Where Was FourWallsdo?: (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

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With all the traveling I did on the Mother Road this vacation, I can’t forget to include this song in the monthlong look at where I went. As usual, the main problem is choosing which version of this classic song to use! Might as well go with the original, so here it is! (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 - Nat “King” Cole See you tomorrow. Seriously, what is there to say about the man? The road? And the two of them together in this song?! This has been done every way imaginable, from Western swing (Asleep At the Wheel) to rock (the Stones and Chuck Berry) to almost punk (the Replacements). You can go on YouTube and see the song’s author, Bobby Troup, performing it. (I’ve mentioned this before: when I was growing up, Bobby Troup, to me, was nothing more than Dr. Joe Early on Emergency! ) No, he wrote “Daddy” (1940s hit) and “The Girl Can’t Help It,” recorded by Little Richard. I saw a video on YouTube that asked why people were still obsessed with Route 66. Lots of reasons, I suppose: the centennial of the road is next year, and it’s great nostalgia. Then there’s this classic song that keeps it forever in our hearts. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 Written by Bobby Troup Recorded by Nat “King” Cole Released as a single, 1946 Travel my way, take the highway that’s the best: