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October Thursday diary themes :
2nd: Count on Me songs, 9th: The word Number in song titles, 16th: two digits in song titles, 23rd: Prime number in song titles, 30th: 20-something in song titles
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>>This diary features songs with doubled digits in the title, but any song with a two-digit in its title meets the theme. For this one, omit those in the 20’s, that’s the Oct. 30th topic.
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wikis: 55 66 77
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"I Can't Drive 55" is the lead single and first track from Sammy Hagar’s eighth studio album in 1984. Perpetuated by a very successful music video, it became a concert staple that continued throughout Hagar's tours as a member of Van Halen. The song is a reference to the since-repealed National Maximum Speed Law that set speed limits at 55 miles per hour in the United States.
Hagar wrote the song in response to receiving a speeding ticket in New York State for driving 62 mph, which at that location had a 55 mph speed limit. Hagar explained in an interview:
Two o'clock in the morning, I'm driving a rental car to Albany, from Albany to Lake Placid. Four-lane Highway, not a soul, I'm going about 62 miles an hour exactly. Cop pulls me, a little wet I didn't even know while I was going the speed limit changed. I'm sitting there, I was so burnt, I was just exhausted. I just handed my driver's license, hand him the Rent-A-Car stuff. He starts to write it up and the guy said how fast is 62. I said like 'I thought it was 65', you know, and he's going […] 'We give tickets around here for 62!'. You know like ‘Where have you been?’. I went 55, get to my house, wrote the song. Oh man, I mean, four o'clock in the morning. I picked up my guitar. I just wrote that damn song. It came that quick.
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"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular song, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The lyrics relate a westward road trip on U.S. Route 66, a highway which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
Troup wanted to try his hand as a Hollywood songwriter, so he and his wife, Cynthia, packed up their 1941 Buick and headed west. The trip began on US 40 and continued along US 66 to the California coast. Troup initially considered writing a tune about US 40, but Cynthia suggested the title "Get Your Kicks on Route 66".
The song was started during the ten-day trip and finished after consulting a map in Los Angeles. The lyrics mention several cities and towns encountered along the way.
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77 Sunset Strip is an American crime drama television series. Each episode was one hour long when aired with commercials. The series aired on ABC from October 10, 1958, to February 7, 1964.
Private detective and former World War II secret agent and foreign languages professor Stuart ("Stu") Bailey and former government agent and nonpracticing attorney Jeff Spencer form a duo who work from stylish offices at 77 Sunset Boulevard in Suites 101 and 102.
The show's breakout character, who had not been included in the pilot film, was Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III (Edd Byrnes), the rock and roll loving, wisecracking, hair-combing hipster and aspiring PI, who initially works as the valet parking attendant at Dino's, the club next to the detectives' office. Kookie often becomes involved in the firm's cases and is eventually made a full partner in the firm, with his own office.
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I Can’t Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar
Route 66 by Bobby Troup
77 Sunset Strip by Warren Barker Orchestra
