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"Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular rhythm and blues song, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The lyrics relate a westward roadtrip on U.S. Route 66, a highway which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
In honor of the 66th anniversary of Route 66, the band launched the Route 66 Tour. [4] In 1993, the band released an instant hit with several guest musicians, [4] A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, to much critical acclaim. [5] Two years later, the band celebrated their 25th anniversary [4] by releasing The Wheel Keeps ...
Live All-Stars (2009) − live album − as Jimmy Carl Black & the Route 66 All-Star Blues Band More Rockin' Blues (2009) − as Jimmy Carl Black & the Route 66 All-Star Blues Band Live in Steinbach (2009) − live album − as Jimmy Carl Black, Mick Pini & Uwe Jesdinsky
Since 2007, Don King has been performing with The Road Crew 'America's Route 66 Band.' The Road Crew received the first Bobby Troup Artistic Achievement Award presented by the International Route 66 Association. The band are the official musical ambassadors of The Mother Road.
The National Route 66 & Transportation Museum is unique in covering all eight states through which its namesake runs, and sits within a stone's throw of relics such as the Casa Grande hotel from ...
Robert William Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the composer of the rhythm and blues standard "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and for the role of Dr. Joe Early with his wife Julie London in the television program Emergency! in the 1970s.
Route 66 is a compilation album by American country band Asleep at the Wheel. Released on October 12, 1992, by Liberty Records , it contains select tracks from six of the group's first seven albums, from 1973's Comin' Right at Ya to 1979's Served Live (with the exception of 1974's Asleep at the Wheel ).
Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes is the thirteenth studio album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle, named for Riddle's theme music from the television series "Route 66". [2] The album was nominated at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme and the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental ...