Route 66 - Bobby Troup

**DaleMac** · 03-08-2013, 05:54 PM

"Route 66" with breaks and outro

Here's Route 66 with the standard Break section and Nat King Cole's iconic ending. (That screwy final bar of 3/4 just makes it end right, so don't let it throw you.) This arrangement is optimized to play twice. But it's set for 3 Times so you can start playing on the second A section, using it as a 12-bar intro.

Route 66 (with breaks) - Bobby Troup

To accommodate additional soloists, or a singer who can't resist the urge to scat a chorus, you can increase the number of Times - remembering that the Breaks section will occur during each solo. And of course, if you transpose, you'll probably want to edit that final F chord under the fermata just to avoid confusion.

**Kalokagathon** · 05-31-2013, 06:19 PM

Cool ending!
I'd already made a chart with breaks, 'cause how can you do "Route" without 'em!!!
The ending with the 3/4 is JUST right!
Thanks, and happy music!
(P.S.: a guy on the forums inserted an IN section tag at the end of a section, and iReal b played WHAT FOLLOWED the number of choruses specified, NOT the whole chart... Worth experimenting on...)

**DaleMac** · 05-31-2013, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kalokagathon

... P.S.: a guy on the forums inserted an IN section tag at the end of a section, and iReal b played WHAT FOLLOWED the number of choruses specified, NOT the whole chart ...

Yeah, I saw that on Teen Town - nice trick to keep in mind. I've also made some "creative" use of [IN], [V] and the section letters. It's satisfying to fool the machine, but still bugs me to see oddball stuff on the chart - especially to make it end on a specific beat. Oh well... that's show biz.

**CyrilleB** · 12-15-2021, 12:49 PM

Chuck Berry version:

Route 66 (Chuck Berry) - Bobby Troup (Chuck Berry)

**CyrilleB** · 12-15-2021, 12:50 PM

Nat King Cole version:

Route 66 - Bobby Troup (Nat King Cole)

**DaveBuergerOnBass** · 10-06-2024, 09:21 PM

I created this chart arrangement for Route 66 performed by The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby in 1946.

Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Bobby Troup

Hear it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk41aYJzimM

Though the (Nat) King Cole Trio version was more popular at the time, this treatment of the Bobby Troup song did make it into a million homes via the best-selling flip side “South America, Take It Away.”Billboard Chart Peak: 14 (juke box play)CD audio source, originally issued on 78rpm: Decca 23569 - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Troup) by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen, recorded in Hollywood May 19, 1946 .