Road Songs: Car Tune Classics 1942–1962

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-03-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-03-15)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-03-15)
lead vocals:
King Cole
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946, on 1946-03-15)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1946-03-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2000)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1946-03-15)
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (on 1946-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
Nat “King” Cole3:04
2Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
recording of:
Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon (in 1947)
publisher:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter) (on 1941-06-07)
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1948-09-06)
Tex Williams1:52
3Automobile Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1949)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1949)
recording of:
Automobile Blues (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
publisher:
Prestige Music and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:49
4Car Rider
recording of:
Car Rider (on 1949-10-06)
composer:
Arne Domnérus
Arne Domnérus feat. James Moody3:01
5Hot Rod Race
recording of:
Hot Rod Race (on 1950-11-09)
lyricist and composer:
George Wilson
Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan2:34
6Hot Rod Race Navy Style
recording of:
Hot Rod Race Navy Style (in 1951-06)
version of:
Hot Rod Race
Mick Woodward2:04
7Hardtop Race
recording of:
Hardtop Race (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Dave Stogner
Dave Stogner2:40
8Hot Rod ‐ Shotgun Boogie no. 2
vocals:
Faron Young
recording of:
Hot Rod – Shotgun Boogie No. 2 (on 1951-10-10)
lyricist and composer:
Webb Pierce
Tillman Franks & His Rainbow Boys2:54
9Hot Rod Race no. 3
recording of:
Hot Rod Race No. 3 (in 1951-04)
version of:
Hot Rod Race
Bob Williams2:28
10Let Me Ride Your Automobile
recording of:
Let Me Ride Your Automobile (from 1951 until 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Boyd (US singer & actor)
Lowell Fulson2:46
11Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (on 1951-08-16)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Dizzy Gillespie
parody version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Dizzy Gillespie3:02
12Rocket 69
recording of:
Rocket 69 (on 1951-07-06)
writer:
Henry Glover and Barry Mann
Connie Allen with Todd Rhodes and His Orchestra2:45
13Rocket 88
recording of:
Rocket “88” (on 1951-03-05)
lyricist and composer:
Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats2:51
14Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
recording of:
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strange
Billy Strange2:07
15Cadillac Blues
recording of:
Cadillac Blues (in 1951)
writer:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn)
Big Walter Horton2:40
16Mobiling Baby of Mine
recording of:
Moblin' Baby of Mine (in 1951-12)
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Marshall (drums)
Eddie Marshall2:23
17Driving This Highway
recording of:
Driving This Highway (on 1952-02-12)
lyricist and composer:
Howlin’ Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf2:55
18Motor Head Baby
recording of:
Motorhead Baby (in 1952)
writer:
V. Haven and Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny “Guitar” Watson2:38
19Buick ’59
recording of:
Buick '59 (in 1954)
writer:
Vernon Green (US singer) and Walter Dootsie Williams
The Medallions2:39
20Cadillac in Model A
recording of:
Cadillac in Model "A" (on 1954-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Jack Wills
Billy Jack Wills with Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys2:07
21No Money Down
producer:
Leonard & Phil Chess (Legendary US production duo)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Ebby Hardy (on 1955-12-20)
guitar and lead vocals:
Chuck Berry (on 1955-12-20)
piano [possibly]:
Johnnie Johnson (on 1955-12-20) and Otis Spann (on 1955-12-20)
vocals:
Chuck Berry (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 2003)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-12-20)
recording of:
No Money Down (on 1955-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
recording of:
No Money Down (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Chuck Berry43:00
22The Route
recording of:
The Route (on 1956-07-26)
composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
Chet Baker and Art Pepper5:08
23UAW‐CIO
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Tom Glazer
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
vocals:
Tom Glazer, Pete Seeger and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
