Route 66: The Mother Road

Get your kicks on Route 66! At one time or another most of us have heard this 1946 song written by Bobby Troup and sung by the unforgettable Nat King Cole. But many of us also remember the theme song composed by Nelson Riddle that accompanied a popular 1960s television series entitled Route 66, starring Martin Milner, George Maharis and Glenn Corbett. The series followed three young men driving around America working odd jobs and helping folks in need. The series, which ran from 1960 to 1964 and continued in syndicated reruns for decades, helped immortalize this road… read more >