Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Cramer grew up in the small town of Huttig, Arkansas, teaching himself to play the piano. After finishing high school, he returned to Shreveport, where he worked as a pianist for the Louisiana Hayride radio show.
In 1952, he made his way to Nashville at a time when the use of piano accompanists in country music was growing in popularity. Before long, Cramer would become 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, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson and the Everly Brothers, and many others. It is Cramer's piano that is heard, for example, on Presley's first national hit, "Heartbreak Hotel."
However, Cramer remained a virtual unknown to anyone but music industry insiders until he recorded a 45 rpm single in 1960 called "Last Date." An instrumental, the music exhibited a relatively new concept for piano playing known as the "slip note" style. The record went to Number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. By the mid-1960s, Cramer had become a respected performer, making numerous record albums and touring with guitar maestro Chet Atkins and saxophonist Boots Randolph.
Floyd Cramer died of lung cancer in 1997 at the age of 64 and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in the Nashville suburb of Madison, Tennessee.
In 2003, he was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee offers the "Floyd Cramer Competitive Scholarship."
Corrina Corrina
Floyd Cramer Lyrics
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Corrine Corrina, where you been so long?
Ain't been no lovin' since you been gone
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
The lyrics of Floyd Cramer's song "Corrine Corrina" depict a man calling out to a woman named Corrine, asking her where she has been for so long. He laments that there has been no love in his life since she left. It is clear that the singer has a deep and profound love for Corrine, claiming that he loves her and wants to tell the world about it. Overall, the song speaks to the pain of lost love and the longing for someone who has gone away.
Line by Line Meaning
Corrine Corrina, where have you been hiding all these days?
The singer is wondering why Corrine Corrina has not been around.
Corrine Corrina, where you been so long?
The singer is repeating the same question, hoping for an answer.
There has been no love in my life since you've been gone
The singer implies that Corrine Corrina is the missing piece in his life and he hasn't found love since her departure.
I'm head over heels in love with Corrina and I'll let everyone know it
The artist is deeply in love with Corrina and he wants the world to know about it.
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
The artist reiterates his love for Corrina and emphasizes that he wants everyone to know about it.
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Loretta Walsh
For him being a self learner, he's brought so much joy! he's the epitome in piano, great musician! Love all his works
corrine mischiek
There is nothing nicer than the sound of the piano in my mind. Love your music Floyd Cramer!!!
Joe Morin
Best piano player ever, I love his playing. I have this cd.
Bill Woo
I'm a piano player who normally has no fondness for them country musics, but I'd be a fool to ignore maestros like Ricky Skaggs and Roy Clark and such. And this guy. His "touch" when he played piano did quite a number on me. He has this kind of a chord roll that gets me tingly!
larry Camarillo
This is the very song that made me want to be a piano player, even though there was no piano in the house...I found a way!
Howard Culbertson
I can endure this shelter-at-home order as long as I have Floyd Cramer to listen to!
James Chessman
He sure could get music out of a piano!
Esther B
Wonderful !