Route 66 On the Air!
7-15 September 2002
Westside Amateur Radio Club of Los Angeles

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"Get Your Kicks On Route 66" by Bobby Troup
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If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66.
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2,000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66. 
You go through St. Louie, Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty.
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
Won't you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66.

  Nat King Cole hit with "Route 66" in 1946
 (2.8MB MP3)

The Route 66 TV Program aired 116 Episodes From
October 7, 1960 through Septemb18, 1964.  

The hour-long drama starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and George Maharis as Buzz Murdoch, two young guys who travel around in a 1960 Corvette convertible in search of adventure and enlightenment. Along the way they encounter a host of outcasts and ordinary people entangled in conflicts - eventually traveling to almost every city along the run of Route 66. 


One of the joys of driving Route 66 back in those good 'ol days was reading the Burma-Shave signs by the side of the road. One after another, they told a little upbeat story, all with the punch line "Burma-Shave."