"April Love" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was written as the theme song for a 1957 film of the same name starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones and directed by Henry Levin.
| "April Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Pat Boone | ||||
| from the album Pat Boone Sings | ||||
| B-side | "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" | |||
| Released | October 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 15, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
| Composer(s) | Sammy Fain | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Paul Francis Webster | |||
| Pat Boone singles chronology | ||||
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Helped by the release of the film, "April Love" became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone,[1] and spent twenty-six weeks on the US pop charts (it spent 6 weeks at number 1). In 1958, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song but lost out to “All the Way”.[2]
Other recordings
edit- Connie Francis - for One for the Boys.
- Jane Morgan - included in the album Jane Morgan Sings the Great Golden Hits (1961).[3]
- Johnny Mathis - Tender Is the Night (1964)
- Billy Vaughn
- Artie Malvin with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra - Bell BS-128 (1957, Australia)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 75. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ "Pat Boone - April Love". lovvin.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1961. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
External links
edit- April Love at IMDb
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