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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.
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 ...
Route 66 – Nelson Riddle; The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails") – Roy Rogers and Dale Evans; The Royle Family ("Half The World Away") – Oasis; Rubbadubbers ("Here Come the Rubbadubbers") – (KicK Production, performed by the main cast) The Rubbish World of Dave Spud – Basement Jaxx; Rugrats – Bob Mothersbaugh and Mark Mothersbaugh
A 2-disc special edition of the album was released on November 7, 2006, featuring all original songs from the soundtrack, a cover of "Route 66" which was used to promote the Disney/Pixar film Cars, a remix of "Strut", a DVD of the Disneyland concert special that aired on Disney Channel, and an exclusive interview with The Cheetah Girls. [5]
Now, the names of all 66 songs he wrote about have been revealed, thanks to the dissemination of a table-of-contents page for the highly anticipated book, which comes […]
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.
Since 2004, the song has been sung by Theo "Gridiron" Spight, a Detroit native and the man in the video above, who has served as one of the voices for the Lions in the modern era.
George Maharis (September 1, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American actor, singer, and visual artist who portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series Route 66. Maharis also recorded several pop music albums at the height of his fame, and later starred in the TV series The Most Deadly Game.