1957 OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG: April Love - Pat Boone

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Movie: “April Love” (20th Century Fox), starring Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels, Arthur O’Connell, and Jeanette Nolan.

The original 45rpm single was issued on Dot 15660 - April Love (Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster) by Pat Boone, orchestra & chorus conducted by Billy Vaughn. The title tune of Pat’s second feature film was his fifth #1 Billboard hit and ninth million-seller in little over two years. “April Love” was based on the 1941 novel “Phantom Filly” by George Agnew Chamberlain.
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1957 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES (5)

All The Way (“The Joker Is Wild”) (winner)
Tammy (“Tammy And The Bachelor”)
April Love (“April Love”)
An Affair To Remember (“An Affair To Remember”)
Wild Is The Wind (“Wild Is The Wind”)
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OTHER SONGS & THEMES FROM 1957 FILMS

Bernardine (“Bernardine”)
Fascination (“Love In The Afternoon”) (new lyrics to a 1907 tune)
Island In The Sun (“Island In The Sun”)
It’s Not For Me To Say (“Lizzie”)
Jailhouse Rock (“Jailhouse Rock”)
Loving You (“Loving You”)
March from The River Kwai and Colonel Bogey (“The Bridge On The River Kwai”) (new ‘River Kwai’ melody heard in counterpoint to the 1914 “Colonel Bogey March”)
Mean Woman Blues (“Loving You”)
Teddy Bear (“Loving You”)
Treat Me Nice (“Jailhouse Rock”)
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