April Love (song)
| "April Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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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, 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”.