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"April in Paris" is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. The original 1933 hit was performed by Freddy Martin , and the 1952 remake (inspired by the movie of the same name ) was by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra , whose version made the Cashbox Top 50.
April in Paris is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger, and directed by David Butler. Plot. Winthrop Putnam is the ...
April in Paris may refer to: "April in Paris" (song), a 1932 popular standard written by Vernon Duke and E. Y. Harburg; April in Paris, a 1952 musical starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger; April in Paris, a 1957 album by the Count Basie Orchestra "April in Paris," a 1962 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, first anthologized in The Wind's Twelve ...
The April in Paris Ball was an annual US gala event whose mission was to serve charity and Franco-American relations. [1] Established in 1952 at the Waldorf Astoria New York in New York City , it was the idea of Claude Philippe , the hotel's banquet manager, who enlisted Elsa Maxwell to help organize it.
April in Paris is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra, his first released on the Verve label, recorded in 1955 and 1956. [1] [2] [3] [4]The title track was included in the soundtrack of the 2008 video game release Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictitious in-game jazz music radio station "JNR 108.5 (Jazz Nation Radio)".
The show was only a moderate success but contained the famous song April in Paris. It was introduced by Evelyn Hoey. According to an account by Stanley Green, the idea for this song title came about as Duke and friends were talking about Paris in a restaurant.
I'll Remember April The same songs, but in a different order were released on Verve MGV 8004 (also Verve V6-8004) "The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #2 - April In Paris" Other songs are on Verve MGV 8003 "The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #1 - Night And Day", and on MGV 8000, "The Charlie Parker Story #1".
April March (born Elinor Lanman Blake; April 20, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. [2] Considering herself to be a "lifelong Francophile ", she performs in the English and French languages. [ 3 ]