Bobby Whitlock, founding member of Derek and the Dominos whose soulful keyboard and vocals shaped the band’s only album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs," and whose session work is heard on records by George Harrison,

Rock singer-songwriter Bobby Whitlock, who performed alongside Eric Clapton in Derek and the Dominos, has died at the age of 77.

Stax Records signed Whitlock as the first white artist to join singers like Otis Redding and Sam & Dave at the label.