"I'll Remember April" is a popularsong and jazz standard with music written in 1941 by Gene de Paul, and lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye. It made its debut in the 1942 Abbott and Costello comedy Ride 'Em Cowboy, being sung by Dick Foran. The lyric uses the seasons of the year metaphorically to illustrate the growth and death of a romance. The lyric also uses the ideas of the hours in a day and the flames of a fire to illustrate a relationship growing stronger and subsequently losing strength. Another interpretation is the use of spring (the month of April) to express the loves that were had in youth and remember them when the autumn of life arrives with affection and nostalgia, smiling: "I'll remember April and I smile". The song has been described as one which makes use of nostalgia.[1]
The song is performed, along with several others, in the 1945 film "I'll Remember April", a musical comedy-drama. In that movie, it is sung by Kirby Grant and Gloria Jean. A number of artists have covered the song as listed below. One of the most notable live renditions of it is a radio performance by Judy Garland, on a broadcast of Lux Radio Theatre.[citation needed]
'I'll Remember April' can be found in the Real Book tacit vol 1. It also appears as background music in the Adam-12 episode "Something Worth Dying For", in which Officer Reed (played by Kent McCord) is given the Medal of Valor.
Stan Getz - for the album Stan Getz at The Shrine (1954) with Bob Brookmeyer. Also a slightly longer studio version with Bob was recorded in the Interpretations series
