Nino & April--Deep Purple

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17 жыл бұрын

Nino Tempo & April Stevens sing live on mike along with their Grammy Award winning record, "Deep Purple." From about 1983.

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@modspell 15 жыл бұрын

Their label refused to release this song long after it was recorded, believing it to be too hokey. It was recorded in the studio in under 12 minutes, went #1 on the pop charts and earned a Grammy award. Take that, suits!

@roadwarrior3 14 жыл бұрын

Nino Tempo & April Stevens delivered "Deep Purple" to NUMBER ONE in 1963 with nothing promoting the record except their own talent

@ernestbannerman6423 9 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest duets in musical history. Their voices complimented each other's perfectly. They're also pretty easy on the eyes. April is my idea of the perfect woman.

@toddburgess6792 Жыл бұрын

Sibling synchronicity, I do believe.

@-.Steven 11 ай бұрын

April is Stunningly Beautiful! Just Gorgeous! Lovely!

@erikschimmel6223 6 ай бұрын

They are Brother and sister that’s why there voices mach so good. Great song duet I agree on that with you

@elizabethsiegel306 3 жыл бұрын

I am 93 yrs. old and discovered April and Nino about a year ago. I never tire of listening AND watching them.

@jimc1389 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Ms. Siegel…Nino read your comment and wanted to send his regards and thank you for your very kind words.

@47AndyT 3 ай бұрын

Sadly, April died last year 12 days short of her 94th birthday.

@230608grace 3 жыл бұрын

To think she is 91 yrs old and he in his mid 80's. One of my favourite songs

@markcynic808 Жыл бұрын

@Toadface Hehe. She's 93 and he's 87 now. This was Richie Blackmore's mother's favourite song and so became the name the band used. Like many teens, I was a Deep Purple fan for a while. Now I'm old and crumbling, I have to say, nothing they wrote comes anywhere near this song.

@TheBrooklynbodine 6 ай бұрын

I guess Nino's still living, but April died 4--17-23, twelve days before she'd have been 94. I'd say she had a long and fruitful life.@@markcynic808

@jimc1389 17 жыл бұрын

The venue was a bar in Hollywood called Greg's Blue Dot on Highland. The owner had a "rock and roll" revival on a weeknight, and many sixties recording artists came by to sing along to their hit singles, played over the bar's sound system by the staff DJ. On this particular night, I remember Ronnie Spector (of the Ronettes) followed Nino & April on that staircase.

@strangebru50 3 жыл бұрын

They must have performed this wonderful song countless number of times, but still sing it with passion and pride!

@josephreynolds1220 Жыл бұрын

I usually sing my own songs at karaoke.

@grahamjohnbarr Жыл бұрын

In Vietnam 65/66 I met two Negro (African Americans) out on an operation who would sing this song, ever so softly & beautifully at night. It was the first time I heard it & fell in love with this song. Shout out to D16 of the 173D (S). Baby Cakes & Double Ugly & their Track "Deep Purple. That was 52 years ago & I still remember them like it was yesterday. From a grateful Australian.

@TEXASdaughter Ай бұрын

I was 14 when this came out, loved it. It is performed perfectly. My ex-husband served in Vietnam 67-68, I was a military(Army) wife. He was a tail gunner on helicopters. Thank you for your service.

@truthseekerlarge7713 2 жыл бұрын

Nino Tempo was a consummate multi talented musician as well as a singer.

@angelluperna946 8 жыл бұрын

People get old and change, They still did a good job. I like to listen to them when they first sang Deep Purple.

@charlesaguilar8301 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Angel! I've been in bands since middle school and when u get to that old age,it gets harder to hit those high notes!

@jennifursun3303 7 жыл бұрын

ain't that the truth

@mchapman132 2 жыл бұрын

They did a great job. Oh the memories!

@mkworkman 10 жыл бұрын

Random Factoid of the Day: Deep Purple, by Nino Tempo and April Stevens, was the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song on Nov. 22, 1963.

@windymillz 10 жыл бұрын

Isn't is amazing. Now 50 years later I'm thinking of this song and 11/22/1963 was when Kennedy was assassinated. A great song.

@riverbender9898 10 жыл бұрын

What amazing vocalists! Loved them then, love them still! Thanks.

@scubarojo 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing lyrics, jazz chord changes, perfect harmonies, up-tempo beat, background vocals, spoken voice overs, this song has everything and deserves to be played and remembered forever.

@bobtaylor170 3 жыл бұрын

It's a thing of beauty. All previous treatments, even Artie Shaw's, are like wilted lettuce when compared with this.

