Bobby Troup - Route 66

"The Julie London Show" Japan May 1964.

[@jamlaw]

That's my grandad! What a kick to read everyone's gracious comments, makes my heart swell.

[@taflocks]

He was the best❤️He always said if you want to write a good song get in the car and do a road trip and that’s how he wrote this song. What a wonderful gentleman.

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Yeah sure he was your grandad. And Audrey Hepburn was my grandma.

[@orfeaskouros882]

@@aydankhaliq2967 Even if that comment was fake, why do you doubt his grandkids are out there somewhere, possibly watching their grandad's performances? He had 5 kids, some of them must've had kids of their own.

[@Herbie11]

@@aydankhaliq2967 Wait!... Seriously? Audrey was my sister. Will we see you this Thanksgiving?

[@brez-ed9dd]

Well you had one cool Granddadio, Daddio!

[@millenniumbryan]

Hard to believe the same man who was Dr.Early on EMERGENCY! wrote this iconic song. What a talented man! RIP Bobby Troup

[@allisonmarlow184]

I was thinking the exact same thing... except that I only just now learned about his musical history! What a surprise!!

[@mikeknowles8017]

"KMG365 Squad 51 to Rampart"

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

To route 66 rampart

[@andrewdunbar9771]

WOOOAHHH YA, I watched Emergency as a kid and until this moment I never put "the two Bobby Troups" together.

[@steveparker5406]

Bobby Troup!!! Marine officer, actor and swingin’ jazz cat!

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Also a great emergency room doctor .

[@Bonnie-yx1sf]

How lucky you are to have Bobby as your granddad. You have a life time of stories and memories. I enjoyed watching your granddad on the TV show "Emergency". I loved it when it was on in the "70's" and I watch it now, all the reruns. You have a lot to be proud of. ❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@lionheartmerrill1069]

So his grandmother is Julie London?

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Before seeing this video, I had no idea Bobby Troup had such musical talent !!! He was great in the T.V. shows he was in, and always seemed like a guy who could be a good friend... RIP Mr. Bobby Troup...

[@CityGirlCountry]

Neither Bobby Troup nor Julie London received the recognition they deserved. Both very talented in their crafts - and so memorable on Emergency, which was my favorite show as a kid.

[@MAdMAx19901]

Why did people suddenly stop making music like this? this is so much better than any kind of music we have these days

[@joerhoden4919]

This music stopped because our country abandoned Godly,Christian morals!!!!! Richard Rhoden

[@roguealien423]

@@joerhoden4919 Ahem! Did you ever smell a jazz cigarette?

[@yosemite735]

@@joerhoden4919 what does god have to do with jazz?

[@jimmonserud5626]

My big band plays this song frequently.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Rock and roll killed it

[@nostalgianeverland592]

What talent from an all-around loveable personality! A former Marine, jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, actor, and family man.

[@phenylphenol]

Gotta say, that guitar playing is straight bebop influence, and it's no wonder Bobby Troup never got the huge superstar status that others did. Too jazzy for the mainstream. But damned awesome.

[@gregrobel]

That's Howard Roberts on guitar, I'm pretty sure!

[@karend4406]

What a great song and me and my 5 year old daughter just took a road trip and hit Route 66 in Gallup through Arizona we played this song for hours and what memories we made! Man what a trip! What a great piece of Americana! Maybe the best ever! History and greatness. What a great country!

[@pecos11]

The greatness of the late Bobby Troup! Never heard him sing his greatest hit before.

[@flip4art]

I knew Bobby Troup from 1966 until his death in 1999. He was a great song writer and sang in a nightclub jazz manner. Of course, he wrote many of Julie London's songs, Julie and Bobby were married in 1960 but engaged for over 8 years - after her divorce from Jack Webb. They were wonderful people. They had a large home in Encino, CA and all who were liked by them were always welcome to stop by at any time. Julie London was one of the most unique and under appreciated singers of all time. She was also the most beautiful woman I ever knew throughout her entire life. Great memories.The saying "Cry Me a River" came from her hit song of the same name.

