Melody soul star Green withdrew from Clapton classic (5)
I believe the answer is:
layla
'clapton classic' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'melody soul star green withdrew' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'melody' could be 'lay' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'lay' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'la' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for layla that I've seen before include "female" , "Woman" .)