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  Bobby Troup MP3 Downloads - Bobby Troup Music Downloads - Bobby Troup Music Videos
Bobby Troup most famous song may be "Route 66" but the singing pianist penned a number of great tunes (including standards such as "Daddy" and "The Meaning of the Blues") and was a fine performer...
Bobby Troup is mainly remembered as a songwriter and television personality, but as this session makes clear, he was also a winning jazz interpreter of other people's tunes.
Bobby Troup is better known as a composer ("Route 66") than performer, but the English CD reissue of Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer, a mid-'50s studio session made for Bethlehem, showcases his...
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 Bobby Troup Bio
As a youngster, Bobby Troup was exposed to piano, violin, saxophone, trumpet and clarinet lessons -- but he preferred the tuba.
Bobby's co-star in "Emergency!" is also a musician -- a singing star he encouraged to make her first professional appearance, her first album and he first hit single, "Cry Me A River".
Bobby's two daughters from an earlier marriage are actress Ronne Troup and Cynnie Troup, script supervisor on Universal Television's "Adam-12" series.
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 Bobby Troup
Bobby was born in Harrisburg, PA. His family owned the J A Troup Music House stores in Harrisburg and Lancaster.
Bobby's father played the piano and music was a big part of his young life.
Bobby also wrote the title song for "Man of the West" which starred Julie London and Gary Cooper in 1958 [which by the way, if you have not seen it is one of Julie's best movies in my opinion].
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 Bobby Troup Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory
Troup sketched out the song in 1946 as he drove across the country to California, where he had dreams of making it big in music.
Bobby was not only a world-class writer (Route 66, Girl Talk, Lemon Twist, The Three Bears, etc.) but an amazing man. He was salty, funny, caring, a great father, a talented actor (MASH, Emergency, etc.) and a bad boy in early years.
When Bobby came in, the men were living in tents, with filthy latrine conditions, and nothing anywhere to relieve the stress of their condition.
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 CD Review of Mark Winkler - Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup on Rhombus @ jazzreview.com
Troup had a mesmerizing presence that made him a much sought after commodity when it came to the ladies.
In examining the career of Bobby Troup, his overall impact on jazz is seldom heard or stressed nowadays; but if one musician has any say, that oversight will soon be corrected.
Bobby's music is going to be introduced to an entirely new generation of fans with the newly recorded effort entitled 'Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup.'
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 Robert "Bobby" Troup
Troup got his first big break when Nat "King" Cole fell in love with his songs and began recording them.
Troup began his acting career in the 1950s, when Hollywood studios wanted actors to both act and play music.
Upon his death, he was survived by his wife Julie London who was herself in frail health, and their children, Reese, Jody and Kelly, and Bobby's two daughters by a previous marriage, Ronne and Cynnie.
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 Songwriter Bobby Troup Memorial Page, with Julie London Obituary, Tribute by Goodnight Kiss Music
Bobby was quite a good jazz pianist at one time in the fifties including some stints on early TV.
I wanted to say that Bobby Troup, in addition to his music and songwriting talents, was a very intelligent man. He graduated from the prestigious Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with the Beta Gamma Sigma award, much like a Phi Beta Kappa, the highest honor awarded.
Troupe: a daughter, Kelly Ronick of West Los Angeles, and twin sons, Jody, of Los Angeles, and Reese, of West Los Angeles.
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 Bobby Troup : Stars of Jazz - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
During the latter half of the 1950s, Bobby Troup hosted a well-received television program for ABC titled The Stars of Jazz.
Troup was never known as a great singer, but this may be his best outing as a vocalist, and the session could be confused with one by Harry Connick, Jr.
Troup had a "musician's voice," but his lightly swinging and low-key approach works perfectly on this outing, and he really had a way with a lyric.
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 Bobby Troup
Robert Wesley Troup, Jr., (Bobby Troup) who was best known as Dr. Joe Early in the TV Emergency was born on October 18, 1918 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
When Troup came in, the men were living in tents, with filthy latrine conditions, and nothing anywhere to relieve the stress of their condition.
Captain Troup took a haul ass attitude, and with the help of the men, created Quonset huts, new latrines, a nightclub, a basketball court and team, a boxing ring, a jazz band, an orchestra, and he somehow manuvered a friend to come and install a miniature golf course.
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 Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer - Bobby Troup - Song Listings
Bobby Troup is better known as a composer ("Route 66") than performer, but the English CD reissue of Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer, a mid-'50s studio session made for Bethlehem, showcases his vocals.
Accompanying himself on piano on some of the tracks and accompanied by bassist Red Mitchell, guitarist Howard Roberts, drummer Don Heath, and valve trombonist Bob Enevoldsen, Troup explores a dozens pieces with lyrics by the masterful Mercer.
Troup doesn't have a great vocal range, but his smooth singing style is very appealing.
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 MARK WINKLER SINGS BOBBY TROUP
Bobby Troup, like Dave Frishberg and Bob Dorough in later years and Hoagy Carmichael before him, was a notable songwriter, a fine pianist, and a personable singer.
His music and personality seemed to epitomize the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s, even though he survived for decades afterwards, often working as an actor.
Throughout the well-paced set, Mark Winkler does Bobby Troup and his music justice.
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 Bobby Troup Biography, Photos, News for Bobby Troup | TVGuide.com
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 Bobby Troup : Bobby Troup - Words And Music By Bobby Troup - Music Videos & Concerts on DVD (2005) - Kultur ...
In an hour-long musical show devoted to the works of this tremendously creative talent, famed American songwriter-performer Bobby Troup sings his own hit compositions: "Route 66," "Daddy," "Girl Talk" and many more.
June Christy, Johnny Mercer and Stan Kenton join Bobby to round out the billing of "top name" guests, as his songs are sung and his story is told.
On this release, Grammy award winner Bobby Troup gives viewers an hour-long taste of his talents.
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 Bobby Troup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His earliest musical success came with the song "Daddy" which was a regional hit in 1941.
In the 1940s Cole had a hit with Troup's best known song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" which became hit for Cole and then a popular standard.
London and Troup had remained on cordial terms with Webb, who had used Troup (and his daughter Ronny) in episodes of Adam-12 as well as the revived Dragnet.
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 Bobby Troup lyrics @ Bandlink.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Bobby Troup lyrics at Am I Right (misheard lyrics and parodies)
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 Special Tribute to Bobby Troup & Julie London
Dixie McCall, RN Cynnie Troup, Bobby’s daughter, was a script supervisor on Emergency!
Cynnie, we can’t thank you enough for sharing with us your memories of your Dad and Julie, for your touching words, and for the photos from the Troup Family album.
If Bobby and Julie were with us today, what 30
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 VH1.com : Bobby Troup : Artist Main
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 Words & Music by Bobby Troup
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 Bobby Troup Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
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 Bobby Troup on Rhapsody
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 Blogit > Thanks, Dad: Bobby Troup (reconstructed from Themestream)
Bobby Troup, songwriter, has been dead since February 7, 1999.
He died of a heart attack, at 80.
Many older people know Troup as the author of the song Get Your Kicks on Route 66.
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 Words & Music by Bobby Troup DVD prices at Smarter.com
Words & Music by Bobby Troup DVD prices at Smarter.com
Although Troup may not be a name that's familiar to many, he's actually the hidden genius behind classic songs such as "Route 66" and "Girl Talk." Here, he gets a rare chance to step into the spotlight, performing these songs and others from his extensive back catalogue.
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 Bobby Troup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Album Kicks On 66 by Bobby Troup - AOL Music
Album Kicks On 66 by Bobby Troup - AOL Music
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 Bobby Troup - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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As a composer he has written "Daddy," "Snooty Little Cutie," "Baby, Baby All the Time," and the major hit "Route 66." Troup has long been a fine pianist (having a regular jazz trio in the 1950s), a personable singer (although some of his early records were overly..
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 VH1.com : Bobby Troup : Rock On TV
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 JR.com: Bobby Troup - Sing Troup, Mercer in Music: Jazz Vocal:
JR.com: Bobby Troup - Sing Troup, Mercer in Music: Jazz Vocal:
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 Rolling Stone : Bobby Troup : Music Reviews
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