performer:
Burl Ives, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Brownie McGhee
recording of:
U.A.W. - C.I.O. (in 1944-03)
lyricist and composer:
Vern Partlow
The Union Boys2:04
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66Bobby Troup2:28
2Cops and Robbers
recording of:
Cops and Robbers (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Kent Harris (Boogaloo)
Boogaloo and His Gallant Crew3:01
3Highway 60
producer:
Ralph Bass (in 1953)
baritone saxophone:
Clyde Dunn (1950s US sax player) (in 1953)
bass:
Mario Delagarde (1950s US bass player) (in 1953)
guitar:
Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist) (in 1953) and Johnny “Guitar” Watson (in 1953)
membranophone:
Bill English (US jazz drummer) (in 1953)
tenor saxophone:
Billy Smith (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1953)
vocals:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson (in 1953)
recording of:
Highway 60 (on 1953-01-20)
writer:
Mario Delagarde (1950s US bass player) and Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny “Guitar” Watson2:27
4Mr. Thrill
recording of:
Mr. Thrill (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
Mildred Jones
Mildred Jones2:36
5Coupe Deville Baby
recording of:
Coupe Deville Baby (in 1955-01)
lyricist and composer:
Nathaniel Hinton
The Medallions2:38
6You Can’t Catch Me
producer:
Leonard & Phil Chess (Legendary US production duo)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Ebby Hardy (on 1955-12-20)
guitar and lead vocals:
Chuck Berry (on 1955-12-20)
piano [possibly]:
Johnnie Johnson (on 1955-12-20) and Otis Spann (on 1955-12-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 2003)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-12-20)
recording of:
You Can’t Catch Me (on 1955-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Snapper Music
Chuck Berry32:45
7Maybellene
producer:
Leonard & Phil Chess (Legendary US production duo)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-05-21)
guitar and lead vocals:
Chuck Berry (on 1955-05-21)
maracas [possibly]:
Leonard Chess (on 1955-05-21) and Jerome Green (on 1955-05-21)
piano:
Johnnie Johnson (on 1955-05-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 2003)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-05-21)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 2), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 18) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 102)
recording of:
Maybellene (on 1955-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Salee Music Company
Chuck Berry3.852:26
8Come Back, Maybellene
recording of:
Come Back, Maybellene (in 1955)
lyricist:
Mercy Dee Walton
composer:
Chuck Berry
version of:
Maybellene
Mercy Dee2:31
9Speedin’
recording of:
Speedin' (in 1955-06)
writer:
Elliot Carpenter, Vernon Green (US singer) and Bill McAdoo
Vernon Green & The Medallions2:13
10Parking Worries
recording of:
Parking Worries (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
Ted West
Ted West2:54
11No Parking Here
recording of:
No Parking Here (in 1954-03)
writer:
Jimmy Littlejohn and Melvin Romine
Jimmy Littlejohn2:32
12Dig That Hot Rod
recording of:
Dig That Hot Rod (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Westmoreland
Paul Westmoreland2:22
13Hot Rod Rag
recording of:
Dig That Hot Rod (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Westmoreland
T. Texas Tyler2:14
14Taxi
recording of:
Taxi (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Al Harris (Early jazz and dance band cornet player)
Al Harris & His Calypso Band2:43
15Hard Top Race
cover recording of:
Hardtop Race (on 1953-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Dave Stogner
Merrill Moore2:12
16Race With the Devil
recording of:
Race With the Devil (on 1956-05-04)
writer:
Bill “Tex” Davis and Gene Vincent
publisher:
Central Songs
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps2:07
17Cruisin’
recording of:
Cruisin' (on 1956-10-17)
writer:
Bill Davis and Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps2:16
18Pink Cadillac
recording of:
Pink Cadillac (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Sammy Masters (1950s Country and Western, Rockabilly artist)
Sammy Masters2:19
19Drivin’ Down the Wrong Side of the Road
recording of:
Drivin' Down the Wrong Side of the Road (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Leland H. Thomas
Ricky Riddle2:43
20Let’s Coast a While
recording of:
Let’s Coast Awhile (in 1956-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bo Davis
Bo Davis feat. Eddie Cochran2:04
21Cruisin’
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Joe Jones (US jazz drummer)
piano:
Wynton Kelly
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin
trumpet:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter)
recording of:
