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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".
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
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 .
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]
The rockers Deep Purple. The Grammy-winning song “Deep Purple,” a No. 1 Billboard single for April Stevens and her brother, Nino Tempo, in 1963. Purple has been peppering songs for decades ...
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.
"Deep Purple" Nino Tempo & April Stevens [48] 101 November 23 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Dale & Grace [49] November 30 ... Nino Tempo April Stevens See also
"Deep Purple" Nino Tempo & April Stevens: 1 November 16 7 "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" Peter, Paul and Mary 9 October 26 2 October 26 "Washington Square" The Village Stompers: 2 November 23 7 November 2 "It's All Right" The Impressions: 4 November 9 5 "Maria Elena" Los Indios Tabajaras: 6 November 16 4 "I Can't Stay Mad at You" Skeeter ...