Songs of Spring

Songs of Spring

A wide sampling of songs of April and springtime from the medieval to the present day.

START
00.00
03.25
06.39
11.28
19.25
23.14
27.23
28.24
34.48
39.54
44.44
47.59
51.50
54.59
TITLE
Circus Medley
I'll Remember April
Skylark
Spring Can Hang You Up
Floret Silva
Amor Volat Unique
Chramer
April in Paris
Azalea
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
April Come She Will
My April Heart
April in Paris
April in Paris
ARTIST
Ken Nordine
June Christy
Margareta Bengtson
Jane Monheit
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Lionel Hampton
Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong
Nina Simone
Karrin Allyson
Chris Connor
Coleman Hawkins
Billie Holiday
ALBUM
Stay Awake
This is June Christy
As We Are
Dream with Me
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
The Complete Lionel Hampton
The Great Reunion
To Love Somebody
Round Midnight
The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Body and Soul
Best of Billie Holiday
LABEL
UMG
Capitol
Prophone
N-Coded
Decca
Decca
Decca
Verve
Parlophone
RCA
Concorde
Atlantic
BMG
Verve

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