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Track: I Can't Get Started
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: Piano In the Foreground

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Name: Duke Ellington
Spotify Genres: jazz, big band, swing music, cool jazz
Followers: 965,820
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American jazz pianist, composer and leader of his eponymous orchestra Born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C. Died May 24, 1974 in New York City, N.Y. Known for his residency at the [l=Cotton Club] (1927-1931) and for composing over a thousand pieces (often in collaboration), many of them now standards. [a258464] shared composing duties (1939-1967). Father of [a323069], who took over the leadership of the orchestra after Duke died remaining until his own death in 1996. Grandfather of [a5641533].

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LYRICS

I've been around the world in a plane
Settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But can't get started with you
And at the golf course I'm under par
Metro-Goldwyn wants me to star
I've got a house and a show place
But can't get no place with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Dream, dream, day and night of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
Baby, but what good does it do?
I've been consulted by Franklin D.
Even Gable had me to tea
But now I'm broken-hearted
Can't get started with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Dream, dream, day and night of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
But what good does it do?
I've been consulted by Franklin D.
Even Basic had me to tea
But now I'm broken-hearted
Can't get started with you