Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (1955) is a popular song with lyrics by Fran Landesman, set to music by Tommy Wolf. The title is a jazz rendition of the opening line of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, "April is the cruellest month".[1]
Notable recordings
- Emilie-Claire Barlow – Sings – (1998)
- Betty Carter – Inside Betty Carter (1965), The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
- June Christy – The Song Is June! (1958)
- Chris Connor – Double Exposure with Maynard Ferguson (1961)
- Kat Edmonson – Take to the Sky (2009) unlisted tenth track
- Ella Fitzgerald – Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961) and her Verve release, Whisper Not where she had the backing of *Rickie Lee Jones – Pop Pop (1991)
- Dick and Kiz Harp – Again! (1960) 90th Floor Records
- Irene Kral – Where Is Love? (1974)
- Julie London – Sophisticated Lady (1962)
- Carmen McRae – Bittersweet (1964)
- Bette Midler – Some People's Lives (1990) and the concert video/album Diva Las Vegas (1997)
- Jane Monheit – Come Dream With Me (2001)
- Mark Murphy – Rah! (1961)
- Jackie Ryan – Doozy CD#2, (2009) – OpenArt Productions
- Barbra Streisand – Just For The Record (1962 television performance) (1991), Love is the Answer (2009) & corresponding live album, One Night Only (2010); Streisand also recorded a (never released) version for Simply Streisand (1967)
- Sarah Vaughan
References
External links
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" at Jazz Standards
- "Fran Landesman biography" at Fran Landesman
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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