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</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Floyd Cramer</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Cramer in 1965</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Floyd Cramer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">October 27, 1933<br><a href="Shreveport%2C_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Huttig%2C_Arkansas" title="Huttig, Arkansas">Huttig, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 31, 1997<span style="display:none">(1997-12-31)</span> (aged 64)<br><a href="Nashville%2C_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Country_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music">Country</a>, <a href="Nashville_sound" title="Nashville sound">Nashville sound</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="Pianist" title="Pianist">Pianist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument</th><td class="infobox-data note">Piano</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1953−1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Abbott_Records" title="Abbott Records">Abbott</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Floyd Cramer</b> (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American <a href="Pianist" title="Pianist">pianist</a> who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks. He was inducted into both the <a href="Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-bmicmhof_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmicmhof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>. His signature playing style was a cornerstone of the pop-oriented "Nashville sound" of the 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-ankenyallm_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ankenyallm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cramer's "slip-note" or "bent-note" style, in which a <a href="Nonchord_tone" title="Nonchord tone">passing note</a> slides almost instantly into or away from a chordal note, influenced a generation of pianists.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes98_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes98-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sound became popular to the degree that he stepped out of his role as a <a href="Sideman" title="Sideman">sideman</a> and began touring as a solo act.<sup id="cite_ref-fulkspresspro_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fulkspresspro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1960, his piano instrumental solo, "<a href="Last_Date_(song)" title="Last Date (song)">Last Date</a>" went to number two on the <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> <a href="Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> chart and sold over one <a href="Music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certifications">million copies</a>. Its follow-up, "<a href="On_the_Rebound" title="On the Rebound">On the Rebound</a>", topped the <a href="UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> in 1961. As a studio musician, he became one of a cadre of elite players dubbed the <a href="Nashville_A-Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville A-Team">Nashville A-Team</a> and he performed on scores of <a href="Hit_song" title="Hit song">hit records</a>. </p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div>

<p>Cramer was born in <a href="Shreveport%2C_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport, Louisiana</a>, and grew up in the small town of <a href="Huttig%2C_Arkansas" title="Huttig, Arkansas">Huttig, Arkansas</a>. He taught himself to play the <a href="Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>. After finishing high school, he returned to Shreveport, where he worked as a ragtime pianist for the <a href="Radio_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio show">radio show</a> <i><a href="Louisiana_Hayride" title="Louisiana Hayride">Louisiana Hayride</a></i>, with a banjo-bass-and-drums combo. His earliest recordings, on the <a href="Abbott_Records" title="Abbott Records">Abbott</a> label, carry the credit "Featuring Floyd Cramer on the Piano with Louisiana Hayride Band".

</p><p>After <a href="Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> performed on <i>Louisiana Hayride</i> in 1955, he hired his own band which included Cramer, <a href="Jimmy_Day_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Day (musician)">Jimmy Day</a>, <a href="Scotty_Moore" title="Scotty Moore">Scotty Moore</a>, <a href="Bill_Black" title="Bill Black">Bill Black</a>, and <a href="D.J._Fontana" class="mw-redirect" title="D.J. Fontana">D.J. Fontana</a>. This group remained his supporting band for much of that year; however, when Presley asked them to relocate to Hollywood, Cramer and Day declined to follow him there, preferring to remain in Nashville to pursue independent careers as studio musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-ankenybio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ankenybio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, Cramer found that piano accompaniment in <a href="Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> was growing in popularity. By the next year he was, in his words, "in day and night doing session".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before long, he was one of the busiest <a href="Studio_musicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Studio musicians">studio musicians</a> in the industry, playing piano for stars such as <a href="Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a>, <a href="Patsy_Cline" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a>, the <a href="The_Browns" title="The Browns">Browns</a>, <a href="Jim_Reeves" title="Jim Reeves">Jim Reeves</a>, <a href="Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a>, <a href="Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a>, and the <a href="Everly_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Everly Brothers">Everly Brothers</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-pc10_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc10-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Cramer's piano playing, for instance, on Presley's first <a href="RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a> single, "<a href="Heartbreak_Hotel" title="Heartbreak Hotel">Heartbreak Hotel</a>". While Cramer was well-established as a session player, he had a long career as a solo performer with dozens of his own albums and singles, including some Top 40 instrumental hits.

