Younger Than Springtime Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat, to whom he was only recently introduced by her mother Bloody Mary. The song shows that love just happens and does not follow the rules of racial separation prevalent in the United States at that time. In the original Broadway show, the song was performed by William Tabbert whilst in the 1958 film,
Springtime! Late For Goodbyes" and "Valotte" (both directed by Sam Peckinpah); "Jesse" and "Stand By Me". In 1985 Springtime co-produced the music video for Wham!'s "Freedom" single, co-directed by Lindsay Anderson and culled from footage of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley shot by Anderson during the pop duo's April 1985 tour of China which was filmed by Springtime for George Michael and CBS Records. The company has also produced or co-produced music videos related to movies. These included Eric Burdon's version of "Sixteen Tons" from the 1990 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film "Joe Versus the Volcano", Bryan Ferry's "Kiss and Tell" from