George Maharis - Get Your Kicks On Route 66! [CD]

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASMCD2783
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988278323
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Easy Listening / Jazz

Back in the 1950s/early 60s, it was pretty much de rigeur for actors - particularly handsome, male TV stars - to cut records

A prime example was George Maharis, who played Buz Murdock in Route 66, the CBS TV buddy/caper/crime series launched in the fall of 1960, featuring two guys and a Chevy Corvette convertible, having unlikely adventures roaming the U.S.For a couple of years he was a massive star and his records were huge sellers, leading to a trio of hit singles and a couple of chart albums.

This compilation anthologises George's brief, early brush with Pop stardom, comprising his frst two LPs, "George Maharis Sings!" and "Portrait In Music", plus a charting, non-album single, 'Baby Has Gone Bye Bye'.

The theme tune to the Route 66 TV series by Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, which also cracked the US Top 40, is included as a bonus track.

Tracks: I Want To Be Wanted / It's All In The Game / I'll Never Smile Again / Moon River / Can't Help Falling In Love / Hurt / Teach Me Tonight / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66! / My Kind Of Girl / Witchcraft / After The Lights Go Down Low / Love Could Change My Mind / Where Are You? / If Love Were All / Here's That Rainy Day / Fools Rush In / I Can't Stop Loving You / Talk To Me / The More I See You / Lollipops And Roses / Love Me As I Love You / What A Diff'rence A Day Made / They Knew About You / Baby Has Gone Bye Bye / After One Kiss / Route 66 Theme