Well it seems Strayhorn submitted A Train to Ellington in December 1938 according to one www site another site says 1941. Give me a few minutes and I'll tell you the answer from another list I belong to - its a jazz list. On Feb 24, 2005, at 12:43 PM, George Thompson wrote: > I am abashed. I should have thought that Billy Strayhorn wrote "Take > the A Train" in 1941. > > GAT > > George A. Thompson > Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern > Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:28 am > Subject: Underground Sidewalks of New York > >> In a message dated 2/22/05 10:13:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> [log in to unmask] writes: >> >>> I don't think that the subway lines got alphabetic designations >> until >>> well after WWII. >> >> George, you're kiddin' me! You still reading those darned 19th >> century >> newspapers? Hey when you get up to 1932, when the IND opened, you >> will find the >> first letter designations, beginning with the first letter of the >> alphabet, >> associated with the IND. Hence, the "A" train, the major express >> route on the >> line. >> >> sign me, your admirer, Christopher Gray aka Billy Strayhorn >> > > Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk