Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Video of the Day

This video of Bunny Berigan's performance of "I Can't Get Started" is not terribly exciting (unless you've never seen a 78 rpm record played before), but the music is first class. One of the great songs of the big band era, this originally came out in 1937. I'm pretty sure the lyrics are by Ira Gershwin, and the song was introduced in a stage performance by, of all people, Bob Hope. But Berigan's is the most famous recording, and here it is:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now that's smooooth, John. My kind of music....Mom