The iCan't Get ________ Brothers

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Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke  

I Can't Get Started  

(1936)
Performed by Bunny Berigan  

I sold my kisses at a bazaar 

After me they named a cigar 

But lately how I've smarted 

Because I can't get started with you 

  

Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong
I Can't Get Next To You
(1969)
Performed by the Temptations

I can build a castle from 

A single grain of sand

I can make a ship 

Sail on dry land

But...I can't get next to you

Vernon Duke and  Ira Gershwin

Norman Whitfield  and Barrett Strong

 Four brothers from different mothers

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Footnotes

The  Beatles  (and Mickey Mouse) covered Barrett Strong's biggest hit,  Money.

In the intimacy of their home, John Lennon and Yoko Ono
sang along to Vernon Duke's  Cello Concerto.

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