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Cramer was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up in the small town of Huttig, Arkansas.He taught himself to play the piano.After finishing high school, he returned to Shreveport, where he worked as a ragtime pianist for the radio show Louisiana Hayride, with a banjo-bass-and-drums combo.
"Last Date" is a 1960 instrumental written and performed by Floyd Cramer. It exemplifies the "slip note" style of piano playing that Cramer made popular. It peaked at number 11 on the country chart [1] and at number two on the Hot 100 behind "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley. [2]
"Java" is an instrumental adaptation from a 1958 LP of piano compositions, The Wild Sounds of New Orleans, by Tousan, also known as New Orleans producer/songwriter Allen Toussaint. As was the case of the rest of Toussaint's LP, "Java" was composed in studio, primarily by Toussaint.
Cramer was a regular session musician at the Nashville studios, playing with a multitude of artists including Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee, helping to define the "Nashville Sound" that Atkins had also helped develop. The trio briefly toured together. Chet, Floyd & Boots was originally released on RCA's budget label, RCA Camden.
The second single was released in December 1960 called, "My Last Date (With You)". The song reached #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs, while also reaching the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. [4] The songs became her second and third Top 10 hits as a solo artist.
Accompanied by Bob Moore on bass, Chet Atkins on guitar, Farris Coursey on drums, Floyd Cramer on piano, with vocal backing by The Jordanaires, [4] the song went to number 1 in 1957 on the Country music chart and number 12 on the Pop chart. [5] In Canada, the song reached number 12 on the CHUM Charts, co-charting with the Jim Lowe version. [6]
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"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 ".