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,
Younger Than Yesterday and the resulting turmoil would ultimately lead to his dismissal from the group during recording sessions for the Byrds' next album, "The Notorious Byrd Brothers". One source of discontent for Crosby during the recording of "Younger Than Yesterday" was related to the Bob Dylan cover "My Back Pages". The song had been suggested as a suitable vehicle for the Byrds by their manager, Jim Dickson, but since it was the fourth song from Dylan's "Another Side of Bob Dylan" album that the band had covered, Crosby felt that recording "My Back Pages" was formulaic and a step backwards artistically. However,