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.
- Rickie Lee Jones - Pop Pop (1991)
- Irene Kral - Where Is Love? (1974)
- 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)
- 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