Songs That Were Covers: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

About this episode

Bill Price discusses the history and significance of the song '(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66' and its various covers.

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback! I'm Bill Price, and in this episode of Songs That Were Covers, I will feature the story behind the song titled “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66”, which has been covered many times by several artists. The song, and the actual US Route 66, has an interesting history. Additionally it also has a special significance for me, as I will discuss in this episode. We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Price

Topics covered

• covers
• music history
• Route 66
• song significance
• artist covers

Keywords

• Route 66
• covers
• music history
• Bill Price
• song significance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

Places: US Route 66

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