Take the "A" Train
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This article is about the song by Billy Strayhorn. For the albums, see Take the "A" Train (Dexter Gordon album) and Take the "A" Train (Betty Roché album).
"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.[1]
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Quick Facts Song by Billy Strayhorn, Written ...
"Take the 'A' Train" | |
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Song by Billy Strayhorn | |
Written | 1939 |
Genre | Jazz standard |
Composer(s) | Billy Strayhorn |
Lyricist(s) | Lee Gaines (1942); Joya Sherrill (1944) |
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In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[2]