@julesboudreau619 Жыл бұрын

It will be remembered by me, at least, as long as I live…

@gazzzza Жыл бұрын

remembering the day when my fav group went from round a bout to Deep purple richies grand mothers fav song

@50Emerald 9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely *love* these two! I remember well in late 1963 when this creative treatment of "Deep Purple" topped the charts. April's consummate harmony and Nino's unique singing make this song a joy to listen to. April's smile is so pretty it makes my knees wobble. She is the *essence* of femininity...

@EvanDahill 10 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that bitter sweet winter of 1963 between the JFK assassination and the arrival of the Beatles. The radio was my salvation during those dark days.

@chatman2a 9 жыл бұрын

Evan Dahill Indeed, "Deep Purple" was #1 on the Billboard Chart on Friday, that day, that month, in that city: November 22, 1963 (Dallas, Texas).

@dennismolfese5847 5 жыл бұрын

Aint that the truth

@TheBrooklynbodine 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Dale and Grace's "I'm Leaving it all up to You" was number one. I saw a Billboard chart at americanradiohistory.com (they have reproductions of Billboard charts). The aforementioned song was by Dale and Grace. "Deep Purple" was number 3 that week. Interestingly, both songs were covered by Donny & Marie Osmond.

@ccali327 4 жыл бұрын

It's interesting you say that. I'll never know a feeling really like that. Even during a pandemic and other crazy world events, media is so spread out that there isn't the feeling of a huge collective group looking to one single thing for solace. 1963, i'd imagine a huge proportion of people would be listening to the radio at any given time. Kind of sense of community and belonging that just doesn't exist today.

@margovallen 4 жыл бұрын

@@chatman2a Actually, Deep Purple was number one on November11-16, 1963. "I'm Leaving It Up To You" by Dale & Grace was #1 November 23-30. But, Deep Purple was indeed, a recent hit... and still got lots of airplay. But, Americans are so damn fickle...

@andyjay7337 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Song expressing beautiful Sentiments. All time great record that stands the test of time.

@maajorkv 2 ай бұрын

I remember this from 1963, when I joined the AF in October!

@thomasjefferson4492 8 жыл бұрын

YOUR TWENTY YEARS OFF,..I listened to this song on the bus every morning on the way to enterprise highschool..IN 1963.....and its still a great song today in 2016,,,,,

@StratsRUs 2 ай бұрын

Gorgeous singing.Beautiful song.Eternal

@pallen49 4 жыл бұрын

Gosh, Ms April was still as beautiful as ever in this video.. Awesome song..and the part where she did the solo..DAMN, be still my beating heart.

@tomaguilar7974 Жыл бұрын

I loved this song the moment I heard it way way back in the 1968ish around there!

@peterostash Жыл бұрын

April is still adorable. Nino, still as handsome as ever. So glad to see you're still singing this gem.

@0289XYZ 9 жыл бұрын

My mother really liked this song. God I miss her....

@lindasonger121 3 жыл бұрын

I love it too and I am someones mother..smile

@gerdapons5730 13 күн бұрын

You both are so good!!!..still are❤❤

@Shayk1951 13 жыл бұрын

This is one of the songs that always gives me chill bumps up and down my legs.

@garrettdavis6500 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Commie-fornia these days, this is a rrreeelllll CT. 1960's song. I blast it, the Commie's see red .

@templegirl95 8 жыл бұрын

wow....I think they sound amazing, live & older & this song sounds exactly the same....that's rare....this song was alittle before my time but I love it & they never lost it...well done

@dennisbelk3850 Жыл бұрын

Timeless Thanks for a good memory

@WendellsMusic 10 жыл бұрын

I was 13 yrs old, love it

@50Emerald 9 жыл бұрын

RedSee I, also!

@johnlargan6045 3 жыл бұрын

They're still a very attractive pair at this age! So very talented. Thank you for this post.

@Allhallowsday 14 жыл бұрын

NINO TEMPO and his sister APRIL STEVENS are both very much still with us! They were and are GREAT!!

@BlackwoodMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

These song make me very emotional as it brings back my teenage years when I never missed the top 40 every week. I used to record it off the speaker in the old radiogram 🥲

@janiswhite9817 Жыл бұрын

I was so in love with this son when it came out and for years and even now.

