Spring Is Here

"Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical I Married an Angel (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal.

Notable recordings

Felix Knight – Original 78rpm: Victor 25842 – Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (1938)
Maxine Sullivan with Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra (1938)
Frank Sinatra – Columbia single (1947); Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)
Erroll Garner (1950)
Jo Stafford – As You Desire Me (1952)
Ahmad Jamal - Chamber Music of the New Jazz (1955)
Vic Damone – That Towering Feeling! (1956)
Chris Connor - Sings Lullabys of Birdland (1957)
John Coltrane – The Stardust Sessions (1958)
Julie London – Julie Is Her Name, Volume II (1958)
Bill Evans – Portrait in Jazz (1959)
The Four Freshmen – Love Lost (1959)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (1960)
Shirley Bassey – Let's Face the Music with Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra (1962)
June Christy – The Intimate Miss Christy (1963)
Nina Simone – Nina Simone with Strings (1966)
The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956), 30 by Ella (1968)
Tony Bennett - The Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1973)
Nick Brignola – L.A. Bound (1979)
Carly Simon – Torch (1981)
Jessye Norman – The J.Norman Collection (1984)
Susannah McCorkle – I'll Take Romance (1992)
Larry Coryell – Private Concert (1999)^[1]
Chet Baker – Deep in a Dream (2002, posthumous, previously unreleased)

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