture to hear it."
Photography
An exhibition of photographs taken by Boyd during her days with Harrison and Clapton opened at the
San Francisco Art ExchangeThe San Francisco Art Exchange is a gallery in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in 1983.The gallery first rose to prominence through its role in establishing the work of pinup artist Alberto Vargas as fine art. Less than a year after the San Francisco Art Exchange's 1985 display of...
on
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2005, titled,
Through the Eye of a Muse. The exhibition also ran again in San Francisco in February 2006, and for six weeks in June and July 2006, in London. It was also on display for a few weeks at the Morrison Hotel gallery in La Jolla, California, in 2008.
Boyd has exhibited photographs taken during her days with Harrison and Clapton, from
Through the Eyes of a Muse, at Gallery Number One, in Dublin, in August and September 2008, and in Toronto, Canada in November and December 2008, at the Great Hall. "Through the Eyes of a Muse" was also exhibited in December 2009 at the Blender Gallery in Sydney, Australia, in May 2009, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and from 28 December 2009 to 10 January 2010 at Lancaster Great House in Barbados.
In July 2011, she exhibited her photographs at
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in southern California. The exhibit was titled "Yesterday and Today: The Beatles and Eric Clapton as Photographed by Pattie Boyd."
In July and August, 2011, she exhibited her photographs in Moscow.
It was announced that on October 12, 2011 the collection would be displayed at the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, DC under the series "Music on ... Photography".
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