[@jamesrigler]

I knew Bobby and Julie very well I spent a lot of time at their place over the years I miss both of them

[@DakotaCelt1]

Cry me a river was used in V for Vendetta.

[@W7DSY]

Thanks for the personal note. I don't know anything abt Troup, but from all accounts, Julie London was a nice lady.

[@bobphillips3222]

That is a very nice remembrance. I recall Bobby from three episodes of Perry Mason. The one that stick in my mind is The Case of the Jaded Joker. Troup plays a kind of beatnik piano player, who likes to talk in the jive lingo of the era. Great supporting performance.

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Bobby Troup wrote this tune and many others have covered it. I love this version of it. ROCK ON!!!!!

[@davidfyre2963]

Julie London and Bobby Troup. Two outstanding actors. And two very wonderful and outstanding People. I sure miss them both.

[@davidfyre2963]

Route 66. One of my favorite shows and one of my favorite songs. And Bobby Troupe and Julie London are still two of my favorite Actors. R.I.P. Bob and Julie. Thanks for the outstanding acting. And thank you Bobby for the Route 66 song. I miss all of you. That includes Jack Webb and Martin Milner.

[@kilts4u2]

This wouldn't be the same Bobby Troup who played a Dr on "Emergency" would it? Holy crap, was this guy talented? Impressive.

[@excavatoree]

+kilts4u2 On one of the first shows, "Dr. Early" is playing the piano with "Dixie" singing. Too bad they didn't include more of that. Bobby also appeared in "Adam 12" and "Dragnet" as minor characters. He is indeed very talented.

[@davidfyre2963]

kilts4u2. Yes. He is the same Bobby Troup. He played Doctor Joe Early.

[@DakotaCelt1]

Both Bobby and Julie appeared on The Big Valley. Julie played a singer and Bobby was a her accompanist.

[@RayNDeere]

Julie London was married to Jack Webb and had two daughters. Jack was very appreciative that Bobby was a good stepfather to the kids and cast him on shows he produced.

[@deloysterns]

Yes and He was married to the show' s creator Jack Webb ex wife Juile London..aka Nurse Duxie McCall

[@kellymckelvie1128]

I didn't know this until just now. Love the way he sang and his fellow band played Route 66.

[@rburrhead]

A REAL TREASURE. I WATCHED ALL THOSE TV SHOWS. BOBBY TROUP & JULIE LONDON, WHAT A COMBINATION☺☺☺

[@suzieh8044]

Loved Bobby Troup and Julie London on Er. Loved seeing this video.

[@CiscoDuck]

Bobby Troup - piano & vocal; Dennis Budimir - guitar; Don Bagley - bass; Denells Barton - drums

[@cherrysporttrac]

I've watched Bobby Troup on the TV show Emergency ever since I was a kid. I did not realize what a great musician he was! Wow!

[@michaelwesten498]

The Replacements, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry brought me here. Not disappointed at all. Thanks Mr Bobby Troup!

[@autocrow]

Best version out there. After all, he wrote the song.

[@Juliaflo]

Copy that. May God go with you.

[@lydiapurcell4356]

I WHOLE HEARTED ❤ AGREE!!!

[@CuboydMC]

He may have wrote it, but Berry mastered it.

[@tamsinmccormick]

This Guy was one hep cat !! ( before hip ). The song was boogie-woogied into rock and roll eventually . But the original here is just pure jazz.

[@Joy-wg9nd]

Amen!

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Imma what you call a hip cat. I'm very hip with the cat

[@marilynjohnson7779]

Love the way he sings, the way he plays the piano and he's so handsome!!!!?

[@cherituck1431]

Oh wow he's good. Just hearing this for the first time.I really like him on emergency and Julie London also is beautiful

[@FallNorth]

Just heard this on todays "google doodle" about route 66. I'd heard the song before but not this version. I absolutely LOVE the guitar playing in this. I'm a guitarist so biased - but it's just brilliant, had to track down who it was that did this version (no idea this was the original!).

