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William "Billy" Strayhorn
(1915-1967)
Jazz composer and arranger. Collaborator with Duke Ellington. Billy Strayhorn's "Take the A Train" became the Ellington orchestra's theme song. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Strayhorn had his musical talents nurtured here.
Marker is on North Murtland Street 0 miles ...
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Billy Strayhorn
Jazz composer & pianist,
Wrote “Take the A Train”
and other songs for Duke
Ellington Orchestra. Boy-
hood home site ¼ mi. W.
Marker is on S Churton Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
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