Layla
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Dr Jekyll

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23,820 posts

290 months

Friday 14th April 2017
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How come Rita Coolidge never got a credit for this? Something to do with the coda being just an instrumental version of Time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwJgWqLTeCw

curlyks2

1,075 posts

175 months

Friday 14th April 2017
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The second part of Layla is credited (taking into account the above) to Jim Gordon, who at the time was dating Rita Coolidge. There is evidence/statements that it was known that she actually wrote it. I might speculate that the abusive and violent way their relationship ended could be one reason she didn't argue for the writing credits.