@m1k119 2 жыл бұрын

..... And Richie S Blackmore grandma said : Love this song , let s make History

@migizi422 2 жыл бұрын

When she speaks those lyrics, I fall in love. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Mckatt2 5 жыл бұрын

OMG I love this so much! I just played Deep Purple about 6 times in a row and then came to you tube and discovered this! The ONLY Deep Purple for me is Nino and April’s! ❤️

@MrBarr49 9 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this on the radio back in my grade school days...pity it is so rarely heard these days. It seems a bit ahead of its time for 1963. Has a definite psychidelic feel and sound.

@FirstUsedBooks 8 жыл бұрын

+JOE HAWKINS I can't subscribe to your psychedelic theory, but this might be because I wasn't doing acid when I first heard this song, even though by this time I was in high school. I was still susceptible to the romantic. There were a couple of other songs within the same plus or minus two years that I also very much enjoyed. One was an instrumental called Canadian Sunset. (Guess I'm going to have to look it up.) The other had the lyrics "There's a summer place, where love has gone..." (and I guess I'm going to have to look that one up too). But everything got blown away one day when my father and my sister and I were driving to a fishing hole 150 miles away from the city in which we lived. My ears tweaked to a song on the radio that I had never heard. "Dad, I have to turn this up." (It was summer in days before auto air conditioning, and we had our windows down.) So I turned it full volume, and I think I would have done so regardless of what my father had replied. "...and a man comes on the radio, and tells me how white my shirts should be..." I was listening to my first experience of the Rolling Stones' song "Satisfaction." Life was never the same. Talking to my one year younger sister a couple of years ago, she too still remembers that trip and that song. It didn't have the same effect on her. It didn't lead her into drugs and abandonment of formal shirts, though she knew that it was somehow a significant moment in her life. As for my dad, he's still alive, but it would have been better if I had put the question to him a couple of years ago. He may then have remembered. Today is too late. He's 93, and lives in some other time frame, the 1930-40s I think.

@charlesaguilar1708 8 жыл бұрын

Such a lovely song!! Good arrangement and nice harmonies! Really stands out as one of the unique duo tunes of the sixties! God bless you guys!!

@dansm1422 7 жыл бұрын

The song actually goes back to the 1930s.

@charlesaguilar8301 7 жыл бұрын

+Dan Sm Yes! I've heard Artie Shaw's and Bing Crosby's version before which were classics! April and Nino did a harmonizing version which really gave that tune a kick! So, you guys decide what you like better.

@garywood9525 7 жыл бұрын

I heard the 1933 version by a man where the song was slower. Stardust was from 1927 and popular around 1933 as well. But the tune didn't have any lyric until someone said it was way too long of an intro and needed a filler prior to the starting point for the words that were added. By 1930 the tune was sped up but the words needed to be slowed down which meant a remake as a ballad for easy listening and not always dancing to. mack the knife went though changes as a german song from an opera, it was changed again around 1930 where Lotto Lenna sang. The 1956 version by Armstrong in London was a Jazz based tune , but the 1959 Bobby Darin style was a hit even when it was about a thug that killed people for unpaid debts.

@mariannesouza8326 5 жыл бұрын

Gary wood Thank you for this info! 😀👍🏼🎶

@jorgied9878 8 жыл бұрын

this song has a lot of meaning in my life. che nieves

@trevorpettingill4871 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@margolou2010 11 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this in my living room one afternoon in 1963 in Buffalo for the first time (I was about 9), and I ran into the kitchen and asked my Mom if she ever heard the song. She laughed a little at me and said, "Honey, that's a remake of a real old song when I was young." April and Nino could do remakes like "Deep Purple," "Stardust," and "Whispering," and make them their own, actually improving on the originals, as well as new stuff like "All Strung Out." They were the best.

@edhollingsworth2335 3 жыл бұрын

I believe they are from Niagara Falls, NY'

@dncrptnr 7 жыл бұрын

I really love them--they brought back tears of gratitude for the great memories of my youth, and my attendance to Hollywood Highs School--both Nino and April attended Hollywood High School

@TheStamplover 10 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool to see Nino and April after so many years...they sound good! Thanks for posting!

@user-qq3lw4wl2l 2 жыл бұрын

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@jeffj9322 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Nino Tempo born on January 6, 1935. He is an American musician, singer, and actor. He was a duet partner with his older sister April Stevens as well as the frontman for a 1970's funk band, 5th Ave. Sax. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Tempo

@jmrodas9 8 жыл бұрын

To,me this song is unforgettable. Always liked how April talked the part with such a sexy and feminine voice she made me shiver, when I Heard her. Nice to hear again and to remember my teenage days.

