"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”.
Other recordings Connie Francis - for One for the Boys. Jane Morgan - included in the album Jane Morgan Sings the Great Golden Hits (1961). 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
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