This collection of easy listening-cocktail piano favourites, issued in 1992 by Point Productions of The Netherlands, was first spotlighted in a blog post in September 2012. You can read the scant details and background of this album there.
The good: a capable pianist backed by a real orchestra. The bad: no one outside of the album insert designer is credited.
From 18 Golden Piano Hits 1 comes I'll Remember April, a popular standard composed by Gene de Paul, with lyrics by Patricia Johnstone and Don Raye, for, of all things, a 1942 Abbot and Costello comedy, Ride 'Em Cowboy. It was sung in the film by western star Dick Foran but has since been recorded by countless jazz and pop artists.
The version on 18 Golden Piano Hits is very similar to the style of British pianist Ronnie Aldrich, who recorded numerous albums for the London Phase 4 label in the 1960s and '70s.
I'll Remember April
From YouTube here's a vintage performance of I'll Remember April by saxophonist Lucky Thompson. No date or venue is given.
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