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Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame [ 1 ] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
In 1963 Duane Eddy recorded a version of the song, along with Floyd Cramer, when Eddy joined the RCA label. The Spotnicks recorded the song, also in 1963, and it was issued as a single. The song appeared later on the band's Greatest Hits album. [citation needed] In 1964 Al Hirt released a version on his album, Cotton Candy. [7]
The album consisted of cover versions of major hit singles by country artists on the RCA Victor label, followed by Davis' answer song to the hit. It included the original versions of hits by artists such as Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go", Floyd Cramer's "Last Date", and Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling".
"My Last Date (with You)" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant, Floyd Cramer, and Skeeter Davis. In 1960, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor. The song was an answer song to Floyd Cramer's country pop crossover hit that year titled "Last Date".
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"On the Rebound" is a 1961 instrumental by pianist Floyd Cramer. In contrast to most of Cramer's work, which consisted mostly of countrypolitan ballads, "On the Rebound" was an uptempo rock and roll instrumental. It made No. 4 in the US [2] and No. 1 in the UK. [3]
Chet, Floyd & Boots is a studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophone player Boots Randolph.Boots had a novelty hit with Yakety Sax which Chet covered, playing the saxophone lead on guitar, as Yakety Axe - which also became a hit.
Pianist Floyd Cramer recorded a single version on RCA Records in 1962. UK instrumental group the Shadows recorded a version of the song for their album Dance with the Shadows, which reached number two in the UK album charts in 1964.