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OK. OK. I know it's strange to do this, but here is a web page listing nothing but artists who have recorded Bobby Troup's "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" and Nelson Riddle's "(Theme from) Route 66." There are links to Amazon.com that enable you to buy recordings by some artists. Listings with indicate RealAudio samples.

Recordings of (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

Lou Stein and Elise
Acid Visions. Featured on The Complete Collection, Vol. 2 (1993, Collectables Records).
Paul Anka

Asleep at the Wheel. Featured on

Tom Snyder describes this recording as the ultimate version of "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66."

Eden Atwood, Randy Sandke, Stefan Scaggiari, Bill Douglass and Vince Lateano. Featured on Jazz Celebration: A Tribute To Carl Jefferson (1996, Concord Jazz Records, Catalog #7005)
George Auld and His Orchestra. Featured on In the Middle (WEA/Discovery/Trend/Musicraft Records, Catalog #10467 70056 2)
Germaine Bazzle. Featured on Standing Ovation (1997, AFO Records, Catalog #78647 930228 2)

Chuck Berry. Featured on New Juke Box Hits (1961, Chess Records, Catalog #1456; Reissued 1961, Pye International Records, Catalog #NPL 28019; Reissued 1989, Uni/Chess).
The Big Four Blues Band. Featured on Going to Chicago (CMA Records, Catalog #5080 10011 2)
Herman Brood
Charles Brown. Featured on One More For The Road (1986, Alligator Records, Catalog #1455 4771 2)
Anita Bryant
Buckwheat Zydeco. Featured on Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (1990, PDG/Polygram Records, Catalog # 4228 42925 4)
Johnny Caldwell
The Canadian Knights
Chuck Wagon and the Wheels
Chelsea. Featured on Fools and Soldiers (1997, Receiver, Catalog #242)
Rosemary Clooney. Featured on

Nat King Cole. Featured on

Natalie Cole. Featured on
Cal Collins
Perry Como. Featured on Como Swings (RCA Records, Catalog #LSP-2010)
Cotton Club Singers
Joe Coughlin. Featured on Third Ascension

The Count Bishops. Featured on

The Cramps. Fetured on Flame Job (1994, Warner Brothers Records, Catalog #7559 24592 4)
Lamont Cranston Band. Featured on Upper Mississippi Shakedown - The Best of the Lamont Cranston Band (1993, Era/K-Tel Records, Catalog #2277 51004; reissued Catalog 5010)
Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters. Featured on Their Complete Recordings (1996, Uni/MCA Records, Catalog #11503)

Frank D'Rone
Charles "Bud" Dant
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Hank Davison. Featured on Hank Davison and Friends (1996, Overture)
Martin Denny
Depeche Mode. Featured on
Floyd Dixon
Do Ray Mi
Robert Downey, Jr. & Brian Berdan. Featured on Natural Born Killers Soundtrack (1994, Uni/Interscope Records, Catalog #92460)
Bob Dylan
Earthquake
Ronnie Eden and the Route 66 Band
Eskimo Joe's Rhythm & Blues
Dr. Feelgood
Manfredo Fest. Featured on Fascinating Rhythm (1996, Concord Picante Records)
Charlie Francis
The Four Freshmen. Featured on
Gold Company
Buddy Greco. Featured on Route 66 -- A Tribute to Nat King Cole (Candid Records, Catalog #5731 1901 2)
Greg the Black
Roy Hamilton. Featured on Anthology (1995, Collectible Records, Catalog #8823)
Tina Harper
The Hi-Liters
Humble Pie
Igor's Jazz Cowboys
Harry James. Featured on The Best of the Big Bands (1996, Sony Records, Catalog #13296)
Hollywood Jones
Louis Jordan
Jump'n the Saddle Band
Harumi Kaneko
Larry "88" Keys
Jimmy Lafave. Featured on Hiway Trance (1994, Bohemia Beat Records, Catalog #11671 2 4)
LaVelle
League of Decency. Featured on Stompin': Swing Into The 1940's (1995, Intersound)
Elijah Levi/Tatsu Aoki Quartet. Featured on Finally Elijah (1998, Southport Records, Catalog #51)
George Maharis
Kevin Mahogany. Featured on You Got What It Takes (ENJA Records, Catalog #63757 9093 2)

