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Artwork for I Can’t Get Started Lester Young, The Oscar Peterson Trio

I Can’t Get Started

Lester Young, The Oscar Peterson Trio

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9 cited facts

  • 1958
  • 3:40
  • 120 BPM · C major

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  1. Released on Verve, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), Too Darn Hot (Ella Fitzgerald) and Baby I’m a Fool (Melody Gardot)

  2. Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), It Ain’t Necessarily So (Miles Davis) and Summertime (Miles Davis)

  3. Part of The President Plays with The Oscar Peterson Trio, also Ad Lib Blues

  4. Written by Vernon Duke, also Taking a Chance on Love (Frank Sinatra), April in Paris (Ella Fitzgerald) and Autumn in New York (Ella Fitzgerald)

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  1. 1MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was performed by J.C. Heard

    I Can’t Get Started was performed by J.C. Heard

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was performed by Lester Young

    I Can’t Get Started was performed by Lester Young

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was performed by Oscar Peterson

    I Can’t Get Started was performed by Oscar Peterson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was performed by Ray Brown

    I Can’t Get Started was performed by Ray Brown

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was written by Ira Gershwin

    I Can’t Get Started was written by Ira Gershwin

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was written by Vernon Duke

    I Can’t Get Started was written by Vernon Duke

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started is part of the release The President Plays with The Oscar Peterson Trio

    I Can’t Get Started is part of the release The President Plays with The Oscar Peterson Trio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Verve is the label of the song I Can’t Get Started

    Verve is the label of the song I Can’t Get Started

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz I Can’t Get Started was released on 1958

    I Can’t Get Started was released on 1958

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026