Take the "A" Train recorded an intentionally inept interpretation of the song under the pseudonym Darlene Edwards. In 1999, National Public Radio included this song in the "NPR 100", in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century. Take the "A" Train "Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. The use of the Strayhorn composition as the signature tune was made necessary by a ruling in 1940 by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). When ASCAP
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book 1966". Their only other studio album is "Ella at Duke's Place" (1965). For the 1957 Verve 4-LP set: Verve MGV 4010-4 Disc one Disc two Disc three Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1999 3CD re-issue, Verve 314 559 248-2 Recorded June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's "Song Book" series, it is the only one where