[@laboon344]

hello and same such a great song !

[@laboon344]

used Shazam to find this song and it gave me this ルート66 (Live) Julie London 😂 didn't have anything else to go on so I just typed in Julie London route 66 and I found it 😂

[@FallNorth]

@@laboon344 Yes I like rock / hard rock but this arrangement is really good with just the clarity of his voice and laid back backing. The Chuck Berry version .. well as Marty McFly might say, I'm maybe not read for that yet :P

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

Me too, that song is very catchy.

[@paulcooper8335]

Agree. Loved the entire group. As a drummer who played Gretsch all my career, I loved seeing that logo on the bass drum. They all swung like mad!

[@bella_bella85]

Heyyyyyyy this is awesome!!! Since quarantine I’ve been looking into the actors of my favorite shows and this is a treat. Omg. 💙

[@deloreslandeis1008]

My mom and her sisters loved his voice, the songs, and his style. So do I!

[@hokkiebokkie123]

WOW never knew. Watching Emergency. and googled. I love that song. I was on route 66 and palyed it over and over, Wave from The Netherlands.

[@spdolphs]

The unknown verse of this song it, "Squad 51, start an I.V. with 5mg D5W and transport as soon as possible, but be sure to use Route 66!"

[@samuelgates5935]

Or use ringers lactate

[@roguealien423]

Tee hee!

[@DakotaCelt1]

I was introduced to Bobby and Julie's music many years ago. I enjoy listening to them. Good stuff!

[@ronsindelar9695]

Bobby Troup, played a doctor on the 1970's tv show "Emergency".Classic show, classic song...

[@alanhelms7448]

Thank you for that song Bobby Troup.

[@CityGirlCountry]

Same here. The current smooth and contemporary jazz sounds are great, but there's nothing like the cool, sexy bass sounds of an earlier time.

[@mad-mountain]

Growing up I only knew him as Dr. Early. Awesome talent.

[@glenrose7925]

So nice to hear the songwriter himself.

[@RadioClambake]

I'm standing on Foothill Boulevard (Route 66) watching this on my phone. the future is here. I love you Dr Joe Early

[@alansenzaki4148]

With great guitarist dennis budimer. An l.a. native who has played with just about everyone. Still living in los angeles. You can see the full hour long show on youtube with troup and trio playing a fifteen minute set halfway through the show. Great stuff. Thanks for posting!

[@gregrobel]

I think that it's Howard Roberts!

[@Gnillob802]

They both starred on the 70's TV show EMERGENCY! (Bobby Troupe played a doctor, Julie London a nurse). He wrote the similar sounding theme song for THAT DARN CAT!

[@ethanhill9460]

I"m prayerful this song has been added to the NATIONAL REGISTRY.

[@propdoctor21564]

Always enjoyed him on the TV show Emergency and had no idea he was a musician or was responsible for this famous song. 👍👍 How cool 😁😁

[@stevenbaer5999]

He sang it way before he actually was a doctor on Emergency in the 1970s. He was actually Dr Joe Early of Rampart Hospital. He married Julie London who was actually a head nurse McCall of Emergency. Both are actually passed away decades ago. 🏥😱👍🤗👌

[@cindydufala7646]

Bravo ⚘ my Daddy played drums to stuff like this. Great music lives forever.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Cindy, How are you doing?

[@duanesimmons4843]

Damn Dr Joe Early can sing and play when he's not at Rampart hospital

[@VA482GG]

Saw him on Perry Mason last night. I had no idea he played the piano. What a cool cat he was !

[@CityGirlCountry]

Anytime, jamlaw! Your grandfather was quite a musician, but I wish he had more recognition than he received during his lifetime. However, (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 remains an immortal tribute to a legendary highway, and America itself.

[@Carpenterdane]

Loved him and so enjoyed him on Emergency!