</p><p>Cramer had released records under his own name since the early 1950s and became well known following the release of "<a href="Last_Date_(song)" title="Last Date (song)">Last Date</a>", a <a href="Gramophone_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramophone record">45-rpm</a> single, released by RCA Victor in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The instrumental piece exhibited a relatively new concept in piano playing known as the "slip note" style. The record went to number two on the <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> <a href="Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> chart, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a <a href="Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a>. The song was kept out of the number 1 position by Elvis Presley's "<a href="Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight%3F" title="Are You Lonesome Tonight?">Are You Lonesome Tonight?</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The session pianist for Elvis's recording of that #1 song, in a very early morning session (about 4:00 AM) at RCA Studio B in Nashville, was none other than Floyd Cramer himself.

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</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Trying to launch myself on a solo career, after being Elvis Presley's pianist for so long, placed me in an unenviable position. Some people thought I was trying to cash in. If I had wanted to cash in on my association with Elvis, I would have done it five years ago.</p></blockquote><div class="templatequotecite"><p style="display: inline; padding-left: 2.3em;">— <i><a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a></i> - November 1961<sup id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></div>

<p>In 1961, Cramer had a hit with "<a href="On_the_Rebound" title="On the Rebound">On the Rebound</a>", which went to number 4, and number 1 on the <a href="UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ("On the Rebound" was featured during the opening credits of the 2009 <a href="Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a>-nominated film <i><a href="An_Education" title="An Education">An Education</a></i>, which was set in England in 1961.) Also in 1961, Cramer had a hit with "<a href="New_San_Antonio_Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="New San Antonio Rose">San Antonio Rose</a>" (number 8).

</p><p>By the mid-1960s, Cramer had become a respected performer, making numerous albums and touring with guitar maestro <a href="Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> and <a href="Saxophonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxophonist">saxophonist</a> <a href="Boots_Randolph" title="Boots Randolph">Boots Randolph</a>, sometimes headlining and sometimes as the opening act for <a href="Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a>. Cramer also performed with them as a member of the <a href="Million_Dollar_Band_(country_music_group)" title="Million Dollar Band (country music group)">Million Dollar Band</a>.

</p><p>Cramer died of <a href="Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> on New Year's Eve, 1997, at the age of 64. He was interred in the <a href="Spring_Hill_Cemetery_(Nashville)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Hill Cemetery (Nashville)">Spring Hill Cemetery</a> in the Nashville suburb of <a href="Madison%2C_Tennessee" title="Madison, Tennessee">Madison, Tennessee</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div>

<p>Cramer’s grandson, Jason Coleman, followed in his footsteps taking up the piano, performing with him on television and in concert at a young age. At age 17, he played "<a href="Please_Help_Me%2C_I'm_Falling" title="Please Help Me, I'm Falling">Please Help Me, I'm Falling</a>", the first song to feature Cramer's signature slip notes, with <a href="Hank_Locklin" title="Hank Locklin">Hank Locklin</a> at the <a href="Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>, and two years later played piano for the Medallion Ceremony at Cramer's induction into the <a href="Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a>. He carries on his grandfather's legacy with recordings and a touring tribute concert, The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer, sharing the piano arrangements and story of Cramer's contributions to American music.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2></div>

<p>In 2003, Cramer was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the <a href="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>. In 2004, his recording of "Last Date" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, established to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. In 2008, Cramer was inducted into the <a href="Louisiana_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Music Hall of Fame">Louisiana Music Hall of Fame</a>.

</p><p><a href="East_Tennessee_State_University" title="East Tennessee State University">East Tennessee State University</a>, in <a href="Johnson_City%2C_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City, Tennessee</a>, offers the Floyd Cramer Competitive Scholarship.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div>

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<th colspan="2">Chart Positions

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<th style="width:50px;"><small><a href="Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">US Country</a></small>

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<td>1957

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<td><i>That Honky Tonk Piano</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td><a href="MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM Records</a>

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<td>1960

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<td><i>Hello Blues</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td rowspan="59"><a href="RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a>

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<td rowspan="2">1961

</td>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td><i>On the Rebound</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">70

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<td rowspan="3">1962

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<td><i>America's Biggest Selling Pianist</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Gets Organ-ized</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">113

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>I Remember Hank Williams</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">130