Manhattan Transfer. Featured on
Manhattan Transfer and Oscar Peterson. Featured on Live at Town Hall (1997, Telarc)
Johnny Mathis
Floyd McDaniel & The Bluebirds. Featured on West Side Baby (1997, Delmark)
John Moriarty Trio
The Most Happy Fellows
Michael Martin Murphey. Featured on Land of Enchantment (1989, Warner Brothers Records, Catalog #7599 25894 2)
William Noll Jazz Orchestra. Featured on Fascinating Rhythm (1997, Newport Classics)
Marty O'Connor
Original Sins. Featured on Big Soul (1987, Bar None Records, Catalog #32862 3 4)
The Outcasts. Featured on I'm in Pittsburgh and It's Raining (1995, Collectables Records, Catalog #1421 591 2)
Patti Page
The Penny Loafers
Oscar Peterson and the Manhattan Transfer. Featured on Live at Town Hall (1997, Telarc)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bucky Pizzarelli & John Pizzarelli. Fetured on At the Vineyard Theatre (1996, Challenge Records)
John Pizzarelli, Jr.. Featured on
  • I Like New Jersey -- The Best of John Pizzarelli (1994, Stash Records, Catalog #5829 581 2)
  • Dear Mr. Cole (1994, BMG/Jive/Novus Records, Catalog #1241 63182 4)
The Pump Boy & Dinettes
Leon Rausch
The Replacements
Buddy Rich. Featured on Blues, Boogie, And Bop (PDG/Verve Records, Catalog #31451 25609 2)
Judy Roberts
Betty Roche. Featured on Take the A Train (Bethlehem Music, Catalog #3014)
Rolling Stones. Featured on
Rose T.C.
Rue de Blues. Featured on Deep Play (1996, Crescent)
Runaway Express
Brian Setzer Orchestra. Featured on Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994, PCG/Hollywood Records, Catalog #2061 61565 4)
The Sharks
B.B. Shawn
Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Featured on Songs By Sinatra: The Old Gold Shows Vol. 3 (1997, On the Air Records)
Skrewdriver
Starz (and Bobby Troup)
The Surfaris. Featued on Wax, Board And Woodie
Grady Tate. Featured on TNT: Grady Tate Sings (1991, Milestone Records, Catalog #2592 9193 2)
Them (with Van Morrison). Fetured on The Story Of Them Featuring Van Morrison (1965, Parrot Records, Catalog #PAS 71005; reissued 1998, PGD/Polydor Records)

Mel Torme

Bobby Troup. Featured on

  • Feeling of Jazz (1955, Starline Records, Catalog #7326 9009 2)
  • Kicks on 66 (1995, Hindsight Records, Catalog #3326 6074 4)
  • The Songs of Route 66 (1997, Lazy S.O.B Records)
The Underbeats
Billy Vaughn
David Williams. Featured on Route 66 (Trapdoor Records, P.O. Box 5584 Springfield, IL 62705-5584, tel 217-793-6009).
Bob Wills
JoJo Zep & the Falcons

 

Recordings of (Theme from) Route 66

Hey! Don't forget Nelson Riddle's theme to the CBS television series! Here are some recordings where that song can be found. By the way, if you're wondering why CBS didn't use the Bobby Troup song, it was because they didn't want to pay anyone royalties -- Bobby Troup, in this case. That's why they had Nelson Riddle, a staff composer, write a new song. Talk about being cheapskates!

 

MX-80. Featured on Das Love Boat: Instrumentals '75-'90 (1995, Altavistic Records)
Nelson Riddle. Featured on:
Route 66 Orchestra. Featured on The Songs of Route 66 (1997, Lazy S.O.B Records)

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