(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
Sheet music cover
Single by the King Cole Trio
B-side"Everyone Is Sayin' Hello Again (Why Must We Say Goodbye)"
ReleasedApril 22, 1946 (1946-04-22)
RecordedMarch 16, 1946
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
GenreRhythm and blues
Length2:57
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Bobby Troup
The King Cole Trio singles chronology
"The Frim-Fram Sauce"
(1946)		 "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
(1946)		 "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)"
(1946)

"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular rhythm and blues song, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The lyrics relate a westward roadtrip on U.S. Route 66, a highway which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. The song became a standard, with several renditions appearing on the record charts.

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