Look Who it Was Random video

TV's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Route 66

3,478 views · Published 29 May 2014 · 1:12 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: ThePeacekeeperj3l · 2014 · Music

Watch on YouTube

A classic theme song from "Television's Greatest Hits: Vol. 2."

Note: 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"[4] instrumental was one of the first television themes[5] to make Billboard magazine's Top 30,[6] 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.[7] A vocal version, retitled "Open Highway" and featuring lyrics by Stanley Styne, was recorded by jazz singer Teri Thornton and reached #150 in the Music Vendor survey of October 1963.

More from this channel