Route 66
- First recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946
- Later recorded by Natalie Cole in the
1991 album, Unforgettable With Love
- Also recorded by the King Cole Trio on
March 16 1946
- The King Cole Trio's version reached #3
on the R&B charts and #11 on the pop charts.
- Words and Music by Bobby Troup
If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way,
Take the highway that is best --
Get your kicks on Route 66.
It winds from Chicago to LA,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route 66.
Now you go through Saint Looey
Joplin, Missouri,
and Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.
You see Amarillo,
Gallup, New Mexico,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Don't forget Winona,
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino.
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66.
Instrumental Interlude
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66.
Come on in -- get your kicks on Route 66.
Get your kicks on Route 66.
