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{{Infobox song
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2008}}
| name = April Love
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"'''April Love'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Sammy Fain]] and [[lyrics]] by [[Paul Francis Webster]]. It was written as the [[theme song]] for a 1957 [[April Love (film)|film of the same name]] starring [[Pat Boone]] and [[Shirley Jones]] and directed by [[Henry Levin]].
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Pat Boone]]
| album = [[Pat Boone Sings]]
| B-side = [[When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano]]
| released = {{Start date|1957|10}}
| format =
| recorded = September 15, 1957
| studio = [[Radio Recorders]], Hollywood, California, U.S.
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=02|s=39}}
| label = [[Dot Records|Dot]]
| composer = [[Sammy Fain]]
| lyricist = [[Paul Francis Webster]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Remember You're Mine]]
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = [[A Wonderful Time Up There]]
| next_year = 1958
}}
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"'''April Love'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Sammy Fain]] and [[lyrics]] by [[Paul Francis Webster]]. It was written as the [[theme song]] for a 1957 [[April Love (film)|film of the same name]] starring [[Pat Boone]] and [[Shirley Jones]] and directed by [[Henry Levin (film director)|Henry Levin]].


Helped by the release of the film, "April Love" became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone in December 1957. In 1958, it was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Music, Original Song]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat Boone - April Love|url=http://lovvin.com/RelatedItem.aspx?id=d1a4b901-d5c9-4951-800a-278034994689|publisher=http://lovvin.com|accessdate=14 February 2013}}</ref>
Helped by the release of the film, "April Love" became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits|date=2004|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|isbn=0-8230-7499-4|page=75|edition=8th}}</ref> and spent twenty-six weeks on the US pop charts (it spent 6 weeks at number 1). In 1958, it was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Music, Original Song]] but lost out to “[[All the Way (Frank Sinatra song)|All the Way]]”.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat Boone - April Love|url=http://lovvin.com/RelatedItem.aspx?id=d1a4b901-d5c9-4951-800a-278034994689|work=lovvin.com|accessdate=14 February 2013}}</ref>

==Other recordings==
* [[Connie Francis]] - for ''[[One for the Boys (Connie Francis album)|One for the Boys]]''.
* [[Jane Morgan]] - included in the album ''Jane Morgan Sings the Great Golden Hits'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|title=Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jane-Morgan-Jane-Morgan-Sings-The-Great-Golden-Hits/master/922078|website=Discogs.com|year=1961 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Mathis]] - ''[[Tender Is the Night (Johnny Mathis album)|Tender Is the Night]]'' (1964)
* [[Billy Vaughn]]
* [[Artie Malvin]] with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra - Bell BS-128 (1957, Australia)


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of number-one singles of 1957 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1957 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s#1958|List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s]]
*[[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s#1958|List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|0050135|April Love}}
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q3795903|title=April Love}}

{{Pat Boone}}
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[[Category:1957 singles]]
[[Category:1957 singles]]
[[Category:Dot Records singles]]
[[Category:Pat Boone songs]]
[[Category:Pat Boone songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United States]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United States]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Songs written for films]]

[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster]]
[[no:April Love]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Sammy Fain]]
[[Category:1957 songs]]




Latest revision as of 18:51, 13 November 2023

"April Love"
Single by Pat Boone
from the album Pat Boone Sings
B-side"When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano"
ReleasedOctober 1957 (1957-10)
RecordedSeptember 15, 1957
StudioRadio Recorders, Hollywood, California, U.S.
GenrePop
Length2:39
LabelDot
Composer(s)Sammy Fain
Lyricist(s)Paul Francis Webster
Pat Boone singles chronology
"Remember You're Mine"
(1957) 		"April Love"
(1957) 		"A Wonderful Time Up There"
(1958)

"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.

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 75. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. ^ "Pat Boone - April Love". lovvin.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1961. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
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