Route 66

Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4QQPOFmuzU&fmt=18
Buck Norris sings Route 66 by Bobby Troup.
"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66", often rendered simply as "Route 66", is a popular song and rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. It was first recorded in the same year by Nat King Cole, and was subsequently covered by many artists including Chuck Berry in 1961 and The Rolling Stones in 1964. The song's lyrics follow the path of the U.S. Route 66 highway, which used to run a large distance across the US, going from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. The title was suggested to Troup by his first wife, Cynthia.

Troup conceived the idea for the song while driving west from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, California, and the lyrics — which include references to the U.S. highway of the title and many of the cities it passes through — celebrate the romance and freedom of automobile travel. In an interview he once said the tune for the song, as well as the lyric "Get your kicks on Route 66" came to him easily, but the remainder of the lyrics eluded him. More in frustration than anything else he simply filled up the song with the names of towns and cities on the highway.

The lyrics read as a mini-travelogue about the major stops along the route, listing several cities and towns that Route 66 passes through. Specifically mentioned, in order, are St. Louis, Missouri; Joplin, Missouri; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Amarillo, Texas; Gallup, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; Winona, Arizona; Kingman, Arizona; Barstow, California; and San Bernardino, California. Winona is the only town out of sequence in the list. It was a very small settlement east of Flagstaff, and might indeed have been forgotten if not for the song's lyric, "Don't forget Winona", written to rhyme with "Flagstaff, Arizona."

"Route 66" was first recorded in 1946 by Nat King Cole, whose rendition became a hit on both the U.S. R&B and pop record charts. The version recorded by Perry Como in 1959 is more complete, including the seldom-heard second verse and also the introductory verse.

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[Fuji12mann]

Hei Buck Norris! Route66. I like it. Très bien=very good. Greetings from Plombière in Belgium.

[bucknorrismusic]

@Fuji12mann Thanks so much appreciate it. do you know. Rene Guylline in Belgium? He is a good friend.

[franielee38]

This is your best by far!!

[bucknorrismusic]

@franielee38 Thanks my friend. Love that song I do it different now. LOL

[RockLegendOwns]

I love how you do it!

Great rhythm to it.

You have the real vibe to it!

[bucknorrismusic]

@RockLegendOwns Thanks much.

[stepwid]

Five stars..?? Of course.

[EKennel]

There are a lot of ways that this song can be played, ranging from Blues to Pop. But in my opinion it works best when it Swings, Texas style. This is the best version I've ever heard.

[ronaldo109109]

haha nice, there are 66 comments on this video. This here is the 67. one :D.

[bigboreharley]

GOOD thank you

[RDblues47]

nice !

[JJChampbulle]

i like much that version listen the mine

[cepinobel]

I love your version of this great classic

[KASPERKARAOKE1]

ahhhhh pick that guitar hoss...wtg on this

[6wewib]

might be a stupid question but what brand is that guitar? is it ovation? don't suppose so

[andreshondac1000]

Muy bueno!!!

[artdolls]

Wow, love it! This is great.