[@mzsher88]

I watched Emergency growing up! Who would have thought you were ever this cool. RIP

[@AZ1LE007]

My english text book brought me here. damn 1940’s songs are awesome and i love the jazz (if it was jazz)

[@TheMeister18]

Dr. EARLY. This dude was awesome! Real talent is nice to see and hear.

[@billpmmbh2053]

Troup was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Another example of excellent Pennsylvania Talent

[@davidfyre2963]

You go Bobby. Play that fine Piano. It sounds beautiful. Good job Bobby.

[@reneeanderson2978]

Love this cool jazz version on today's Google, goes so well with the graphics. Bobby Troup should get credit for his musical art today.

[@jtkidd7345]

Love him on Emergency! What a great talent. He and his wife (Julie London) seemed like really nice people too!

[@jackzaccardi1896]

Discovered this talented guy while reading "Just the Facts Ma'am" the Jack Webb bio. After his divorce from Julie London she became a club circuit singer and did several films. Bobby Troupe was her mentor.

[@deanvaughan8536]

This man wrote the definition of what route 66 was. Thanks man

[@123ThisIsMe]

Great to hear the song by the man who actually wrote it ! But sad to see that Route 66 is now lined with ghost towns, deserted gasoline stations, bankrupt business and deserted cracked tarmacked stretches of road. But still a great road trip in my mind :)

[@karend4406]

An AMAZING road trip! The best!

[@davenelms68]

Such a cool one, I play this most every gig.

[@gonzaloramirez7134]

Awesome! Hey, would you mind sending me the chords used in this particular version?

[@Derry8867]

Why didn't I hear this guy when I was just starting out.? He feels like my musical brother.

[@JonElliott-l3z]

He was my dad’s friend and we would find him in California playing in clubs when we traveled there . His name was Colin Robbie and the store delivered my grandma a Chickering piano close to Christmas in the 1930s

[@unknowntoknow2368]

Pulse 2 Book Bring me here 😂

[@ra.s4039]

Ditto. Hahahaha

[@hasifrosli3923]

Same hahahahha

[@franch1ba_ez]

Same hahaha

[@tastychicken2062]

we're student yep

[@norhidayah7370]

Samee hahah 😂

[@jespernielsen8549]

Bobby Troup's original is still the best 'Route 66' out there.

[@janeaustin399]

They did a lot together. Rawhide episode for one. Bobby on Dragnet as bartender. Bobby on Ironside at the piano. Lots more if I could remember some more of them.

[@DrLumpyDMus]

At one time ASCAP/BMI determined that Route Sixty-Six was the most commercially covered song of all time. As a young side man in LA in the 60s and 70s I played this tune with every kind of ensemble from Lawrence Welk to the LA Phil to every pop/jazz/rock/country band that hired me. This song, and YMCA, seem to be universally popular across just about every listener demographic.

[@hassledguy]

A great song can have many lives and can end up in unexpected places. From Troup to Cole to Berry to the Stones...each version is spectacular.

[@amyfisher6380]

Fun fact: When the Northridge earthquake hit Los Angeles in January 1994, scientists initially stated that it registered a 6.6 on the Richter scale. So just for kicks, somebody spray painted “Get your kicks on Route 6.6” on a sound wall of the Santa Monica freeway, which takes traffic from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica and the end of Route 66. The magnitude was since changed to 6.7, but I thought the graffiti was just SO L.A.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Amy, How are you doing?

[@Marty647]

Knock out take by all involved. Bobby Troup. There was never better diction in American music. Precision groove and soul. No wonder Julie London fell like a bridge!

[@Christreality]

Going to listen to Rout 66 by the King(Cole) but stumbled upon this wonderful gem. *Nothing like THE Original.-this. Thanks.

[@MrUnidyne]

He not only wrote this song, he played "Dr. Joe Early" on the TV show "Emergency!". His real-life wife Julie London (a noted torch song singer in her own right) played "Nurse Dixie McCall" on the same show.

[@JohnTapscott1]

Love it! By this time Julie's voice was lower and deeper than Bobby's!

