Last Date (song)

"Last Date"
Single by Floyd Cramer
from the album Last Date
B-side"Sweetie Baby"
ReleasedAugust 1960
RecordedJuly 12, 1960
StudioRCA Victor, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length2:20
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Floyd Cramer
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Floyd Cramer singles chronology
""Flip Flop and Bop""
(1960)
"Last Date"
(1960)
""On the Rebound""
(1961)

"Last Date" is a 1960 instrumental written and performed by Floyd Cramer. It exemplifies the "slip note" style of piano playing that Cramer made popular. It peaked at number 11 on the country chart[1] and at number two on the Hot 100 behind "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley.[2] Cramer's recording inspired a number of successful cover versions, including a vocal adaptation by Conway Twitty.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 91.
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.