A pop music show, with rosemary clooney lipsyncing songs, mostly standards. The song uses a twelvebar blues arrangement and the lyrics follow the path of u. Songwriterpianist bobby troup, whose career moved from hit songwriting and jazz piano playing to acting roles in the television series emergency. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Ecso performing bobby troup s route 66 march, 2019. Digital lesson html format for use in any browser includes everything you need for each lesson. Widely recognized by young and old alike, this piece makes an excellent light addition to an outdoor or informal indoor concert. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. May 06, 2000 nat king coles recording of bobby troup s route 66 spent eight weeks on the pop charts. Bobby troup route 66 chords by misc unsigned bands. Bobby troup route 66 sheet music pdf notes, chords. Written by bobby troup and performed by nat king cole, the song immortalized route 66.
Route 66 song in 1959 contains more lyrics and added route 66. Bobby wrote a lot of wonderful music, including route 66. The song uses a twelve bar blues arrangement and the lyrics follow the path of u. Print and download lead sheets for route 66 composed by bobby troup includes complete lyrics in f major transposable.
Troup has long been a fine pianist having a regular jazz trio in the 1950s, a personable singer although some of his early records were overly mannered. Nat king coles recording of bobby troup s route 66 spent eight weeks on the pop charts. Use this arrangement for young singers in your general music classroom or elementary choir to teach articulations, a 12bar blues progression and improvisation. Get your kicks on route 66, and for his role as dr. Get your kicks on route 66 is a popular rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by american songwriter bobby troup. Bobby troup most famous song may be route 66 but the singing pianist penned a number of great tunes including standards such as daddy and the meaning of the blues and was a. Route 66 by bobby trouparranged by mark taylor youtube. Route 66 by bobby troup chuck berry rolling stones originally a jazz tune about the mythic us route. The new york times articles about or related to the songwriter rockabilly.
Harlow trust concert series washington court house, ohio with meg murphy on vocals, jim luellen on piano, tom davis on guitar. Bobby troup get your kicks on route 66 lyrics genius. October 18, 1918 february 7, 1999, known as bobby troup, was an american actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. Joe early, opposite his reallife wife julie londons character, in the. Route 66 became bobby troup s meal ticket, and throughout the rest of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, he continued to write songs, both as a primary songwriter and a lyricist. Bobby troup and the crew chiefs, bobby troup s quintet, bobby troupe, bobby trout, bobbytroup, booby troup.
Get your kicks with bobby troup indiana public media. Bobby troup is also there to do some lipsyncing, and even dorothy malone is there to stand around and look pretty. Louis, joplin, missouri, oklahoma city looks oh so pretty, youll see amarillo, and gallup, new mexico, flagstaff. Bobby troup biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Route 66 bobby troup 1946 new mexico music commission. Tell me youre home, featuring route 66 by bobby troup on. Bobby troup was born on october 18, 1918 in harrisburg, pennsylvania, usa as robert william troup jr. Featuring rare historical footage and narration by michael wallis, angel delgadillo and bobby troup. Bobby troup, 80, route 66 songwriter the new york times.
Route 66 s popularity exploded after world war ii including the song written by bobby troup and popularized by nat king cole. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. October 18, 1918 february 7, 1999 was an american actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of polydor records. Bobby troup sheet music browse all bobby troup sheet music musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Bobby troup released it on the album doremi in 1957. Bobby troup is not strictly a jazz performer but he has made several important contributions to the music. Route 66 became an icon of freespirited independence, linking the united states across the rocky mountain divide to the pacific ocean. Oct 18 1918 feb 7 1999 bobby troup was a singersongwriter and actor. Troup, bobby tell me youre home featuring route 66. He is best known for writing the popular standard get your kicks on route 66, and for his role as dr. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Bobby troup route 66 sheet music pdf notes, chords jazz.
As a composer he has written daddy, snooty little cutie, baby, baby all the time, and the major hit route 66. Route 66 by bobby troup was written by bobby troup and was first recorded and released by the king cole trio in 1946. Joe early with his wife julie london in the television program emergency. Print and download route 66 sheet music composed by bobby troup. Feb 10, 1999 bobby troup, a musician and actor who wrote the popular song get your kicks on route 66 and who played a neurosurgeon on the 1970s television drama emergency, died on sunday. Complete song listing of bobby troup on bobby troup songs list covid19. Bobby troup route 66 sheet music for beginners in c major. Product information route 66 composed by bobby troup digital sheet music leadsheet.
Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of abkco music and records, inc. Rock classic rock 50s thru the 80s paso robles, ca route 66 rock classic rock 50s thru the 80s paso robles, ca. Route 66, or get your kicks on route 66 is a blues written by bobby troup in 1946. If you ever plan to motor west travel my way, take the highway thats the best get your kicks on route sixtysix. Joe early, opposite his reallife wife julie londons character, in the 1970s us tv series, emergency bobby troup was born in harrisburg, pennsylvania. He was married to julie london and cynthia conrad hare. Listen free to bobby troup route 66 collection get your kicks on route 66, girl talk and more.
Route 66 became bobby troups meal ticket, and throughout the rest of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, he continued to write songs, both as a primary songwriter and a lyricist. Route 66 magazine called it the ultimate video tribute to the mother road. Bobby troup most famous song may be route 66 but the singing pianist penned a number of great tunes including standards such as daddy and the meaning of the blues and was a fine performer himself. Well if you ever plan to motor west just take my way, thats the highway thats the best get your kicks on route 66 well it winds from chicago to l. This jazz standard has been driving people to love swing music for decades. If you ever plan to motor west travel my way, take the highway, thats the best get your kicks on route 66 it winds from chicago to l. Bobby troup s swing classic route 66 is as much a part of americana as the road bearing the same name. Listen free to bobby troup route 66 the best of route 66, daddy and more. October 18, 1918 february 7, 1999 was an american actor, jazz pianist and songwriter. Well if you ever plan to motor west just take my way thats the highway thats the best get your kicks on route 66 well it winds from. Joe early, opposite his reallife wife julie londons character, in the 1970s us tv series, emergency. Listen to your favorite songs from tell me youre home, featuring route 66 by bobby troup now. Route 66 sheet music nat king cole d sheetmusicfree.
An american odyssey is the heartfelt history of route 66, from the building of the road to todays renaissance. New york public library catalog entries for books, personal papers, recordings, scores, etc. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from bobby troup at the discogs marketplace. Caron barnes voice, zhenia gimer piano, goran larsen sax, mihkel malgand bass, tanel ruben drums 11112003 tallinn, tabasalu. Route 66 became bobby troups meal ticket, and throughout the rest of. Composed in 1946 and recorded by countless artists over the years, heres. Route 66 us 66, which traversed the western twothirds of the u. You cant miss with bobby and julie aint to shabby either. Route 66, my lyrics of this fantastic rolling stones song.
Nat king cole recorded it in the same year of its composition, leading many musicians to cover it as well. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. It was covered by the robin nolan trio featuring randy greer, gary williams, little willie littlefield, lenard streicher and other artists. Bobby troup keyboard sheet music browse all bobby troup keyboard sheet music musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. So were driving along, and she said, get your kicks on route 66. Bobby troup, get your kicks on route 66 live trading news. Rise and demise of the route artists in subsequent years, route 66 invited the listener to get your kicks on that very road. Check out get your kicks on route 66 by bobby troup on amazon music. Mark winkler sings bobby troup by mark winkler on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. Intro g g c g if you ever plan to motor west c c7 g travel my way, take the highway thats the best am7 d7 g get your kicks on route 66 g c g.
Get your kicks on route 66 by bobby troup on amazon. Bobby troups catchy songs and playful lyrics caught on with many. Troups 1946 hit route 66 bureau of land management. There are 9 songs 5 by bobby troup route 66, jamboree jones, perdido, skylark, three little bears and 4 by julie london what is this thing called love, say it isnt so, baby. Cover versions of route 66 by bobby troup secondhandsongs. Baby all the time, cry me a river, and two us savings bpnds commercials. With a laidback swing feel and some simple ensemble scat sin. The romance and nostalgia of route 66 is immortalized in popular culture in movies, songs such as bobby troups 1946 hit get your kicks on route 66, and the 1960s route 66 television show. Route 66 by bobby troup octavo sheet music for choral.
Cover versions of get your kicks on route 66 written by. Arranged for brass quintet two bb trumpets, french horn, trombone, and tuba. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords in c major. His most famous work was likely get your kicks on route 66, but he wrote many other songs including. From 1960 to 1964 a television series of the same name featured two adventurers who cruised the highway in a chevrolet corvette sports car. Provided to youtube by universal music group route 66 chuck berry new juke box hits. Route 66 by bobby troup digital sheet music for brass. Bobby troup route 66 sheet music leadsheet in f major. Bobby troup, get your kicks on route 66 added by paul ebeling on february 4, 2017 view all posts by paul ebeling the following two tabs change content below. Licensed to youtube by wmg, thumb media music on behalf of get hip. He wrote the song route 66 and acted in the role of dr. Allamerican highway various artists on allmusic 1998.
572 803 341 1451 1581 1375 404 8 1087 992 75 470 173 811 1416 555 8 159 1425 596 1367 329 42 494 866 927 97 445 28 69 132 1288 971 1379 649 1343 936 800 519 207 1362