Manhattan Transfer’s original version of “Route 66”

Here is the Manhattan Transfer‘s original 1981 studio recording of Bobby Troup’s “Route 66.”

The maker of the video superimposed footage of the group performing the song, along with vintage film of Route 66 scenes.

The video is nicely done. The cars going into a ditch, however, may be more kicks than a Route 66 traveler had in mind. And the brief scene from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is about 450 miles too far north.

2 thoughts on “Manhattan Transfer’s original version of “Route 66”

  1. Ironic that they included so many freeway clips, since the divided highway Interstate System was the death knell for so many Route 66 towns.

    Were there any (many?) Route 66 segments that became freeways/limited-access divided highways?

    1. Quite a few, actually. For instance, much of Interstate 55 in Illinois was signed U.S. 66 before 66 was decommissioned.

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