"April in Portugal" is a popular song, also named "The Whisp'ring Serenade." The music was written by Raul Ferrão, as a fado named "Coimbra", about the city of that name. The original Portuguese lyric was written by Jose Galhardo, in 1947. English lyrics written by Jimmy Kennedy have been set to the music, though many of the most popular versions of the song were instrumentals. Jump to: navigation, search Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... Jump to: navigation, search A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Fado is a type of folk music which most likely originated in the 1820s in Portugal. ... Jump to: navigation, search District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ... See also: 1946 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Patti Page signs with Mercury Frankie Laine earns his first, of 21, gold records Kay Starr signs with Capitol George Jones begins performing Jimmy Rogers begins recording the Weavers begin... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jimmy Kennedy (born July 20, 1902, in Omagh, Northern Ireland, died April 6, 1984 in Northern Ireland) wrote over 2000 songs. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or piece without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ...

Charting versions

Charting versions were recorded by the Les Baxter orchestra, by the Richard Hayman orchestra, by the Freddy Martin orchestra, and by Vic Damone. Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 - January 15, 1996) studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. ... Richard Hayman (born March 27, 1920) is an American conductor and musician. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Vic Damone (born June 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer. ...

The Les Baxter recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2374. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 28, 1953 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 - January 15, 1996) studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. ... Jump to: navigation, search Capitol record by Wingy Manone Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ... This list presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single (mainly 7 33 1/3 and 45, and 10 78 rpm) records. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ...

The Richard Hayman recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70114. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 25, 1953 and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #12. Richard Hayman (born March 27, 1920) is an American conductor and musician. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ...

The Freddy Martin recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5052. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 9, 1953 and lasted 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at #15. This article needs to be wikified. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ...

The Vic Damone recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70128. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 30, 1953 and lasted 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at #16. Vic Damone (born June 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ...

On Cash Box magazine's chart, where all versions were combined, the song reached a peak position of #2. Cash Box magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industry. ...

Other contemporary versions

Other versions recorded include those by:

• Tony Martin, recorded on March 26, 1953, released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5279
• Geraldo & his new Concert Orchestra, recorded on April 30, 1953, released by Philips Records as catalog number PB-149
• Louis Armstrong, recorded on April 21, 1953, released by Decca Records as catalog number 28704
• Eartha Kitt with Henri René's Orchestra, recorded on March 13, 1953, released by RCA Victor Records in an Extended Play album, catalog number EPB 3062

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Other recorded versions

The song has also been recorded by:

• Earl Bostic - (King Records)
• The Dukes Of Dixieland - (Okeh Records)
• Eartha Kitt - (Kapp Records)
• Enoch Light And His Orchestra - (Project 3 Records)
• Buddy Merrill - (Accent Records)
• The Melachrino Strings - (RCA Victor Records)
• Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra - (RCA Victor Records)
• Lawrence Welk - (Ranwood Records)
• Roger Williams - (Kapp Records)
• Florian Zabach - (Decca Records)