April Showers

E203829
Tin Pan Alley song popular song song

"April Showers" is a popular 1921 American song, closely associated with entertainer Al Jolson, that became a standard of the early 20th-century Tin Pan Alley era.

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April Showers canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tin Pan Alley song ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Louis Silvers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
surface form: Tin Pan Alley
firstPerformer Al Jolson ⓘ
genre popular music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasNotableLyric They bring the flowers that bloom in May ⓘ
Though April showers may come your way ⓘ
hasSheetMusicPublisher De Sylva, Brown and Henderson ⓘ
introducedIn Bombo ⓘ
introducedInMedium Broadway musical ⓘ
introducedInYear 1921 ⓘ
isStandardOf American popular songbook ⓘ
Tin Pan Alley repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist George Gard DeSylva ⓘ
surface form: B. G. DeSylva
madeFamousBy Al Jolson ⓘ
performerAssociatedWith Al Jolson ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
recordedBy Al Jolson ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Eddie Fisher ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
theme optimism ⓘ
spring ⓘ
weather ⓘ
usedIn Jolson Sings Again ⓘ
The Jolson Story ⓘ
writer George Gard DeSylva ⓘ
surface form: B. G. DeSylva

Louis Silvers ⓘ

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Al Jolson → notableSong → April Showers ⓘ
Asa Yoelson → notableWork → April Showers ⓘ