3 Songwriting Teams Behind Cream's Wheels of Fire

Jack Bruce and Pete Brown Bruce and lyricist Brown wrote four songs, including the hit “White Room.” Their partnership produced the album’s most memorable original material.

Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor Baker collaborated with jazz pianist Mike Taylor on three tracks, including the lengthy “Those Were the Days.” These songs brought a jazz-influenced complexity to the record.

Eric Clapton’s blues covers Clapton contributed no original songs but brought in covers of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Sitting on Top of the World” and Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign.” These tracks grounded the album in the blues tradition.