Artist	Song
Al Jolson	April Showers
from You Ain'T Heard Nothin' Yet: Jolie's Finest Columbia Recordings (1994)
Nina Simone	Here Comes the Sun
from Essential Nina Simone, Vol. 2 (1994)
Frank Sinatra	I Love Paris
from Frank Sinatra: The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (1996)
Ella Fitzgerald	Spring Is Here
from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1997)
Simon & Garfunkel	April Come She Will
from Sounds of Silence (1986)
Israel Philharmonic, Itzhak Perlman, London Philharmonic Orchestra	The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, RV 269 'Spring': I. Allegro
from Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1992)
Rosemary Clooney	It Might As Well Be Spring
from 16 Most Requested Songs: Rosemary Clooney (1989)
Donna Summer	Spring Affair
from Donna Summer: Gold (2005)
William Tabbert	Younger Than Springtime
from South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1998)
Martin Connor & Tricia George	Poisoning Pigeons In the Park
from Tomfoolery (Original London Cast) (2006)
Judy Collins	So Early, Early In the Spring
from The Very Best of Judy Collins (2005)
Sarah Vaughan	I'll Remember April
from Send In the Clowns: The Very Best of Sarah Vaughan (1995)
Billie Holiday	Some Other Spring
from Lady Day - The Best of Billie Holiday (2001)
James Taylor	Blossom
from Sweet Baby James (2007)

Comment:

They go hand in hand — music, that is, and spring, that time of the year when everything is fresh and budding with possibility. Especially when a songbird like Ella Fitzgerald is lilting out "Spring Is Here," with a voice as bright and supple as a new green leaf, and cool-breeze jazz priestess Nina Simone is giving new life to the Beatles' solar salutation, "Here Comes the Sun." Meanwhile, everywhere is Paris and every month is May when Frank Sinatra croons "I Love Paris." Spring into Next Steps for more springtime beauties.

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