1938 HITS ARCHIVE: I Can’t Get Started - Bunny Berigan (Bunny Berigan, vocal) (Victor version)

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One of the most famous recordings of the band era, this extended version of the “Ziegfeld Follies” song hit was issued as one side of a Victor 12-inch 78 disc. An edited version was also later made available on a standard 10-inch. In the spring of 1936 Berigan had recorded an earlier version of the song for the Vocalion label.

CD audio, originally issued on 12-inch 78rpm: Victor 36208 - I Can’t Get Started (Ira Gershwin-Vernon Duke) by Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra, vocal by Bunny Berigan, recorded in NYC August 7, 1937

THE 1938 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1938 (some were recorded in 1937) via sales, sheet music, radio exposure, and juke box play.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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