RIP April Stevens - she just passed away at nearly 94 years of age. April, born in 1929, turned 37 in 1966. No one could have guessed it - she seemed here as a very young (early twenties) performer. Such was the music market, then as now - young and younger was demanded, and nothing else! Bless her pretty and talented heart. Condolences to brother Nino.
April looks awesome for 38 ..I guessed she was at least ten years younger... I'm sorry she passed away .they were very good looking couple.. Brother is hot n so is she.
Nkno & April...Not only the "OLD People" Live me, I am 70....But from everyone who enjoys good music...We Thank You...So when the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls..we will be there with you! Long live beautiful songs that will last forever...That will help us get through this challenging time which will pass. Who is with me.
@@ChrisHansonCanada Indeed... She was about 5 years older than "Sam Stevens", but she pulled it off well, and didn't have to go the "mean twin cousin" thing.
Nino read what he called your GREAT GREAT comment, and asked me to thank you. It is much appreciated. Both Nino and April are thrilled with this upload.
@@jimc1389 I am humbled by that. The All Strung Out album is a masterpiece. And I was fortunate to hear the title track when it was out. Still my favorite duet song over 50 years later. Thank you.
Rest easy April may the Lord be with your Family Friends and Fans and our beautiful City. A Loss to the community. Growing up my Grandmother would get a huge Smile on her face when one of these songs played on WJJL Niagara Falls New York.
Man!!!! I miss the music of my teen years. Such a confusing time to be living and learning to be a man. I grew up fast especially after my trip to a little known SE ASIA country of Vietnam. Music was good then. Ms April has that girl next door beauty.
I remember April had a big hit in 1951 (really!) called "I'm In Love Again" (a Cole Porter song) but, being 9, I was too young to appreciate it. But 11 years later along her and her brother Nino's hits, and I loved 'em! And now 60 years later, I find these live performances.. Fabulous! No lip-synching, no corny sets, just their stripped down great singing. Really wish we could have heard more from them!
When I was only 4, my parents were listening to Nino & April's Deep Purple album in the early 60's.. while dancing in the living room. Happy times. JFK was president. Wonderful time to be alive.
When "Deep Purple" hit #1, it was the week of Nov. 9-15, 1963, the week before JFK was murdered. On the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of Nov. 16-22, "I'm Leavin' It Up To You" by Dale & Grace became the #1 song.
As many different versions by them that I see, always blows me away. Wonderful music that came right before the Beatles came in and changed rock music. I grew up with them, but not until now didn't realize how wonderfully talented they were.
2022----Just heard this (Deep Purple) on a 60s Golden Oldies radio station and had to look them up....super talents! Now this song plays in my head constantly and I love it!
Pure and unadulterated GOLD! And to think this was recorded LIVE in the 1960's! Recordings like this were extremely rare (except for Ed Sullivan's show). Oh and did I mention how lovely April was back then!?! Thanks for sharing with us old timers!
Happy birthday (4/29) to the great April Stevens. Over a decade before teaming up with Nino, April had two top 10 hits and recorded some beautiful songs. Pre rock and roll, and in the swingin' 60's, April's wonderful voice can be heard on so much enjoyable music. A truly underrated singer and lovely lady.
Yes, how I love this...I did not know for the longest time that they are brother and sister! Good songs from them! Also April Stevens had a hit with "Teach Me Tiger"!! Thank you for sharing!!
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
I'm captivated by these two. They were both so multi-talented and such excellent singers. Most of this compilation looks like it was taken from the same television special. All of the vocals are live with the exception of All Strung Out, which is a lip-sync and is absolutely brilliant! I'm so enjoying getting familiar with their music. The fact that they're both drop dead gorgeous is just a bonus!
You may be interested to know that both are still with us. I've been a friend (mostly April) for about 30 years now. She's just as lovely inside as out - gracious, modest, and constantly has a smile ready.
