{"id":102,"date":"2021-05-10T01:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:41:15","slug":"april-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/april-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"April Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">by Silvers and de Sylva<\/span><\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a615ddfb80e74017121658' value='6a615ddfb80e74017121658'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a615ddfb80e74017121658' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a615ddfb80e74017121658' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-6a615ddfb80e74017121658' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a615ddfb80e74017121658' ><\/p>\n<p>Composed by Louis Silvers and written by B.G. De Sylva, this song debuted in the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo and was performed by Al Jolson.<\/p>\n<p>This song became a popular cover by several jazz and traditional pop singers, including Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Margaret Whiting, Eddie Fisher, Eydie Gorme, Mel Torme and Cab Calloway. R&amp;B\/Soul singer Jackie Wilson also included the song on his Al Jolson tribute album, Nowstalgia&#8230;You Ain&#8217;t Heard Nothin&#8217; Yet, in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>This song was featured in the 1948 film musical April Showers, starring Jack Carson and Ann Sothern as a married couple in a struggling vaudeville act.<\/p>\n<p>This song has a rare claim to fame in that it was sung in a courtroom (by a judge). According to a report in the March 7, 1953 issue of the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper filed from Detroit, &#8220;Circuit Judge Vincent M. Brennan gave his decision in a contract suit between a singer and an orchestra leader,&#8221; and after recessing the court, &#8220;stepped down from the bench and sang &#8216;April Showers&#8217; to prove he was &#8216;musically qualified&#8217; to decide the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>TENOR UKE FINGERING<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-c.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-g.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-g7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-b7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-em.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-a7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-dm.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.Tutavo.com\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-d7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 900;\">Key of [A]\r\n\r\nIntro: (one downstroke on each chord of first verse) \r\n[C] Life is not a [G] highway strewn with [C] flowers [G] \r\n[C] Still it holds a [G] goodly share of [C] bliss [B7] \r\n[Em] When the sun gives [B7] way to April [Em] showers [A7] \r\n[Dm] Here's the point that [D7] you should never [G] miss [G7] \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ MAIN CHORUS } - - - [NC] Though April [G7] Showers may come your [C] way, they bring the [G7] flowers that bloom in [C] May. \r\nSo if it's [A7] raining have no re[Dm]grets, because [D7] it isn't raining rain you know - It's [G7] raining violets<\/span> \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">{ VERSE } - - - [NC] And where you [G7] see clouds upon the [C] hills,  you soon will [A7] see crowds of [Dm] daffo[A7]dils. [Dm] \r\nSo keep on [F] looking for a [Fm] bluebird, and [C] listening for his [A7] song - \r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">When[Dm]ever April [G7] showers come a[C]long [Gdim] [G7] <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n{c: } - - - KAZOO INSTRUMENTAL: \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ MAIN CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">{ VERSE } - - -<\/span>\r\nWhen[Dm]ever April [G7] showers come a[C]long [C] [G7] [C]<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Silvers and de Sylva TENOR UKE FINGERING Key of [A] Intro: (one downstroke on each chord of first verse) [C] Life is not a [G] highway strewn with [C] flowers [G] [C] Still it holds a [G] goodly share of [C] bliss [B7] [Em] When the sun gives [B7] &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/april-showers\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">April Showers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,252,126,13,206,142,116,117,115,275,250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-filter","category-al-jolson","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-bing-crosby","category-judy-garland","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-temp-hold","category-wayne-newton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30849,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/30849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}