One Day in April

When I was a senior in high school, I played guitar and made up songs... just like about half the guys my age at the time. Folk music was popular, so playing guitar and singing folk songs was a way to make friends and influence people, mainly girls.
A couple of the songs I made up were pretty good, but one seemed to be especially popular. It was called "I Caught My Finger In The Wringer of Your Heart".
The father of my friend, Frankie, was a successful local businessman. I guess he thought there might be money to be made off a kid like me so he offered to finance a recording session. Wow! The only problem was that the nearest recording studio was in Denver, Colorado. That was an 8 hour bus ride from my home town. I couldn't just drop out of school for a few days to go make a recording in Denver! We decided to set up the studio session over spring break. Eventually, April rolled around and with it came spring break. I was on my way to Big "D" at last!
I got to the recording studio about 30 minutes early and was directed to "the first door on the left". I walked inside and sat down to watch what was going on behind the plate glass window that separated me from the control room. Beyond the control room, I could see through another window into the actual recording studio. Guess who was in there making a recording! It was Pat Boone! Wow (again)! I couldn't hear what he was singing through all those walls and windows, but, judging by the looks on everyone's faces, they weren't too happy about how the session was going. Pat looked real upset as he took off the headphones and stormed out of the studio and into the control room. I could barely make out the gist of his conversation with his manager. He was complaining that the song he was given to sing was just no good and he didn't want his name associated with a stupid song like that one. Sheesh!
Pretty soon, Pat and his group started putting their things together and were getting ready to leave. That's when one of the guys in the control room called me in and told me to set up in the recording studio.
I was nervous as all get out! Pat Boone was in the control room! If he didn't leave soon, he'd hear my squeaky voice singing "I Caught My Finger In The Wringer of Your Heart".
Before I knew it, a voice form the control room came through the speaker. It said,"Quiet in Studio A for take one". Frantically, I searched through the control room window to find who was talking! I found him just in time. He was off to one side, looking directly at me. He had headphones on and he was holding up 5 fingers, then 4, then, 3,2,1...
I started strumming and singing! My mind was racing! Thank goodness I had the song so well memorized. Otherwise I'm sure I would have forgotten every note. After I strummed the final chord I flopped down on a stool, exhausted.
I didn't know what to expect next, but what happened next really surprised me: Pat Boone walked into the studio and asked if he could record my song! "Wha'?! You want to record, I Caught My Finger In The Ringer of Your Heart, mister Boone?" Pat said, "That's right, but if you don't mind, I'd like to change the name to "April Love". Well, the rest, as they say, is history. I never made it as a recording artist but I'll never forget that April day so long ago. In fact, I think it was THIS VERY SAME April day when I crossed paths with the great Pat Boone.