Video: 'Eric Clapton wins a handful of Grammys (1993)'

(Wednesday, February 24, 1993, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A self-effacing Eric Clapton won six Grammy Awards, sweeping the pop and rock categories, at tonight’s 35th annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

“I was convinced that this wasn’t worth releasing,” Mr. Clapton said of his album “Unplugged,” a live performance originally telecast on MTV, which was chosen as album of the year and best male solo rock performance.

“There were better songs,” he said of “Tears in Heaven,” the elegiac ballad for his dead son that was named record of the year, best pop vocal and song of the year. Mr. Clapton thanked “my son for the love he gave me and the song he gave me.”

Video: 'Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (1993 Grammys)'

While Clapton won the major awards, he was upstaged by Michael Jackson, who continued his recent media saturation when he accepted an award as a Grammy legend.

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