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Floyd Cramer (1933-1997) was a highly respected, Nashville-based studio piano player who also had a solo career.
He frequently backed up Elvis Presley; at one point, an Elvis single on which Cramer played was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list and a solo tune of Cramer\'s was #2.
The signature of his style was\"slip-note\" or \"bent-note\" style, in which a passing noteslides almost instantly into or away from a chordal note.
Cramer\'s in both the Country Music and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.
