Wrote "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most"

July 26, 2011
Composer Fran Landesman, one of Barbra's friends from those early nightclub days of the 60s, passed away peacefully at her home in London on July 23. She was 83.

Fran Landesman and her husband Jay were running The Crystal Palace in St. Louis in 1961 when they booked a young nightclub singer from New York named Barbra Streisand. Barbra's three week engagement at The Crystal Palace was a landmark in her career.

While in St. Louis, Barbra forged a solid friendship with Fran, who was not only a nightclub proprietor, but also a composer and performer in her own right.

In 1961, Fran introduced Barbra to a little song she wrote called "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most." In her liner notes for "Just for the Record," Barbra said,

" 'Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most' is one of those songs that never became a hit, but found an enduring niche in many singers' repertoires. The lyrics were written by Fran Landesman, whose husband, Jay, owned the Crystal Palace in St. Louis. Fran played it for me one night in 1961, when I was working at the club."

Barbra performed "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" during one of her appearances on "The Tonight Show" (either 1962 or 1963). That recording is available on "Just for the Record." Some forty-five years later, Barbra re-recorded the number and included it on her #1 album, "Love Is The Answer." Barbra also performed the number during her live appearance at New York's Village Vanguard in 2009.

Fran Landesman's Husband, Jay passed away earlier this year.