@bobtaylor170 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's astonishing to me that any American boy who heard that recording in 1963 could have turned out gay.

@jmrodas9 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobtaylor170 Who's gay? Not me in any case.

@bobtaylor170 3 жыл бұрын

Jorge, I wasn't saying you were. And it was a joke, in any case. I was just making the same point you were, only in a different way.

@bemore1134 3 жыл бұрын

Usually, singers from that era go on their tours years later, do their hits, and God Bless 'em but it just sounds like a shell of what you remembered. No one's fault, time does that to you. This was a wonderful exception; Nino & April knocked it out of the park. BRAVO!!!!

@DCHurlford1 14 жыл бұрын

This is song where legendary hard rock band Deep Purple got their name from. Seriously....it was Ritchie Blackmore's Granny's favourtie record. Respect to Nino and April.

@michaelmcloughlin8237 Жыл бұрын

Michael McLoughlin I couldn't of been more than 12 yrs. old But I could never forget this song-it makes me fel good seeing them performing it together again after all these years

@californiasheri6245 9 жыл бұрын

love it! Nino is too hot!

@steveking942 5 жыл бұрын

April is super hot

@donkrow2939 4 жыл бұрын

Great song. Brings back alot of memories.

@desert3347 7 жыл бұрын

I love them, always have!!! Genetic's for sure!

@davidlind3237 4 ай бұрын

Born in 63. One of my favorite songs of all time.

@dogratco Жыл бұрын

Pleasant Deep Purple Dreams, April.

@JaCeeMusic 4 жыл бұрын

we luv april and nino

@grahamsteele5085 2 жыл бұрын

Feel good surpassed over this? Ain’t possible my friend !

@SteveCarras 17 жыл бұрын

April socute looking and very good and still handled that narration that was such a part of their stuff well even into 1983! Appealingly apple-cheeked,not unlukle another singer with her brother who ALSO did a similiar rendidition in 1976 and scored as well--Marie Osmond.Very coy sounding...needless tosya IMO the spoken part's the best.Very inimate. Unique arrangements were on those records!

@robertapearson3507 2 жыл бұрын

Nino & April being sister & brother, explains the phenomenal blend they have in their harmonies. I never knew they were siblings. Nice little factoid to know. Thanks for sharing this video. I remember this song fondly from my teenage years. ❤️ 👵🏻🐾💕🇨🇦

@Flap999 2 жыл бұрын

Man...April as amazing as ever, getting more gorgeous every year. Such an amazing tune.

@Chresmologue 5 жыл бұрын

One of the very few melodies that hits every note of the chromatic scale.

@toddtaliaferro7876 5 жыл бұрын

As a kid I spent every waking hour listening to the radio, and I remember absolutely loving this song, but only the Nino & April version, not so much the cover versions that followed later on TV variety shows of the era. Even Donnie & Marie had their version, changing the original lyric "sweet lover, we'll always meet" to "sweet lovers will always meet," presumably because their relationship already seemed creepy enough as it was. I get the impression that it was Nino who chose to change the original lyric "...in the sky" to "...in the night," and April reluctantly went along with it. Though they, too, we're siblings, gazing into each others' eyes while performing somehow didn't seem creepy at all.

@Orlee200 10 жыл бұрын

Can't tell you how many memories this brings back.

@Catdore 15 жыл бұрын

I love this song -- in studio Nino forgot the words on the 'break' and April sang them to him and he followed --they kept the take. I used to get the car keys and turn on the (tube)radio until I could hear this song.

@user-ep1pc9rg4c Жыл бұрын

Liked whispering better love these 2 thanks Jim

@Mr_Ray. 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell April kept her professionalism.

@pizzimontana512 13 жыл бұрын

The italian singers are the best... The voice, Ronny James Dio, Nino... and many others.

@SueBeaWho 16 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful so impressed. Deserved the Grammy they got! Still handsome Nino and obviously April too. One suggestion April: you are so pretty you don't need the make-up.

@jackymartin8093 10 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite songs!!! I think it is interesting that it is now background music for a current commercial. Jacky Martin

@WOODR52 6 жыл бұрын

I heard this song on the (am) radio when i was in 5th grade... Loved it then and today! Thanks s sir----

@BerryVamp 9 жыл бұрын

Harmonious melody..sweet & tuneful.

@john4071000 13 жыл бұрын

I have loved this song for so long, I got Ken Done to tape this for me on a reel to reel when we worked together at J Walter Thompson

@Golfdewd 6 жыл бұрын

With the advent of the Beatles, Stones, Kinks etc, these 2 were my dirty little secret!