[@1969SL]

I absolutely LOVE Bobby Troup and always reccomend him to my friends.

[@BernardVictor]

I did not know that he wrote this song. Amongst the best versions I've ever heard.Jukie London another VERY underrated singer.

[@railfann]

Yes to both. Bobby and Julie were married to each other. It was the second marriage for both. And they both were stars on "Emergency". Juile's first husband was Dragnet's Jack Webb, who was a producer of "Emergency". Bet Bobby felt uncomfortable with that. Bobby's first wife was the one who gave him the line "Get your kicks on Route 66", which became the song we all love.

[@downrightman]

This is the best version of this song. Naturally, Mr. Troup knew how his song should be played. He wanted Nat Cole to do it, which he did, second best. But nobody played it like Bobby.

[@InvestingForTomorrow24]

The real item, a vanished combination of talent, yet anchored in reality.

[@ahmadsumartapraja7236]

i just watched 6 versions of this song, this is the best

[@theoriginalbadbob]

Asleep at the Wheel does a rocking version of this song, which is great, but Bobby does the definitive version.

[@iodine63]

An amazing talent!

[@tumerica]

Oh, I am SO with you on that sentiment. This is great in every way. What a talent. And just cool, easy--I love it! You simply do not hear cool and easy these days--too much oversinging & egotistical ranting. OK, there are a few exceptions--Norah Jones, Diana Krall, and Harry Connick, Jr. But for the most part . . .

[@StoneyRerootkit]

Julie London😊Such a Babe, 🎶Singer, And a Great Nurse as Well😊🎉❤💋🍄😇

[@DsmB2007]

Never heard this..cool Debbie..nice send..Love the old time jazzy stuff!!!

[@ColleenCondron]

Bobby Troup your grandpa?! Way cool. VERY talented man.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Colleen, How are you doing?

[@bravevoice2771]

Wow cut in 1946 this was so ahead of it's time.

[@chazhernandez701]

Too cool Bobby was!! I learned through the Rolling Stones but this is one called version and he wrote it !!

[@theplanissuccess]

He and his wife, Julie London, are still, and always will be, the epitome of cool😎💛

[@snidelywhiplash6889]

I can't help but think of him as buzzy on an episode of Perry Mason. A true beatnick! What a blast man

[@Juliaflo]

@jbpink I specifically saw the movie version of M*A*S*H. It is tragic that few people know how talented Mr. Troup really was.

[@turbo1964]

So funny, but my into to both Bobby Troup and Julie London was when they starred in the early 70's show "Emergency". Julie was "Nurse Dix" and Bobby played a Dr. in the ER. I was about 10 and loved the show and my mother told me who they were which meant nothing at the time. Love em both!

[@station51kmg365]

Wow Who Knew That Bobby And Julie Had Such Wonderful Voices!

[@rayunseitig6367]

how sweet it is.

[@allaboard70]

This version is super cool... I really like. I will say Chuck Berry's version was the most important, because the Rolling Stones covered a lot of Chuck Berry songs and one of them was Route 66!!

[@MrCzechers]

Great song! (I wonder if the Route 66 started/ended at Rampart General Hospital)

[@Clamchucker]

Still good! Lemon Twist remains fresh as well. Unheralded talent.

[@W7DSY]

I doubt if any song has been covered as many times as this one, in every sort of genre.

[@janeaustin399]

Hi Stan, I would have agreed with you but I looked on KZbin for "A Taste of Honey" (Herb Alpert) and found 40 then stopped searching there were some many different ones.

[@MrPerry435]

There are more than 130 covers of this song (as of 2001) so there is probably nearly 150 (or maybe even more) today.

[@JVegaTrio]

Oh yeah, the great Dennis Budimir on guitar, too! :)

[@4ellen27]

absolutely awesome

[@catandpiddle]

soooooo coooool. thank you!

[@Pteradacca]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

[@johnharris6655]

The 60's were the decade of Cool.