@@1blastman I first met April in Buffalo, NY, when she and Nino were being inducted to the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Nino did not attend. I had taken Amtrak from Minneapolis, just to be there. April and her husband, Bill, were so gracious to me - they even invited me to sit at their table. April was born Apr 29, 1929.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Their history is fascinating. Nino & Carol LoTempio. Search internet for details of their lives and careers. Nino was a multi-talented session musician. Thanks for uploading this.
Remembering April Stevens born on April 29, 1929. She 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. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Stevens
The songs were part of an hour long weekly prime time show in Australia, Brian Henderson's Bandstand. This was from 9/3/66. You can find the entire show on You Tube. Most acts were Australian. There would be some American or British acts also. The show starts with Deep Purple. Later in the show you have the middle songs (different outfits), with an interview in between. At the end of the show is All Strung Out, followed by the B side, which is under the closing credits and unfortunately cut short.
They made such a nice duet really and all of their songs heard in this video are nice and really worth to hear and to have nice remembrances of the sixties of Last Century.
While I don't remember Deep Purple by Nino Temple and April Stevens in 1963 (I was very young), I did hear it on the radio years later, and really enjoyed it. Nice harmonizing by the siblings (which I didn't know they were until later, after I first heard DP). And April was pretty, as evidence by the video. Thank you for posting.
My mother knew him and casual dated as a teen. Back then girl and guys went places with a lot of people. Going steady and being in love changed all that.
I adore the part at 0:57-1:00 . I think they are both singing the same line, but in different ways. April seems to be punching the words up high and bright (and almost faster?) while Nino is more flat and low. The difference makes for an interesting and even more beautiful performance. You can tell these two are talented musicians who play around with their songs instead of going for the easy and plain route.
I was born in the 60s, too late to hear this duo when they first came out. I remember hearing Deep Purple for the first time back in the 80s on the local oldies station. I liked it, but it didn’t knock me out. It wasn’t until recently on UA-cam that I came across it again, and I realized two things I didn’t realize before: A. It’s a great song, and B. The female singer, April, is totally gorgeous. Thanks, UA-cam.
I remember these guys did the Lloyd Thaxton show, our Los Angeles local TV show where Lloyd would have groups of kids from local high schools come on there and dance and feature some of the best music of the time. These guys performed with some of my friends we're on the show
Yes,I have an idea, not confirmed, that they were backup singers, on two tracks of a early 1964 album " On The Move" from singer-guitarist Trini Lopez, produced & arranged by Don Costa no credits listed, but it sounds like a vocal duo on those tracks was recorded,& mixed in. I'm sure that Don Costa,this vocal duo & many others in the music industry helped Trini Lopez in that initial period of his career in this way, in the LA/ Hollywood music scene
BRAVO - GOD BLESS THE ITALIANS FROM NIAGARA FALLS , NEW YORK - - SISTER APRIL AND YOUNGER BROTHER NINO - -WONDERFUL -FROM NIAGARA FALLS , NEW YORK - - I MET THEM IN 1981 IN HOLLYWOOD - A GREAT ALL TIME SINGING DUO - -
April could sing sweet and soft, sexy or do torch standards. Notice how they harmoni,ed beautifully without drowning each each other out! They should have been much better promoted than they were. April said that they weren't drug in yet when the Beatles hit the scene.
At a time when you had 2, maybe 3 TV channels to choose from, 500 singing acts and comedy shows fighting for survival, no youtube to turn on at random, it was easy for good talent to be passed over. But in a few years we can catch up on what we missed, if we avoid Pink Floyd.
🤔🤔🤔 Still sounds great at this age, so soothing and mellow. Now I understand why Richie Blackmore’s grandma loved it so much. In fact she loved it so much he decided to name his Hard Rocking band after her favorite song. 👍👍
I remember the song, Deep Purple, becoming a huge ear worm when I was around 11 years old, and this song, by this duet, was newly published. The microphone cord problem, she walked onto the stage with, was corrected, discretely, during her closeup.
