The Andrews Sisters
Artie Shaw
Vaughn Monroe
The Ames Brothers
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Hank Williams
Nellie Lutcher
Wynonie Harris
The Harmonicats
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and The Brazilians
Lead Belly
Dizzy Gillespie
Harry James & Helen Forrest
Pee Wee Crayton
Robert Nighthawk
Mahalia Jackson
Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman
Tampa Red
Cecil Gant
Tex Williams
Lena Horne
Will Bradley And His Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley
Ivory Joe Hunter
Jimmie Davis
Dinah Shore
Johnny Mercer & Paul Weston and His Orchestra & The Pied Pipers
Big Jay McNeely
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Charles Brown
Dinah Washington
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
Frankie Laine
Julia Lee
Dooley Wilson
Margaret Whiting
Sonny Boy Williamson
Arthur Smith (Country)
The Orioles
Tommy Dorsey
Billy Eckstine
Al Dexter
Bill Monroe
Jimmy Witherspoon
Bob Wills
Louis Jordan
Les Brown
Delmore Brothers
The Ink Spots
The Ravens
Woody Guthrie
Billie Holiday
T-Bone Walker
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Eddy Arnold
John Lee Hooker
Ernest Tubb
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
Perry Como
Muddy Waters
Lonnie Johnson
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Roy Brown
Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers
Ruth Brown
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Sammy Kaye
Red Foley
Lionel Hampton
Gene Autry
Sticks McGhee
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
The Nat “King” Cole Trio
Big Bill Broonzy
Al Jolson
Woody Herman
Xavier Cugat
Thelonious Monk
Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners
[Verse 1]
I got the key to the highway
And I'm billed out and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here runnin'
'Cause walkin' is most too slow
[Verse 2]
I'm goin' down on the border
Now, where I'm better known
'Cause, woman, you don't do nothin'
But drive a good man 'way from home
[Verse 3]
Now, when the moon peeps over the mountain
I'll be on my way
Now, I'm gonna walk this old highway
Until the break of day
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 4]
Run here, sweet mama
Now, and help me with this heavy load
I am due in West Texas
And I've got to get on the road
[Verse 5]
I'm goin' to West Texas
I'm goin' down behind the sun
I'm gonna ask the Good Lord
"What evil have I done?"
Key to the Highway was written by Big Bill Broonzy & Charles Segar.