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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.
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.
Pages in category "Songs written by Bobby Troup" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66; T. Their Hearts Were ...
Among them was Pennsylvania-born songwriter Bobby Troup, who while on the road in 1946 penned a song about the highway: "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66." It was made famous by Nat King Cole and has ...
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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 […]
For popular culture works, it should cover the work and not the people who wrote or performed it unless they're indelibly linked. For example, Route 66 (song) would fall under the scope, but Bobby Troup, who wrote the song, would not.