April Stevens dies April 17 2023 aged 93. To me she will forever be young.
RIP April Stevens - she just passed away at nearly 94 years of age. April, born in 1929, turned 37 in 1966. No one could have guessed it - she seemed here as a very young (early twenties) performer. Such was the music market, then as now - young and younger was demanded, and nothing else! Bless her pretty and talented heart. Condolences to brother Nino.
Thank you so much for the update. She will absolutely be missed. Such a talented and very beautiful soul.
The original Sex Kitten.❤
R.i.P., April. Thanks for the memories, guys.
April looks awesome for 38
..I guessed she was at least ten years younger...
I'm sorry she passed away
.they were very good looking couple..
Brother is hot n so is she.
She could easily have passed for 25 in the above video. Quite a beautiful woman!@@michaelmargaona1622
I was about 14 in 1963 when Deep Purple came out and now I'm almost 72, damn that did not take long.
I was seven. I am now 65 so no it take long at all
Me too
That would be this version. It goes back to the 1930s, and has been done by Bing Crosby amongst many others. This is my favorite rendition.
I'm 30 years old
Rest in peace April Stevens 😢🙏
And I am almost 83 and was so sad to read April went home to her Lord.
RIP April.
RIP April Stevens. Thank you and your brother for the awesome music..
April 17 2023..
April was so pretty and had a fabulous figure.
Gorgeous! ❤
@@-.Steven And believe it or not, age 37!
Nkno & April...Not only the "OLD People" Live me, I am 70....But from everyone who enjoys good music...We Thank You...So when the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls..we will be there with you! Long live beautiful songs that will last forever...That will help us get through this challenging time which will pass. Who is with me.
70 is not old! You are as young as you feel and you were able to experience the great music of the 1960s firsthand 🙂
71 here and with ya, bro. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Im a widow of 70. ...15 years....little did i know this was to be my destiny... I’m with ya
Born in 1942, this song is still one of my all-time favorites, and it's no coincidence that purple is my favorite color. So I'm totally with you
One of my favorites. ❤
Here in 2019 cannot believe that April is 90 Yrs Old & Brother Nino is about 85 Yrs Old & both stil going strong God bless, them both etc
A REDTAIL i just checked and its so damn crazy
That's great!
Yes... the two did not seem not part of "the mod people", but they were.
April knocked about 10 years off her age in the 1960s and pretended to be younger in order to compete with all the other younger performers.
@@ChrisHansonCanada Indeed... She was about 5 years older than "Sam Stevens", but she pulled it off well, and didn't have to go the "mean twin cousin" thing.
I miss what America used to be. This video brought tears.
Were you alive then? I was a teenager and remember all the assassinations in the 1960’s.
Seeing and hearing this dazzling haunting music forces us to realize just how much modern music sux by any comparison.
Who knew? That they could sing and perform like this.
April is so beautiful! And has such a lovely voice! 😍
I will put NT & AS up against any M/F duets... anytime! They were that good. And vastly underappreciated and underrated.
Nino read what he called your GREAT GREAT comment, and asked me to thank you. It is much appreciated. Both Nino and April are thrilled with this upload.
@@jimc1389 I am humbled by that. The All Strung Out album is a masterpiece. And I was fortunate to hear the title track when it was out. Still my favorite duet song over 50 years later. Thank you.
Definitely underrated, and "All Strung Out" should've been a bigger hit.
Right on
Loved these two since 1964 ... the best !!
Deep Purple was the first record I ever bought. I was 15 and It cost $.99. At the time it seemed like a lot of money. It was a 45 and I still have it!
Her voice is so sexy in the talked part, and both sing very well too. The rhythm is very good too, so it is a joy to listen.
Rest easy April may the Lord be with your Family Friends and Fans and our beautiful City. A Loss to the community. Growing up my Grandmother would get a huge Smile on her face when one of these songs played on WJJL Niagara Falls New York.
