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

• 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 Marty Paich and his orchestra.
• Sarah Vaughn
• Rickie Lee Jones – Pop Pop (1991)
• 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)
• 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)
• Jane Monheit – "Come Dream With Me" (2001)
• Emilie-Claire Barlow – Sings – (1998)
• Mark Murphy – "Rah!" (1961)
• Dick and Kiz Harp – "Again!" (1960) 90th Floor Records
• Jackie Ryan – "Doozy" CD#2, (2009) – OpenArt Productions

References

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/arts/music/fran-landesman-lyricist-with-a-bittersweet-edge-dies-at-83.html?_r=0

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