5, 1953, session with the Percy Faith Orchestra - Faith having made one of the earliest recordings of the song; the track being released as a single March 3, 1953, and appeared on the 1955 album Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi. Subsequent to Vaugahn's version, "Spring Will Be ..." has been recorded on a constant basis mostly by jazz-influenced and/or traditional pop vocalists, mostly female. ("Nearly all the best songs about spring are about disappointment, and all the best versions are by tuned-in women who know the score.") Recorded versions Vocal versions of "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" include those recorded by (album titles in italics): Johnnie Johnston with the Paul Weston Orchestra: 78-rpm single 1944 Morton Downey: 78-rpm single 1944 Eddy Howard: 78-rpm single 1944 Deanna Durbin: 78-rpm single 1945 Harry Prime with the Ralph Flanagan Orchestra: 78-rpm single 1950 Sarah Vaughan with the Percy Faith Orchestra 78-rpm single 1953 Steve Allen Steve Sings 1956 Ray Charles Singers Spring is Here 1956 Helen Merrill Helen Merrill With Strings 1956 Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers The Cool Voice of Rita Reys 1956 Four Lads The Four Lads Sing Frank Loesser 1957 Joni James Joni Sings Songs by Frank Loesser 1956 Dick Haymes Little White Lies 1958 Jeri Southern Coffee, Cigarettes & Memories 1958 Eydie Gormé Love is a Season 1959 Polly Bergen Four Seasons of Love 1960 Ella Fitzgerald Hello Love 1960 Randy Van Horne Singers Sleighride 1960 Lorez Alexandria Deep Roots 1962 Vic Damone Young & Lively 1962 Anita O'Day with Cal Tjader Time for 2 1962 Joanie Sommers Sommers' Seasons 1963 Leslie Uggams So in Love! 1963 Larry Hovis Hogan's Heroes Sing the Best of World War II (multi-artist album) 1966 Julie London Easy Does It 1968 Lee Wiley Back Home Again: All New Performances 1971 Reg Varney Reg's Party 1973 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Desmond Ben Bagley's Frank Loesser Revisited (multi-artist album) 1974 Patty Weaver Patty Weaver Sings "As Time Goes By" 1976 Bing Crosby with the Pete Moore Orchestra Seasons 1977 Anita Ellis with Ellis Larkins A Legend Sings 1979 Audrey Morris Film Noir 1989 Jo Sullivan Loesser Loesser by Loesser - Salute to Frank Loesser by Jo Sullivan Loesser (1992) Abbey Lincoln Devil's Got Your Tongue 1992 Sathima Bea Benjamin A Morning In Paris 1997 (album recorded February 24, 1963) Carly Simon Film Noir 1997 Lina Nyberg Smile 2000 Kitty Margolis Left