1st RECORDING OF: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - (Nat) King Cole Trio (1946)

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In its most famous arrangement, here’s that memorable Bobby Troup celebration of auto travel westward along “The Main Street Of America.” Cole would record new versions of “Route 66” in both the 1950s and early ‘60s, but this is the original hit.

Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 11 (radio play), 16 (juke box) - R&B Chart Peak: 3

The original 78rpm single was issued on Capitol 256 - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Bob Troup) by The King Cole Trio, vocal by King Cole, recorded March 15, 1946

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