I Can't Get Started

"I Can't Get Started"
Song
Published1936 by Chappell & Co.
Composer(s)Vernon Duke
Lyricist(s)Ira Gershwin

"I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a popular song. It was written in 1936 by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, where it was performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden.[1]

Hal Kemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.[2] Bunny Berigan's 1937 version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Gershwin, Ira (1959). Lyrics on Several Occasions (First ed.). New York: Knopf. OCLC 538209.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 253. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.