Cruisin' (on 1957-04-17)
composer:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter)
Clark Terry feat. Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly8:29
22Hot Rod Rock
conductor:
Alexander Courage
recording of:
Hot Rod Rock (in 1957)
composer:
Alexander Courage
The Hot Rod Rumble Orchestra3:10
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66Chuck Berry2:49
2Hot Rod
recording of:
Hot Rod (in 1958)
writer:
Joseph Monaco and George “Shadow” Morton
The Mar‐Keys feat. Georgie Morton2:26
3Flat Tire
recording of:
Flat Tire (in 1958)
writer:
Willie Dixon and Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
The Del‐Vikings2:30
4Pop, Let Me Have the Car
recording of:
Pop, Let Me Have the Car (on 1958-06-03)
writer:
Eddie Fontaine and Andy Halmay
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
Carl Perkins2:16
5Sur l’autoroute
bass:
Pierre Michelot (on 1957-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1957-12-04)
piano:
René Urtreger (on 1957-12-04)
tenor saxophone:
Barney Wilen (on 1957-12-04)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1957-12-04)
recording of:
Sur l’autoroute (on 1957-12-04)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Edition Continentale
Miles Davis2:22
6Milestones
recorded at:
Le Poste Parisien in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1957-12-04)
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”) (on 1958-03-04)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Jazz Horn Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Miles Davis5:42
7Du jazz dans le ravin
producer:
Denis Bourgeois (Producer)
vocals:
Serge Gainsbourg (from 1958-06-10 until 1958-07-03)
orchestra:
Alain Goraguer et son orchestre (from 1958-06-10 until 1958-07-03)
conductor:
Alain Goraguer (from 1958-06-10 until 1958-07-03)
arranger:
Alain Goraguer
recorded at:
Studio Blanqui (ex-Studio Blanqui, Philips) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1958-06-10 until 1958-07-03)
recording of:
Du jazz dans le ravin (from 1958-06-10 until 1958-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg2:12
8Brand New Cadillac
recording of:
Brand New Cadillac (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Vince Taylor (rock and roll singer; The Playboys)
publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Vince Taylor and His Playboys2:37
9Road Runner
recording of:
Road Runner (in 1959-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Bo Diddley42:48
10Hot Rod Lincoln
recording of:
Hot Rod Lincoln (in 1955)
writer:
Charlie Ryan (Country artist) and W.S. Stevenson
Charlie Ryan2:35
11Black and White ThunderbirdThe Delicates2:14
12Ride on Josephine
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (in 1960)
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (in 1960)
maracas:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (in 1960)
recording of:
Ride On Josephine (in 1960-02)
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)” if the release has an imprint)
Bo Diddley3:03
13Jaguar and Thunderbird
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1960-03-29)
recording of:
Jaguar and Thunderbird (on 1960-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Inc.
Chuck Berry1:53
14Push Button Automobile
recording of:
Push Button Automobile (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Jenkins (American composer and violinist)
Vernon Green2:51
15Cadillac
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland (in 1960)
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
maracas:
Jerome Green (in 1960)
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (in 1960)
recording of:
Cadillac (in 1959-10)
lyricist and composer:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
ARC Music Group and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bo Diddley2:46
16Forty Miles of Bad Road
recording of:
40 Miles of Bad Road (1959 instrumental) (in 1959)
composer:
Al Casey (US rock & roll/rockabilly/surf guitarist/session musician)
instrumental recording of:
40 Miles of Bad Road (1959 instrumental)
composer:
Al Casey (US rock & roll/rockabilly/surf guitarist/session musician)
Duane Eddy2:05
17Drive‐in Show
recording of:
Drive In Show (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Dexter
Eddie Cochran2:07
18Why Don’t You People Learn to Drive
recording of:
Why Don’t You People Learn to Drive (on 1959-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
James Noble
Gene Vincent2:01
19Hit the Road JackRay Charles2:01
20Highway 51
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-11-22)
recording of:
Highway 51 (on 1961-11-22)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan
lyricist and composer:
Tommy McClennan
arranger:
Bob Dylan
version of:
New Highway No. 51
Bob Dylan32:53
21Route 66 ThemeNelson Riddle and His Orchestra2:09