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

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