Posted on 01/29/2014 9:40:48 PM PST by lee martell
“The program starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles...”
IMHO, Martin Milner is one of the more underrated actors of his era. He was excellent in both Route 66 and Adam-12, but he was also quite good in his early movie career. He turned in very solid performances in Sweet Smell of Success and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, among others. Very talented guy.
OK,
While I am listening...
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn6cxaKRwtk
96 TEARS-— ? and The MYSTERIANS !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeolH-kzx4c
Woolly Bully-Sam The Sham & Pharaohs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6P7g_qz2OU
It is the Bobby Troupe "Route 66". Arrangement and orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle -- who was pretty good at what he did, too. Frank, for example, would know...
I purchased the set about 5-6 years ago. Still pop one in every once in a while. Also picked up the complete DVD sets of 77 Sunset Strip, The Hawaiian Eye, (Oh Connie!!!!), Sea Hunt, M Squad and Surf Side 6 along the way. Great stuff!!
Mother Road ping.
Agree, Lee. She has a right to be a liberal if she wants to be, but to her credit Linda never (or seldom, at least) let her opinions interfere with her music, which appeals to all. Why any entertainer would intentionally alienate half or more of their potential audience is a mystery to me. I thought the book was very well written (by herself) and it’s clear that she recognized the contributions of a wide array of musicians and music professionals, including Nelson Riddle who would rank among the top tier. Given the selfish narcissism of the industry in general, it was refreshing to hear her praise and respect people of quality with superb talent.
Of course, a singer probably couldn’t go wrong by following the lead of the Chairman of the Board ;-)
Actually, I still even have my 20 off-air VHS videotape recordings of all the “Route 66” episodes from back when the series aired on Nick-at-Night in 1985-87! I was glad to retire them, when the official dvd-set was released.
“Route 66’s” sister series, “Naked City” has also recently come out (complete, including the single half-hour season from 1958-59) in a big dvd-set.
Thank you for the info on Bobby Troup, the actual writer. I’ll bet a lot of people make that mistake. So the composition has been around for quite a while, available for artistic interpretation.
Both Julie and Husband Bobby have that crisp, prim (and restrained) look of many British actors of that time.
Nurse Dixie was all the reason I needed to watch Emergency!
From Wikipedia:
Nelson Riddle was commissioned to write the instrumental theme when CBS decided to have a new song, rather than pay royalties for the Bobby Troup song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.” Riddle’s theme, however, offers an unmistakable homage to the latter’s piano solo (as originally recorded by Nat King Cole) throughout the number.
Bobby Troup hizzelf...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwb4SpNuKo
Manhattan Transfer, my personal favorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5O0_g-aBZI
Asleep At The Wheel, a close second.
I caught the show in reruns as a teenager in the late ‘80s when it was on Nick at Nite. Haven’t seen it anywhere else since.
Link at #2 above, is the theme from the TV series “Route 66” (1960-1964). . .
from Wikipedia
“Route 66 Theme” - by Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle was commissioned to write the instrumental theme when CBS decided to have a new song, rather than pay royalties for the Bobby Troup song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.” Riddle’s theme, however, offers an unmistakable homage to the latter’s piano solo (as originally recorded by Nat King Cole) throughout the number.
Riddle’s “Route 66 Theme” instrumental was one of the first television themes to make Billboard magazine’s Top 30, following Ray Anthony’s “Dragnet Theme” (in 1953) and Henry Mancini’s “Mr. Lucky Theme” (in 1960). The song earned two Grammy nominations in 1962.
http://www.metvnetwork.com/
Thanx Robwin :-)
(by the way, if you were using the <p> code for line spaces, it would have prevented the links from being clickable...if you just use the return key for line spaces and eliminate any HTML code, then the FR software should make the URLs clickable automatically)
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