Drown In My Own Tears By Floyd Cramer

Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville Sound." Cramer played for Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, The Browns, Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, and the Everly Brothers. It is Cramer's piano that is heard, for example, on Elvis Presley's first national hit, "Heartbreak Hotel." Hit first hit was 1960, "Last Date, which went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. His version of Last Date introduced a relatively new concept for piano playing known as the "slip note" style. Cramer had two more hits, 1961's "On the Rebound", which went to #3, and "San Antonio Rose", which went to #8. He joined with Chet Atkins and saxophonist Boots Randolph as a member of the Million Dollar Band. This selection is included on his album The Essential Floyd Cramer.