@lenwilliams965 Жыл бұрын

What agreat verion forgotten howmany tomes ive played ive payed this couples version and i alway join in and sing along with them you cant help yourself

@jmrodas9 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite songs and one I still like to hear although I first heard it in 1963. I like how April pronounces the lyrics so sexily. And Nino's voice as he sings is very good too.

@jjs490 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful beautiful.. they were so classy. I love these harmonies and The Melody of course. They were sexy Duet.

@jesperlp 17 жыл бұрын

Deep Purple did get their name from this song. It was Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother's favorite song (is what I've heard and wikipedia seems to back me up on this :P).

@cardinal333 14 жыл бұрын

Even in these days they are FANTASTIC!!!!

@annettemiller9431 9 жыл бұрын

this came out in the sixties. i loved the song so much that in the late 80's i was able to get the org. album of them. and it was out of print. but, i got it. love seeing them and hearing again the song. i was around 16yrs.old back then.

@howiegee1 9 ай бұрын

RIP April Thanks for your beautiful voicd

@joaotakanorijamjao1312 5 жыл бұрын

Woo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, , Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo !! When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, And the stars begin to twinkle in the night, In the mist of a memory you wander all back to me, Breathing my name with a ...sigh !!!! In the still of the night once again I hold you tight, Tho' you're gone your love lives on when light beams, And as long as my heart will beat, Sweet lover, we'll always meet , Here in my deep purple dreams !!! When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, And the stars begin to twinkle In the night, In the mist of a memory you wander all back to me, Breathing my name with a sigh !!! In the still of the night once again I hold you tight, Tho' you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams, And as long as my heart will beat , Sweet lover, we'll always meet, Here in my deep purple dreams !! And as long as my heart will beat , Sweet lover, we'll always meet , Here in my deep purple dreams !!!! Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo !!!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

@brucepowell9252 10 жыл бұрын

She is 75, and he is 76, I believe. One of the most successful brother-sis acts of all time.

@lovesissy4202 11 жыл бұрын

I fell in love with him in 1963 and still havn't found my way out!!

@Reynoldsstyle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this.

@myopinionmatters 4 жыл бұрын

I love that their track is playing in the background

@grundid44 8 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely lovely.

@charliecap9904 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS JUST A DAM GREAT SONG THATS ALL //

@bishopaz 15 жыл бұрын

i enjoyed this posting. takes me back.

@LeighAnnLittleKC 9 жыл бұрын

I heard this song on the "oldies" radio station back in the 1990s, and it took me 20 years to find it because I'd mis-heard the lyrics so badly :)

@superfaces 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful

@stevewatts5160 10 жыл бұрын

All great songs. So glad it was shared here on utube!

@tang43 14 жыл бұрын

We really like this song

@judyannfingado5271 Жыл бұрын

Ms. Stevens died today! I am so sad. I remember this song was a huge hit for she and her brother. May you RIP Ms. Stevens

@sandradana8665 6 ай бұрын

It was my grateful honor to attend the last honor to April. The service for her Celebration of Life. Such a truly beautiful lady who has left us all a lasting treasure of her voice in music. We miss you April. Rest in peace knowing you will always be loved.

@fubartotale3389 Жыл бұрын

April still looks damn good, she was one hot dish back in the day, as they say...

@jimjames1178 9 жыл бұрын

The band Deep Purple was named after this song. In hoor of the lead singers mom's favorite song.

@marigoldman 8 жыл бұрын

Not quite - it was one of Ritchie Blackmore's (guitarist) grandmother's favourite songs.

@PGeorge61 5 жыл бұрын

@@marigoldman yep...his grandmother.

@JurgenKrace 4 жыл бұрын

@@marigoldman exactomundo

@waynecarrott 4 жыл бұрын

I think their record was excellent of purple 30 years later they say it much better and April has got a smile to die for I I think she's beautiful absolutely cracking.

@jonblackers4339 4 жыл бұрын

you ve gotta love this

@berryj.greene7090 2 жыл бұрын

Always my favourite version - copied note for note bar by bar and in absolute arrangement by Donny & Marie. What strikes me most is just how much more pretty and alluring April has become while her brother still sings as well! They nailed this old song from the 1930's with its slightly odd but very catchy arrangement. The words, added later are equal to the tune. Now as well as the song I'm in love with April - but unfortunately it's just a memory.....another impossible dream! Thanks for posting. BjG