Floyd Cramer Autographs
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 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His signature playing style was a cornerstone of the pop-oriented "Nashville sound" of the 1950s and 1960s. Cramer's "slip-note" or "bent-note" style, in which a passing note slides almost instantly into or away from a chordal note, influenced a generation of pianists. His sound became popular to the degree that he stepped out of his role as a sideman and began touring as a solo act. In 1960, his piano instrumental solo, "Last Date" went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and sold over one million copies. Its follow-up, "On the Rebound", topped the UK Singles Chart in 1961. As a studio musician, he became one of a cadre of elite players dubbed the Nashville A-Team and he performed on scores of hit records.
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. His earliest recordings, on the Abbott label, carry the credit "Featuring Floyd Cramer on the Piano with Louisiana Hayride Band".
After Elvis Presley performed on Louisiana Hayride in 1955, he hired his own band which included Cramer, Jimmy Day, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana. 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. In Nashville, Cramer found that piano accompaniment in country music was growing in popularity. By the next year he was, in his words, "in day and night doing session". Before long, he was one of the busiest studio musicians in the industry, playing piano for stars such as Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, the Browns, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, and the Everly Brothers, among others. It was Cramer's piano playing, for instance, on Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel". 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.
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Current items with a signature of Floyd Cramer
These are the most current items with a signature of Floyd Cramer that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | FLOYD CRAMER SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO Autograph JSA COA Hall of Fame Pianist Musician | $79.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Floyd Cramer
The most expensive item with a signature of Floyd Cramer (Dallas TV Show Cast Signed Record LP. Floyd Cramer Larry Hagman. Linda Gray) was sold in April 2023 for $200.00 while the cheapest item (Floyd Cramer Signed Last Date Movie Sheet Music *Autograph Den*) found a new owner for $0.11 in December 2024. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2019 with an average selling price of $35.24 for an autographed item of Floyd Cramer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2023 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Floyd Cramer is worth $22.18.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Floyd Cramer were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | ** FLOYD CRAMER SIGNED PHOTO ** JSA COA Musician Autograph HALL OF FAME PIANIST | $89.99 |  |
 | AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO - WEBB PIERCE, TILLMAN FRANKS, FARON YOUNG, FLOYD CRAMER + 2 | $129.99 | |
| Dallas TV Show Cast Signed Record LP. Floyd Cramer Larry Hagman. Linda Gray | $200.00 | |
| Floyd Cramer (1933-1997), American Hall of Fame Pianist, signed 3x5 card. | $42.50 | |
 | FLOYD CRAMER (d. 1997) Signed 3x5 Index Card Pianist JSA V45726 | $44.99 | |
| Floyd Cramer - Pianist - 8x10 Photo - Signed | Autograph | $78.98 | |
| Floyd Cramer Autograph | $30.00 | |
 | Floyd Cramer Country Music Hall of Fame Pianist Autograph Signed 8x10 Photo! | $65.00 | |
| FLOYD CRAMER PIANO PIANIST ROCK HOFer SIGNED AUTOGRAPH MAGAZINE PHOTO d. 1997 | $5.50 | |
| Floyd Cramer Signed 8x10 | $6.65 | |
| Hall of Fame Pianist Floyd Cramer Autographed Card | $20.00 | |
| HAND SIGNED 1960s EXCELLENT Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound SLEEVE ONLY 45 | $69.99 | |
| POP~COUNTRY PIANIST FLOYD CRAMER (1933-1997) AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $28.00 | |
| Vintage Tahoe Sierra Casino Chet Atkins Floyd Cramer Signed Concert Menu | $21.98 | |
| VTG 1969/70 NARM Award Banquet Nominee List SIGNED BY CHET ATKINS + Floyd Cramer | $39.00 | |
