Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 11/2/2019 3:10 AM Subject: I Can't Get Started Song for the Day - November 2, 2019: Barry Manilow's version of "I CAN'T GET STARTED" from his 1994 album SINGIN' WITH THE BIG BANDS! "I Can't Get Started" was written by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin, and was originally recorded by Bunny Berigan in 1936. Bandleader and jazz trumpeter Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan (1908 – 1942) was born on November 2nd.