Take the "A" Train

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"
Song by Billy Strayhorn
Written1939
GenreJazz standard
Composer(s)Billy Strayhorn
Lyricist(s)Lee Gaines (1942); Joya Sherrill (1944)

"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.[1]

In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ Hansen, Liane; Gladstone, Brooke (February 15, 2009). "How Ellington Took 'The A Train'". NPR. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.