Rest in peace April stevens
Rest In Peace, April ❤
Deep Purple was such a great song that it made everyone who sang it sound good. There are many instrumentals of that song that are beautiful.
RIP, April Stevens. 🥀
What a good-looking woman.😍
April turned 90 in April, 2019.
There has always been something about this song that reaches your soul.
April so petite and beautiful, God keep her in heaven singing for the angels!
Just heard the news this morning…RIP April Stevens.
She has the sweetest, warmest singing voice I've ever heard-like lying on a pillow of cotton candy. And I'm mad crushing on her, too. What a beauty.
Well my Laura is a harpist, a folk dancer, olive her we met in church many years ago..vi wish we could to gathah' please lorah' I love you .
A perennial, immortal classic.
Man!!!! I miss the music of my teen years. Such a confusing time to be living and learning to be a man. I grew up fast especially after my trip to a little known SE ASIA country of Vietnam. Music was good then. Ms April has that girl next door beauty.
Oh my goodness, I just discovered them. They are INCREDIBLE!!!
I remember April had a big hit in 1951 (really!) called "I'm In Love Again" (a Cole Porter song) but, being 9, I was too young to appreciate it. But 11 years later along her and her brother Nino's hits, and I loved 'em! And now 60 years later, I find these live performances.. Fabulous! No lip-synching, no corny sets, just their stripped down great singing. Really wish we could have heard more from them!
April Stevens, distinguished alumni from Belmont High School in Los Angeles
I remember this song when it was released in '63. Loved it back then, too.
Happy Birthday TODAY to Nino Tempo! 85 years young!
April, was a beauty ! ❤️ Hubba hubba !
REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS WHILE LOVIN MY BEAUTIFUL SWEDE....THIS YEAR WILL BE 55 YEARS...WHO WOULDAGUESSED?
Rediscovering this duo and "Deep Purple" after 56 years brings back fond memories of a 16 year old. Glad they're still around.
2020, just discovered them, unbelievably talented, can't get enough.
Great super talents! Just discovered this great video also!
2022 - heard the song in the past. Now focused on this group for first time myself. The two are still living in their 80s and 90s - just wonderful!
RIP April Stevens 1929 - 2023
When I was only 4, my parents were listening to Nino & April's Deep Purple album in the early 60's.. while dancing in the living room. Happy times. JFK was president. Wonderful time to be alive.
When "Deep Purple" hit #1, it was the week of Nov. 9-15, 1963, the week before JFK was murdered. On the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of Nov. 16-22, "I'm Leavin' It Up To You" by Dale & Grace became the #1 song.
It was! I'm about 9 yrs older than you. What a different world.
@@freeguy77 Thanks for that history.
I had a crush on her in 1966 and son of a gun....I think it's still there!!!
My first celebrity crush..64-65
Me too! ❤
I literally have been looking for this song for the last 20 years!!💖💖💖
I am still awed by their talent....their range.....ability to interpret the standards....priceless!
As many different versions by them that I see, always blows me away. Wonderful music that came right before the Beatles came in and changed rock music. I grew up with them, but not until now didn't realize how wonderfully talented they were.
Just checked April is 93 and Nino is 87, wow. You've given much joy to the world, thanks you!!!
Whispering! So. Great.
Wonderful. When talent was called talent!!
Happy #85 to multi talented Nino Tempo!
Ah, now remember why I had such a big crush on April! Real talent in these two.
Terrific timing that is not easy.
Rest in Peace April Stevens. 93 years old. April 29, 1929 - April 17, 2023
I love this song from my youthful days...still is sweet.
My gosh. Up till now I'd only heard "Deep Purple." They are unbelievable. "All Strung Out" is as good a 60's love song as I've ever heard.
2022----Just heard this (Deep Purple) on a 60s Golden Oldies radio station and had to look them up....super talents! Now this song plays in my head constantly and I love it!
