Floyd Cramer
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Biography
[Edit]A distinctive pianist whose unique, slip-note playing style came to typify the pop-oriented Nashville sound of the late '50s and early '60s, session and solo musician Floyd Cramer was born October 27, 1933, in Louisiana. After a childhood spent largely in Arkansas, he returned to his home state in 1951 and began appearing on the radio program The Louisiana Hayride, where he performed with the likes of Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, and, in his debut, Elvis Presley.
While Cramer cut a few solo sides in 1953, his most important work in the early '50s was as a session musician, where he first met Chet Atkins, who encouraged the pianist to move to Nashville. He did in 1955, rejoining Atkins as the house pianist at RCA Records to begin developing what would ultimately be recognized as the Nashville sound, a style shorn of the elements associated with traditional country and honky tonk instead favoring a more polished, progressive sheen. With Atkins behind the production boards, Cramer began to perfect his unique style of playing, a method not dissimilar to guitar-picking in that he would hit one key and then slide his finger onto the next, creating a blue, lonesome sound. Under Atkins' guidance, Cramer played on hundreds of sessions, including many for Presley, among them "Heartbreak Hotel."
In 1957, Cramer released his own solo debut, That Honky-Tonk Piano, and in the next year scored a minor pop hit with the single "Flip, Flop and Bop." As his solo career was largely secondary in relation to his session work, he recorded his own music sporadically, but in 1960 notched a significant country and pop hit with the self-penned instrumental "Last Date." The follow-up, a cover of Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose," reached the Top Ten of both charts. He also released an LP a year between 1960 and 1962, starting with Hello Blues and followed by Last Date and I Remember Hank Williams.
From 1965 to 1974, Cramer annually released a Class Of... album, a collection of the year's top hits done in his own inimitable style. In 1971, he also teamed with Atkins and saxophonist Boots Randolph for the album Chet, Floyd and Boots. By 1977, Cramer was exploring modern technology, and on the LP Keyboard Kick Band, he played a number of instruments, including a synthesizer. In 1980, he released his last significant hit, a recording of the theme from the hit TV drama Dallas. Though largely quiet for most of the decade, in 1988 Cramer released three separate albums — Country Gold, Just Me and My Piano!, and Special Songs of Love. He died December 31, 1997.
Title: San Antonio Rose (Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/8/70) - Single
Artist: Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins
Genre: Country
Title: Reader's Digest Music: Floyd Cramer: The 1994-95 Reader's Digest Sessions Vol. 1
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Pop
Title: Originals (Original Step-One Recordings)
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Jazz, Country, Pop, Smooth Jazz
Title: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Jazz, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Smooth Jazz
Collections
Title: Nipper's Greatest Hits 60's, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Lost Hits of the 1960's
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Soul and R&B Hits of 1961, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1961, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Rock & Roll Hits
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Great Memories, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Get Your Vinyl Fixxx - Records from the Attic
Genre: Rock
Title: Wonderful Memories of Rock & Roll, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Essential Hits, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Music We Grew up With, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Most Beloved Christmas Holiday Songs
Genre:
Title: Classic Country & Bluegrass Instrumentals
Genre: Country
Title: Cool Jazz, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Unchained Melody: The Best Piano Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Rare Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Big Hits of the 50´s / Big Hits of the 50?s
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Juke Box Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 40 Instrumental Hits - The Big Hits of the 50's Era
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Country Chords
Genre: Country
Title: Nipper's Greatests Hits 60's, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Love Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Rock
Title: It's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: A Big Mix of Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 1961 Hit Songs, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: The Pen of Mel Holt
Genre: Country
Title: All Star Country Christmas
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: All Star Country Christmas
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Orchestral Piano Hits Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Music Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: It's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Sharing Happiness Sharing Love
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 35
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Dance Classics, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz in the Night
Genre:
Title: Juke Box Playlist, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 5 (Original Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Image : 50's & 60's Pop Instrumentals, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Pop of the 60s, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Country & Western Music Hit Parade, Vol. 8
Genre: Country
Title: The 1961 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Pt. 2 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Hit Instrumentals of 1960, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Orchestral Piano Hits, Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of Your Favorite Instrumentals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop
Title: Hits, Hits, & Hits, Vol. 8
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 24
Genre: Pop
Title: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 7 (Original Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Heartbreak Country USA
Genre: Country
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: I Get Around
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock & Roll Doo Wop, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Gold Pop Hits Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Dance Classics, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of the Best of the Instrumentals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Pop
Title: A Night of Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Bluebird's Best Series: The Girl Singer
Artist: Rosemary Clooney
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Flight Of The Intruder (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: BASIL POLEDOURIS
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: American Heartbeat - The '60s (CD3)
Artist: American Heartbeat
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: 101 All (Original Soundtrack) (CD2)
Artist: Rock 'N Roll
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
