I'll Remember April (song)

"I'll Remember April" is a popular song and jazz standard. The music for the song was written by Gene de Paul, and the lyrics were written by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye.

The song made its debut in the Abbott and Costello comedy, Ride 'Em Cowboy, being sung by Dick Foran. Since then, dozens upon dozens of artists have covered the song, including June Christy, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Bud Powell, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, and Judy Garland, who once interpreted the song on the radio program, Lux Radio Theatre.

'I'll Remember April' can be found in the Real Book

The song is featured as background in the "Adam-12" episode "Something Worth Dying For", in which Officer Reed (played by Kent McCord) is given the Medal Of Valor.

Recorded versions

 * Cannonball Adderley
 * Cyrille Aimee - Cyrille Aimee and the Surreal Band (2009)
 * Chet Baker
 * Shirley Bassey - "The Fabulous Shirley Bassey" (1959)
 * Clifford Brown
 * Jimmy Bruno
 * Royce Campbell
 * June Christy - Impromptu (1977), Day Dreams (1995), Cool Christy (2002)
 * Sonny Clark
 * Perry Como
 * Bobby Darin (1958)
 * Miles Davis - Blue Haze,  Prestige Album (1954)
 * Doris Day
 * Tal Farlow
 * The Four Freshmen - Voices In Love/Love Lost (2001)
 * Judy Garland - Lux Radio Theatre
 * Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea (1955)
 * Terry Gibbs Quartet
 * Dexter Gordon
 * Stéphane Grappelli
 * Grant Green
 * Hampton Hawes (1958)
 * Woody Herman (1942)
 * Ahmad Jamal - Cross Country Tour 1958 - 1961


 * Keith Jarrett
 * Lee Konitz
 * Steve Lawrence
 * Julie London
 * Carmen McRae
 * Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach, Mingus At Antibes
 * Eric Dolphy - Berlin Concerts, Uppsala Concert
 * Modern Jazz Quartet
 * Gerry Mulligan
 * Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
 * Charlie Parker (1950)
 * Joe Pass
 * Bud Powell (1947)
 * Django Reinhardt
 * Sonny Rollins
 * Boz Scaggs - Speak Low (2008)
 * George Shearing - Verve Jazz Masters 57 (1996)
 * Dinah Shore (1958)
 * Frank Sinatra (1961)
 * Johnny Smith
 * Martha Tilton
 * Hugo Winterhalter (1963)
 * Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954, remastered 1990)

Trivia

 * This song is widely featured in at least two films by Robert Siodmak, Phantom Lady (1944) and Criss Cross (1949).
 * Tal Farlow recorded this song in his album [ The Return of Tal Farlow/1969], but he had previously homaged it in [ Autumn in New York] (1954), rebirth as "[ And She Remembers Me]", but based upon the same chord changes after the intro section.
 * Gerry Mulligan's 'Rocker' is based on the chord changes in "I'll Remember April".