Floyd Cramer
- MatchFloyd Cramer
- 100%Billy Vaughn
- 88%Bert Kaempfert
- 85%Roger Williams
- 80%Mantovani
- 64%Percy Faith
- 54%Herb Alpert
- 37%Franck Pourcel
- 35%Caravelli
- 34%Burt Bacharach
- 33%Gene Pitney
Biography
27 October 1933, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, d. 31 December 1997, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The style and sound of Cramers piano-playing was possibly one of the biggest influences on post-50s country music. His delicate rock n roll sound was achieved by accentuating the discord in rolling from the main note to a sharp or flat, known as slip note. This is perfectly highlighted in his first major hit, Last Date, in 1960. He was already a vastly... Read more