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: Reader's Digest Music: Floyd Cramer: The 1994-95 Reader's Digest Sessions Vol. 2
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Classics
Artist: Rosemary Clooney, Floyd Cramer, Jeannie Seely
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Country, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Smooth Jazz
Title: Reader's Digest Music: Floyd Cramer: The 1994-95 Reader's Digest Sessions Vol. 1
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Pop
Title: Floyd Cramer Plays Town'n'Country Favorites
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Instrumental, Instrumental, Easy Listening
Title: Floyd Cramer Plays the Monkees
Artist: Floyd Cramer
Genre: Jazz, Country, Smooth Jazz, Easy Listening
Title: San Antonio Rose (Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/8/70) - Single
Artist: Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins
Genre: Country
Collections
Title: Radio Gold, Vol. 3
Title: 100 Country Hits & Greatest Country Classics (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Hits: 60s
Genre: Pop
Title: Ultimate 60s (CD2)
Genre: Soul, World Music, Country, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: Ultimate 60's (60 Classic Tracks Of The Decade) (CD2)
Genre: Soul, World Music, Country, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: Romantic Piano Moods 2 - Candlelight Piano
Genre: Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Play Something Country (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Country, Rockabilly
Title: The Real Country Collection (CD1)
Genre: Country, Alternative Country, Western Swing
Title: 101 Number Ones Of The 50s & 60s Vol. 2 (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The 60s Summer Album (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats 10th Anniversary (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1961 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: American Heartbeat The 60s (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Trambone The Nashville A Team Collection (CD2)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: British Hit Parade 1959-62 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 (CD3)
Genre: Country
Title: NOW 100 Hits Forgotten 60s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Funk, Acoustic, Classical
Title: At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: 200 Vintage (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Unchained Melody (29 Killer Versions!)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Countrypolitan Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: 200 Top 60 Years (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical
Title: The Golden Age Of Country (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: The Greatest Hits Of The 60's (200 Classics Remastered) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Free And Romantic Country 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: U. K. Number 1 Hits - The First Ten Years 2023 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The Legend Of The Old West (CD3)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Country: Folk Songs USA (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Country Music For The Soul And Heart (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Western Mood (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Western Mood (CD2)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Country Folk , Folk
Title: Mastermix Decades USB: 60s
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Country, Pop
Title: Oldays Guide Book: Pops 11
Genre: Pop, Lounge, Easy Listening
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
