The song of the day for Thursday, May 8, 2025, is “You Must Believe in Spring.”
About This Song
“You Must Believe in Spring” was composed for the 1967 film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand. The original French lyrics were written by Jacques Demy (who directed the film); the English lyrics were written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. This song has been widely recorded by artists including Sylvia Syms, Barbra Streisand, and Bill Evans (in a posthumous release of an album with the same name, featuring sessions with Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund).
About This Version
Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “You Must Believe in Spring” in September 1976 for their second album, Together Again, released in 1977.
“You Must Believe in Spring,” as well as Together Again, is available on Apple Music.
Bill Evans, with Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund, recorded “You Must Believe in Spring” in August 1977 (a month prior to the recording with Evans and Tony Bennett) for the album You Must Believe In Spring, posthumously released in February 1981.
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