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| artist = [[Pat Boone]] |
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| album = [[Pat Boone Sings]] |
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| B-side = [[When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano]] |
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| recorded = September 15, 1957 |
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| B-side = "[[When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano]]" |
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| studio = [[Radio Recorders]], Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] |
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| length = {{Duration|m=02|s=39}} |
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| label = [[Dot Records|Dot]] |
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| composer = [[Sammy Fain]] |
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| lyricist = [[Paul Francis Webster]] |
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| prev_year = 1957 |
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| This single = "'''April Love'''""<br />(1957) |
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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]]. |
"'''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]]. |
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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,<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 |
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> |
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==Other recordings== |
==Other recordings== |
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* [[Connie Francis]] - for ''[[One for the Boys (Connie Francis album)|One for the Boys]]''. |
* [[Connie Francis]] - for ''[[One for the Boys (Connie Francis album)|One for the Boys]]''. |
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* [[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|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref> |
* [[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> |
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* [[Johnny Mathis]] - ''[[Tender Is the Night (Johnny Mathis album)|Tender Is the Night]]'' (1964) |
* [[Johnny Mathis]] - ''[[Tender Is the Night (Johnny Mathis album)|Tender Is the Night]]'' (1964) |
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* [[Billy Vaughn]] |
* [[Billy Vaughn]] |
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* [[Artie Malvin]] with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra - Bell BS-128 (1957, Australia) |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of number-one singles of 1957 (U.S.)]] |
*[[List of number-one singles of 1957 (U.S.)]] |
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*[[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]] |
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==External links== |
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*{{IMDb title|qid=Q3795903|title=April Love}} |
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{{Pat Boone}} |
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[[Category:1957 singles]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 13 November 2023
"April Love" | ||||
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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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"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
[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
[edit]References
[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