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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.

"April Love"
Single by Pat Boone
B-side	"When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano"
Released	October 1957 (1957-10)
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
"Remember You're Mine" (1957) "April Love" (1957) "A Wonderful Time Up There" (1958)

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)

See also

• List of number-one singles of 1957 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s

References

External links

• April Love at IMDb

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