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Single by Nino Tempo & April Stevens; from the album Deep Purple ; B-side "I've Been Carrying a Torch for You So Long That It Burned a Great Big Hole in My Heart" Released: September 1963: Genre: Pop [5] rockabilly [5] Length: 2: 40: Label: Atco: Songwriter(s) Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish: Nino Tempo & April Stevens singles chronology
Nino Tempo & April Stevens (Antonino and Carol Vincinette LoTempio) were a brother and sister singing act from Niagara Falls, New York.Formed in the early 1960s when Nino Tempo and April Stevens signed as a duo with Atco Records, they had a string of Billboard hits and earned a Grammy Award as "best rock & roll record of the year" for the single "Deep Purple".
ninoandapril.com. April Stevens (born Caroline Vincinette LoTempio; April 29, 1929 – April 17, 2023) was an American Grammy award -winning singer of traditional pop, best known for her collaborations with her younger brother, Nino Tempo, as Nino Tempo & April Stevens. Stevens was an inductee in the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame [2]
However, Nino Tempo is known best for his 1963 duet "Deep Purple" on Atco with his sister Caroline (singing under the stage name April Stevens), which scored No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Rock And Roll Recording , selling more than one million copies and earning a gold disc .
In 1964, after recording their hit "Deep Purple", American brother-and-sister vocal duo Nino Tempo & April Stevens had a new hit with "Whispering". This version went to number eleven on the Hot 100, number four on the Easy Listening chart, [7] and number 17 in Canada. [8]
In 1957, "Deep Purple" was a No. 20 hit record for Billy Ward & the Dominoes, then a No. 1 hit on the 1963 Billboard chart for Nino Tempo and April Stevens. It became popular again in 1976 in the duet by Donny and Marie Osmond.
The group soon changed their name to Deep Purple, after the song of the same name by Nino Tempo & April Stevens. [3] Deep Purple quickly recorded their first album Shades of Deep Purple , which was issued in July 1968. [ 4 ]
1963: Nino Tempo and April Stevens on Atco LP 156 Deep Purple; 1964: Allan Sherman parodied the song as "Shine On, Harvey Bloom" on his album For Swingin' Livers Only! 1965: Mance Lipscomb recorded the song live for Arhoolie Records on Texas Songster in a Live Performance; 1976: Leon Redbone recorded the song for his album Double Time