Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Roché (January 9, 1918 – February 16, 1999) was an A… Read Full Bio ↴Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Roché (January 9, 1918 – February 16, 1999) was an American blues singer, who became most famous with her cover of the song "Take the "A" Train". She recorded with the Savoy Sultans, Hot Lips Page, Duke Ellington, Charles Brown and Clark Terry.
Roché was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She settled in New York in 1939, started her career by winning an Apollo Theater amateur talent contest, sang with the Savoy Sultans from 1941 to 1942, then with Duke Ellington in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1953, she left the Ellington band and settled in San Diego, California. In 1960, she went back to New York and recorded for Prestige.
Roché died in February 1999, aged 81.
Roché was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She settled in New York in 1939, started her career by winning an Apollo Theater amateur talent contest, sang with the Savoy Sultans from 1941 to 1942, then with Duke Ellington in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1953, she left the Ellington band and settled in San Diego, California. In 1960, she went back to New York and recorded for Prestige.
Roché died in February 1999, aged 81.
Dirty Money Blues
Betty Roché Lyrics
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A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Day by Day Day by day I'm falling more in love with you And…
Dy By Day Day by day I'm falling more in love with you And…
I Got It Bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Had The Craziest Dream In a dream the strangest and the oddest things appear And…
Jim Why am I sitting alone tonight, when I could be out…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Polka Dots And Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
September Song Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Take the "A" Train Hurry hurry hurry take the a train To find the quickest…
Take the 'A' Train You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
The Blues Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Time After Time Time after time I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be…
Where or When It seems we stood and talked like this before We looked…
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