"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" by Nat King Cole

This week MeTV started showing Emergency! again. Of the medical personnel on the show, my favourite Dr. Joe Early played by Bobby Troup. I imagine that, at least among Gen Xers like myself, that today Bobby Troup is best known as Dr. Early on Emergency!. While that might be case, Bobby Troup started out as a composer, pianist, and singer. Indeed, he composed a number of well-known songs, including "Daddy," "Girl Talk," and "The Girl Can't Help." Perhaps his most famous song was "Get Your Kicks" on Route 66." Among others, the song was recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio, whose version peaked at  three on the Billboard Race Records chart and number eleven on the Billboard pop chart. It has since become a standard.

Here is The Nat King Cole Trio's version of Bobby Troup's "(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66."