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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]]. |
"'''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 twenty-six weeks |
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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Revision as of 15:55, 7 July 2020
| "April Love" | ||||
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| Single by Pat Boone | ||||
| B-side | "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" | |||
| Released | October 1957 | |||
| 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
- 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)
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
See also
External links
- April Love at IMDb
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