Spring Will be A Little Late This Year: Frank Loesser, a highly talented lyricist/composer is best known for his amazing success as a Broadway composer of such hits as "Guys and Dolls," How To Succeed In BusinessWithout Really Trying" and " The Most Happy Fella." In 1943, he wrote a tender ballad for a film " " Christmas Holiday"starring Deanna Durbin, a latter day Jeanette MacDonald. "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" is a tender and wistful song that laments the fact "That you have left me and Winter continues cold, Cause time heals all things so it's merely that Spring ( and love) will be a little late this year."
On the other hand , Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote that " It Might As Well Be Spring" since it was a more optimistic view of two young people off to the Iowa Sate Fair. More pessimistically, Rodger & Hart believed that " Spring is Here, Why doesn't the breeze delight me-Maybe it's because Nobody Loves Me"
An earlier post showcased a Tommy Wolf song proclaiming that " Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most." There you have it- a number of songs ranging from the ebullient to the depressed and all dealing with the arrival of Spring and its evocation of any number of emotions.
The version that most effectively captures that odd mixture of sadness yet latent hope in Loesser's song is by Ella Fitzgerald whose effortless articulation and vocal warmth can charm any responsive listener.
POSTSCRIPT: Lyn Loesser, Frank Loesser's first wife was reputed to be a somewhat of a difficult person. Those who knew her slyly referred to her " As the Evil of Two Loessers ! "
LINK: http://youtu.be/xhxTUMXrywg
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