Craig Krampf
- Drummer
- percussionist
- arranger
- record producer
- songwriter
- Drums
- percussion
- Cherokee
- Skatt Brothers
- Silver Condor
Craig Krampf (born October 22, 1954) is an American drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer and songwriter.
The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo & Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge. Additionally, Krampf and Perry were founding members of the short-lived rock group Alien Project.
As a songwriter, his biggest hit was with Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" (co-written with Perry, Randy Goodrum, and Bill Cuomo), which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] Besides "Oh Sherrie," Krampf co-wrote three other songs on Perry's Street Talk album, including "Strung Out", which made it to #40 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also co-wrote a song with Kim Carnes and Duane Hitchings—"I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is"—on the Grammy Award-winning Flashdance (1983) soundtrack.
As a producer, his most notable credit is for producing Ashley Cleveland's "Big Town" (1991, Atlantic Records),[2] Krampf also produced Disappear Fear's self-titled studio album (1994, Rounder Records).
Partial résumé
- Kim Carnes – "Bette Davis Eyes", "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)", Romance Dance, Mistaken Identity, Voyeur, Café Racers, Barking at Airplanes, Light House, View from the House
- Alice Cooper – Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin
- Paul Stanley – Paul Stanley
- Lita Ford – Lita
- Cher – "Skin Deep"
- Richard Simmons – Reach
- Jane Wiedlin – Jane Wiedlin
- Randy Meisner – One More Song
- Timothy B. Schmit – Playin' It Cool
- Joan Armatrading – "Drop the Pilot"
- Steve Perry – Street Talk
- The Motels – "Only the Lonely"
- Melissa Etheridge – "Bring Me Some Water"
- Pam Tillis – Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey
- Patty Loveless – "You Can Feel Bad"
- Tanya Tucker – "Can't Run from Yourself"
- Nick Gilder – "City Nights"
- Silver Condor (feat. Joe Cerisano) – "Trouble At Home"
References
External links
- Craig Krampf at AllMusic
- Craig Krampf discography at Discogs
- Craig Krampf at IMDb
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- Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)
- Exodus – Ernest Gold (1960)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1961)
- No Award (1962)
- Tom Jones – John Addison (1963)
- Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1964)
- The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1965)
- Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1966)
- Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967)
- The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1968)
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- Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
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- Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1976)
- Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1978)
- Superman – John Williams (1979)
- The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1981)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
- Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1983)
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- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2001)
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2003)
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