April_Love_(song)

April Love (song)

April Love (song)

1957 single by Pat Boone


"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.

Quick Facts Single by Pat Boone, from the album Pat Boone Sings ...

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

See also


References

  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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