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“Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)” by The Cramps
From the album Flamejob (1994)
“Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)” by The Cramps appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1994 on the album Flamejob. Its best result is #759 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,953 alternative song of all time.
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The Cramps took the wheel of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" on their 1994 album Flamejob. Troup wrote the song in 1946, after he and his wife, Cynthia, drove west from Pennsylvania to California chasing a Hollywood songwriting career; she came up with the title, and his words follow a trip along US Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, name-checking towns along the way. It grew into a rhythm and blues standard.
Lux Interior sings it, and he and Poison Ivy produced it, with Ivy on guitar, Slim Chance on bass, Harry Drumdini on drums and Earle Mankey engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 759 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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