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 by the public at the time of its release, the album's critical standing has improved over the years and today "Younger Than Yesterday" is considered one of the Byrds' best albums. The title of "Younger Than Yesterday" is derived from the lyrics of "My Back Pages", a song written by Bob Dylan, which was covered on the album. The Byrds had initially come to international prominence in mid-1965, when their folk rock interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" reached number 1 on both the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. Further commercial successes followed, with