... Four years later, Oklahoma's governor Mary Fallin pulled the tune as the state's official rock song in a move her office said had more to do with priorities than musical taste. Annabelle from Eugene, Or When Cat Stevens wrote "Peace Train", his message was loud and clear and very sincere. "Take the 'A' Train" was composed in 1939, after Ellington offered Strayhorn a job in his organization and gave him money to travel from Pittsburgh to New York City.
No More Wars!
List of songs with Songfacts entries for Train. I am a runaway locomotive, outta my one track mind, and I'm lookin' for any kinda trouble that I can find. It's a song that basically says, Let's take a chance to live in peace and harmony! When I visit Baltimore during this summer, I will be … Play a train song, pour me one more round, make 'em leave my boots on when they lay me into the ground. Strayhorn was a great fan of Fletcher Henderson's arrangements. Train, Train was written by Shorty Medlocke, Rickey Medlocke's grandfather. I got this old black leather jacket I got this pack of Marlboro Reds I got this stash here in my pocket I got these thoughts in my own head The Memory RemainsMetallica. An unexpected guest vocal: Marianne Faithfull on the Metallica song "The Memory Remains
Ellington wrote directions for Strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, "Take the A Train".