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="3">1963

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<td><i>Swing Along with Floyd Cramer</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td><i>Comin' On</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Three Great Pianos</i> <small>(with <a href="Peter_Nero" title="Peter Nero">Peter Nero</a> and <a href="Frankie_Carle" title="Frankie Carle">Frankie Carle</a>)</small>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td rowspan="3">1964

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<td><i>Country Piano-City Strings</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td><i>Cramer at the Console</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>The Best of Floyd Cramer</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1965

</td>

<td><i>Hits from the Country Hall of Fame</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">10

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<tr>

<td><i>Class of '65</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">107

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>The Magic Touch of Floyd Cramer</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td rowspan="3">1966

</td>

<td><i>The Distinctive Piano Style of Floyd Cramer</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '66</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">123

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<td rowspan="5">1967

</td>

<td><i>Night Train</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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<td><i>Here's What's Happening!</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">20

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">166

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<td><i>Floyd Cramer Plays the Monkees</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '67</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">21

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>We Wish You a Merry Christmas</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">26

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1968

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Plays Country Classics</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">16

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '68</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Plays MacArthur Park</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">36

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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<td><i>The Best of Floyd Cramer Volume 2</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="2">1969

</td>

<td><i>Class of '69</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">31

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Plays More Country Classics</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">17

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1970

</td>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">183

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<tr>

<td><i>With the Music City Pops</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>This Is Floyd Cramer</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">39

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '70</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">43

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="4">1971

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<td><i>Almost Persuaded</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

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<td><i><a href="Chet%2C_Floyd_%26_Boots" title="Chet, Floyd & Boots">Chet, Floyd & Boots</a></i> <small>(with <a href="Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> and <a href="Boots_Randolph" title="Boots Randolph">Boots Randolph</a>)</small>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Sounds of Sunday</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">44

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '71</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">34

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1972

</td>

<td><i>Detours</i>

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<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '72</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Best_of_the_Class_of_Floyd_Cramer" class="mw-redirect" title="Best of the Class of Floyd Cramer">Best of the Class of Floyd Cramer</a></i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Date with Floyd Cramer</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1973

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Plays the Big Hits</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Super Country Hits</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '73</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">34

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1974

</td>

<td><i>The Young and the Restless</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Spotlight On</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer in Concert</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">25

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1975

</td>

<td><i>Piano Masterpieces 1900–1975</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Class of '74 and '75</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1976

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Country</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">46

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1977

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer & the Keyboard Kick Band</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">50

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Chet%2C_Floyd_%26_Danny" title="Chet, Floyd & Danny">Chet, Floyd & Danny</a></i> <small>(with Chet Atkins and <a href="Danny_Davis_(country_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Davis (country musician)">Danny Davis</a>)</small>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">46

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1978

</td>

<td><i>Looking for Mr. Goodbar</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1979

</td>

<td><i>Super Hits</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1980

</td>

<td><i>Dallas</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">29

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">170

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1981

</td>

<td><i>Great Country Hits</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1982

</td>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1985

</td>

<td><i>Collector's Date</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Country Classics</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>Pair Records

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1988

</td>

<td><i>Special Songs of Love</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td rowspan="7"><a href="Step_One_Records" title="Step One Records">Step One Records</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Country Gold</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Just Me and My Piano</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1989

</td>

<td><i>Forever Floyd Cramer</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>We Wish You a Merry Christmas</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Originals</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1991

</td>

<td><i>Gospel Classics</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1994

</td>

<td><i>The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td rowspan="5"><a href="Ranwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranwood">Ranwood</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1995

</td>

<td><i>Favorite Country Hits 1</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1996

</td>

<td><i>The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer 2</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1997

</td>

<td><i>Blue Skies</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Favorite Country Hits 2</i>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>

<th rowspan="2">Year

</th>

<th rowspan="2">Single

</th>

<th colspan="5">Chart Positions

</th>

<th rowspan="2">Album

</th></tr>

<tr>

</th>

<th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">US Country</a></small>

</th>

</th>

</th>

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1953

</td>

<td>"Fancy Pants"

</td>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1958

</td>

<td>"Flip Flop and Bop"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">87

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1960

</td>

<td>"<a href="Last_Date_(song)" title="Last Date (song)">Last Date</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">2

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">11

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">3

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1961

</td>

<td>"<a href="On_the_Rebound" title="On the Rebound">On the Rebound</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">4

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">16

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">1

</td>

<td rowspan="2"><i>On the Rebound</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"<a href="New_San_Antonio_Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="New San Antonio Rose">San Antonio Rose</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">8

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">8

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">3

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">36

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Your Last Goodbye"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">63

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td rowspan="2"><i>America's Biggest Selling Pianist</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Hang On"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">95

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="6">1962

</td>

<td>"<a href="Chattanooga_Choo_Choo" title="Chattanooga Choo Choo">Chattanooga Choo Choo</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">36

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">9

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>(single only)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Let's Go"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">90

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer Gets Organ-ized</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"<a href="Lovesick_Blues" title="Lovesick Blues">Lovesick Blues</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">87

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">20

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>I Remember Hank Williams</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Hot Pepper"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">63

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">46

</td>

<td rowspan="3">(singles only)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"<a href="Swing_Low%2C_Sweet_Chariot" title="Swing Low, Sweet Chariot">Swing Low</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">110

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Losers Weepers"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">127

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1963

</td>

<td>"<a href="Java_(instrumental)" title="Java (instrumental)">Java</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">49

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">12

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Swing Along with Floyd Cramer</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"(These Are) The Young Years"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">129

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Comin' On</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"How High the Moon"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">121

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>(single only)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>"Heartless Heart"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">124

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Country Piano-City Strings</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1967

</td>

<td>"Stood Up"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">53

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">24

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>(single only)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1968

</td>

<td>"<a href="By_the_Time_I_Get_to_Phoenix" title="By the Time I Get to Phoenix">By the Time I Get to Phoenix</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">32

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1970

</td>

<td>"Theme from 222"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">39

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1977

</td>

<td>"<a href="Rhythm_of_the_Rain" title="Rhythm of the Rain">Rhythm of the Rain</a>"

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">67

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Floyd Cramer & the Keyboard Kick Band</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1980

</td>

<td>"Dallas"<sup>A</sup>

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">104

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">32

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">34

</td>

<td style="text-align:center;">—

</td>

<td><i>Dallas</i>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul><li><sup>A</sup>"Dallas", a <a href="Cover_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Cover song">cover version</a> of the theme to the popular <a href="Dallas_(TV_series)" title="Dallas (TV series)">TV series</a>, peaked at No. 8 on the <i><a href="RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i> Country Tracks chart in Canada.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="The_Nashville_A-Team" title="The Nashville A-Team">The Nashville A-Team</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrymusichalloffame.org/artists/artist-detail/floyd-cramer">"Floyd Cramer"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150413204143/http://countrymusichalloffame.org/artists/artist-detail/floyd-cramer">Archived</a> 2015-04-13 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved September 17, 2014.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-pc10-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pc10_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?fq=str_title_serial%3A%22The+Pop+Chronicles+%28John+Gilliland+Collection%29%22&sort=date_a&start=9">Chet Atkins</a> interviewed on the <i><a href="Pop_Chronicles" title="Pop Chronicles">Pop Chronicles</a></i> (1969)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Last Date" is the closing theme of <a href="Ray_Hadley" title="Ray Hadley">Ray Hadley</a>'s radio show on Sydney's radio station <a href="2GB" title="2GB">2GB</a>.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMurrells1978" class="citation book cs1">Murrells, Joseph (1978). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/123"><i>The Book of Golden Discs</i></a></span> (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/123">123</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-214-20512-6</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NME_Rock_'N'_Roll_Years_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFTobler1992" class="citation book cs1">Tobler, John (1992). <i>NME Rock 'N' Roll Years</i> (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 100. CN 5585.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRice1982" class="citation book cs1">Rice, Jo (1982). <i>The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits</i>. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives. p. 57. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-85112-250-7</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-whitburn2010-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-whitburn2010_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFWhitburn2011" class="citation book cs1">Whitburn, Joel (2011). <i>Top Pop Singles 1955–2010</i>. Record Research, Inc. p. 207. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-89820-188-8</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_sources">Other sources</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Colin_Escott" title="Colin Escott">Escott, Colin</a> (1998), "Floyd Cramer". In Paul Kingsbury (ed.), <i>The Encyclopedia of Country Music</i>, New York: Oxford University Press., pp. 117–18.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061017153533/http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=2028">Rockhall.com</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spaceagepop.com/cramer.htm">Spaceagepop.com</a></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/floyd-cramer">"Floyd Cramer"</a>. <a href="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.</cite> </li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070926232153/http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/inductees.aspx?cid=110">Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6833">Floyd Cramer</a> at <a href="Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202179">Floyd Cramer recordings</a> at the <a href="Discography_of_American_Historical_Recordings" title="Discography of American Historical Recordings">Discography of American Historical Recordings</a>.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jasoncolemanmusic.com/">Jason Coleman, grandson of Floyd Cramer</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (2000)</li>

