Floyd Cramer

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Floyd Cramer 1965

Floyd Cramer (born October 27, 1933 in Samti, near Shreveport , Louisiana , † December 31, 1997 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American pianist and a representative of country music as a composer .

biography

In particular with Chet Atkins , Boots Randolph and others, he created the Nashville Sound of the 1950s and 1960s. Cramer had worked with numerous artists from the closer country scene, but also with pop greats such as Roy Orbison (e.g. Oh, Pretty Woman ), Paul Anka , Brenda Lee , Perry Como and Elvis Presley (he worked on several of his number 1 -Hits with, including 1956 with the first number 1 Heartbreak Hotel ).

With his unmistakable piano style, Floyd Cramer also had solo successes as an instrumentalist. His singles were placed several times on the Billboard Hot 100 and in 1961 On the Rebound placed in Great Britain at number 1. In total, he had released over 50 albums, which in recent years have been released under the music genre Easy Listening in addition to the music genre Country .

His piece "Last Date" was the signature tune of the program "Musik zum Träume", which ran on Ö3 in the 1970s from 11:05 pm to midnight and was also very popular in the surrounding countries.

Floyd Cramer died of lung cancer on December 31, 1997.

Honors

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1965 Hits from the Country Hall of Fame
 - Country10 (13 weeks)
Country
Class of '65
 US107 (13 weeks)
US 		-
1966 Class of '66
 US123 (7 weeks)
US 		-
1967 Here's What's Happening!
 US166 (6 weeks)
US 		Country20 (16 weeks)
Country
Class of '67
 - Country21 (10 weeks)
Country
1968 Floyd Cramer Plays Country Classics
 - Country16 (13 weeks)
Country
Floyd Cramer Plays MacArthur Park
 - Country36 (2 weeks)
Country
1969 Class of '69
 - Country31 (6 weeks)
Country
Floyd Cramer Plays More Country Classics
 - Country17 (17 weeks)
Country
1970 The Big Ones, Vol. 2
 US183 (3 weeks)
US 		-
This is Floyd Cramer
 - Country39 (5 weeks)
Country
Class of '70
 - Country43 (3 weeks)
Country
1971 Sounds of Sunday
 - Country44 (4 weeks)
Country
Class of '71
 - Country34 (4 weeks)
Country
1973 Class of '73
 - Country34 (9 weeks)
Country
1974 Floyd Cramer in concert
 - Country25 (9 weeks)
Country
1976 Floyd Cramer Country
 - Country46 (4 weeks)
Country
1977 Floyd Cramer & the Keyboard Kick Band
 - Country50 (2 weeks)
Country
Chet, Floyd & Danny
 - Country46 (3 weeks)
Country
with Chet Atkins and Danny Davis
1980 Dallas
 US170 (5 weeks)
US 		Country29 (14 weeks)
Country

More albums

  • 1957: That Honky Tonk Piano
  • 1960: Hello Blues
  • 1961: On the Rebound
  • 1961: Last Date
  • 1962: Floyd Cramer Gets Organ-ized
  • 1962: I Remember Hank Williams
  • 1962: America's Biggest Selling Pianist
  • 1963: Swing Along with Floyd Cramer
  • 1963: Comin 'On
  • 1963: Three Great Pianos (with Peter Nero and Frankie Carle )
  • 1964: Country Piano-City Strings
  • 1964: Cramer at the Console
  • 1964: The Best of Floyd Cramer
  • 1965: The Magic Touch of Floyd Cramer
  • 1966: The Distinctive Piano Style of Floyd Cramer
  • 1966: Only the Big Ones
  • 1967: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • 1967: Night Train
  • 1967: Floyd Cramer Plays the Monkees
  • 1968: Class of '68
  • 1968: The Best of Floyd Cramer Volume 2
  • 1970: With the Music City Pops
  • 1971: Almost Persuaded
  • 1971: Chet, Floyd & Boots (with Chet Atkins and Boots Randolph )
  • 1972: Detours
  • 1972: Class of '72
  • 1972: Best of the Class of Floyd Cramer
  • 1972: Date with Floyd Cramer
  • 1973: Floyd Cramer Plays the Big Hits
  • 1973: Super Country Hits
  • 1974: Young and Restless
  • 1974: Spotlight On
  • 1975: Piano Masterpieces 1900–1975
  • 1975: Class of '74 and '75
  • 1978: Looking for Mr. Goodbar
  • 1979: great hits
  • 1981: Great Country Hits
  • 1981: The Best of the West
  • 1982: 20 of the Best
  • 1985: Collector's Date
  • 1985: Country Classics
  • 1988: Special Songs of Love
  • 1988: Country Gold
  • 1988: Just Me and My Piano
  • 1989: Forever Floyd Cramer
  • 1989: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • 1989: Originals
  • 1991: Gospel Classics
  • 1994: The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer
  • 1995: Favorite Country Hits 1
  • 1996: The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer 2
  • 1997: Blue Skies
  • 1997: Favorite Country Hits 2

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US Country Country
1958 Flip, flop and bop
 - - US87 (2 weeks)
US 		-
1960 Last date
 - - US2 (20 weeks)
US 		Country11 (18 weeks)
Country
Own composition
1961 On the rebound
 - UK1 (14 weeks)
UK 		US4 (13 weeks)
US 		-
Own composition
San Antonio Rose
 DE19 (16 weeks)
DE 		UK36 (8 weeks)
UK 		US8 (12 weeks)
US 		Country8 (10 weeks)
Country
Your Last Goodbye
 - - US63 (7 weeks)
US 		-
Own composition
Hang on
 - - US95 (2 weeks)
US 		-
1962 Chattanooga Choo Choo
 - - US36 (8 weeks)
US 		-
let's go
 - - US90 (2 weeks)
US 		-
Lovesick blues
 - - US87 (3 weeks)
US 		-
Hot pepper
 - UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		US49 (11 weeks)
US 		-
Own composition
Java
 - - US49 (11 weeks)
US 		-
1967 Stood up
 - - - Country53 (7 weeks)
Country
1980 Dallas
 - - - Country32 (10 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 1962: Swing Low
  • 1962: Losers Weepers
  • 1963: (These Are) The Young Years
  • 1963: How High the Moon
  • 1963: Heartless Heart
  • 1968: By the Time I Get to Phoenix
  • 1970: Theme from 222
  • 1977: Rhythm of the Rain

literature

  • Dellar, Fred / Thompson, Roy: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music . Foreword by Roy Acuff. London: Salamander Books, 1977, pp. 63f.
  • Shestack, Melvin: The Country Music Encyclopaedia . London: Omnibus Press, 1977, pp. 49f.
  • Stambler, Irwin / Landon, Grelun: Encyclopedia Of Folk, Country And Western Music . New York / London: St. Martin's Press, 1969, pp. 69f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c chart sources:
personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Floyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pianist and composer, country musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Samti, near Shreveport , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1997
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee