(MUSIC: "Route 66"/Buckwheat Zydeco)

BARBARA KLEIN: Our program was written by Jerilyn Watson and Shelley Gollust. Caty Weaver was our producer. I'm Barbara Klein.

STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. You can listen to this show and read a transcript at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also get the names of all the artists you just heard singing versions of "Route 66." And we hope you can join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.