<li><a href="Faron_Young" title="Faron Young">Faron Young</a> (2000)</li>

<li><a href="Bill_Anderson" title="Bill Anderson">Bill Anderson</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="The_Delmore_Brothers" title="The Delmore Brothers">The Delmore Brothers</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Homer_and_Jethro" title="Homer and Jethro">Homer and Jethro</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="The_Jordanaires" title="The Jordanaires">The Jordanaires</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Ken_Nelson_(American_record_producer)" title="Ken Nelson (American record producer)">Ken Nelson</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Webb_Pierce" title="Webb Pierce">Webb Pierce</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Bill_Carlisle" title="Bill Carlisle">Bill Carlisle</a> (2002)</li>

<li><a href="Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">Porter Wagoner</a> (2002)</li>

<li><a href="Carl_Smith_(musician)" title="Carl Smith (musician)">Carl Smith</a> (2003)</li>

<li><a href="Jim_Foglesong" title="Jim Foglesong">Jim Foglesong</a> (2004)</li>

<li><a href="Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a> (2004)</li>

<li><a href="Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (2005)</li>

<li><a href="DeFord_Bailey" title="DeFord Bailey">DeFord Bailey</a> (2005)</li>

<li><a href="Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> (2005)</li>

<li><a href="Harold_Bradley_(guitarist)" title="Harold Bradley (guitarist)">Harold Bradley</a> (2006)</li>

<li><a href="Sonny_James" title="Sonny James">Sonny James</a> (2006)</li>

<li><a href="George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> (2006)</li>

<li><a href="Ralph_Emery" title="Ralph Emery">Ralph Emery</a> (2007)</li>

<li><a href="Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (2007)</li>

<li><a href="Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a> (2007)</li>

<li><a href="Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> (2008)</li>

<li><a href="The_Statler_Brothers" title="The Statler Brothers">The Statler Brothers</a> (2008)</li>

<li><a href="Ernest_Stoneman" title="Ernest Stoneman">Ernest Stoneman</a> (2008)</li>

<li><a href="Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a> (2009)</li>

<li><a href="Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (2009)</li>

<li><a href="Charlie_McCoy" title="Charlie McCoy">Charlie McCoy</a> (2009)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Brian_Johnson" title="Brian Johnson">Brian Johnson</a>, <a href="Phil_Rudd" title="Phil Rudd">Phil Rudd</a>, <a href="Bon_Scott" title="Bon Scott">Bon Scott</a>, <a href="Cliff_Williams" title="Cliff Williams">Cliff Williams</a>, <a href="Angus_Young" title="Angus Young">Angus Young</a>, <a href="Malcolm_Young" title="Malcolm Young">Malcolm Young</a></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="The_Clash" title="The Clash">The Clash</a></b>

<ul><li><a href="Terry_Chimes" title="Terry Chimes">Terry Chimes</a>, <a href="Topper_Headon" title="Topper Headon">Topper Headon</a>, <a href="Mick_Jones_(The_Clash_guitarist)" title="Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)">Mick Jones</a>, <a href="Paul_Simonon" title="Paul Simonon">Paul Simonon</a>, <a href="Joe_Strummer" title="Joe Strummer">Joe Strummer</a></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a> & <a href="The_Attractions" title="The Attractions">the Attractions</a></b>

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<ul><li><a href="Bobby_Hatfield" title="Bobby Hatfield">Bobby Hatfield</a>, <a href="Bill_Medley" title="Bill Medley">Bill Medley</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><b><a href="Mo_Ostin" title="Mo Ostin">Mo Ostin</a></b></li></ul>

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<ul><li><b><a href="Benny_Benjamin" title="Benny Benjamin">Benny Benjamin</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Steve_Douglas_(saxophonist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Douglas (saxophonist)">Steve Douglas</a></b></li></ul>

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