Pure and unadulterated GOLD! And to think this was recorded LIVE in the 1960's! Recordings like this were extremely rare (except for Ed Sullivan's show). Oh and did I mention how lovely April was back then!?! Thanks for sharing with us old timers!
Happy birthday (4/29) to the great April Stevens.
Over a decade before teaming up with Nino, April had two top 10 hits and recorded some beautiful songs. Pre rock and roll, and in the swingin' 60's, April's wonderful voice can be heard on so much enjoyable music. A truly underrated singer and lovely lady.
We just lost April today, April 17th, at 92. She would have turned 93 on the 29th
Yes, how I love this...I did not know for the longest time that they are brother and sister! Good songs from them! Also April Stevens had a hit with "Teach Me Tiger"!! Thank you for sharing!!
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
I'm captivated by these two. They were both so multi-talented and such excellent singers. Most of this compilation looks like it was taken from the same television special. All of the vocals are live with the exception of All Strung Out, which is a lip-sync and is absolutely brilliant! I'm so enjoying getting familiar with their music.
The fact that they're both drop dead gorgeous is just a bonus!
You may be interested to know that both are still with us. I've been a friend (mostly April) for about 30 years now. She's just as lovely inside as out - gracious, modest, and constantly has a smile ready.
@@Polyphemus47 I purchased and read April's book. She seems like a very sweet and wonderful person.
@@Polyphemus47 Wow they must be in their 80's or 90's. Have they been considered for the Rock and Roll HOF? Their recognition is long over due.
@@1blastman I first met April in Buffalo, NY, when she and Nino were being inducted to the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Nino did not attend. I had taken Amtrak from Minneapolis, just to be there. April and her husband, Bill, were so gracious to me - they even invited me to sit at their table.
April was born Apr 29, 1929.
This was a big favorite of mine in my teens. I forgot they were brother and sister.
She was my 13 year old dream. I was so much in love, I was besotted.
My first crush when I was 9-10
Simply fabulous. Especially Deep Purple. Brings back so many wonderful memories
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Their history is fascinating. Nino & Carol LoTempio. Search internet for details of their lives and careers. Nino was a multi-talented session musician. Thanks for uploading this.
She claimed to be in her twenties in the 1960s, and was pretty enough to pull it off!
Remembering April Stevens born on April 29, 1929. She 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. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Stevens
Love love love 😃❤️❤️❤️Deep Purple 💜🎶🎤🎼One of my favorite songs ever! Beautiful & talented brother & sister duo! 🥰❤️
Good looking brother and sister !
I came here to watch performance of Deep Purple and I watch a (seemingly) live show. Unusual for the '60s.
Same here. I learned a lot about them.
The songs were part of an hour long weekly prime time show in Australia, Brian Henderson's Bandstand. This was from 9/3/66. You can find the entire show on You Tube. Most acts were Australian. There would be some American or British acts also. The show starts with Deep Purple. Later in the show you have the middle songs (different outfits), with an interview in between. At the end of the show is All Strung Out, followed by the B side, which is under the closing credits and unfortunately cut short.
Still just the greatest performance of the greatest love song every written!
"All Strung Out" is my favourite, positively sublime! I love all these clips though, it's cool to hear the live recordings as well! April=gorgeous!
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you! And she was a total babe...
Brother and sister
They made such a nice duet really and all of their songs heard in this video are nice and really worth to hear and to have nice remembrances of the sixties of Last Century.
While I don't remember Deep Purple by Nino Temple and April Stevens in 1963 (I was very young), I did hear it on the radio years later, and really enjoyed it. Nice harmonizing by the siblings (which I didn't know they were until later, after I first heard DP). And April was pretty, as evidence by the video. Thank you for posting.
My mother knew him and casual dated as a teen. Back then girl and guys went places with a lot of people. Going steady and being in love changed all that.
They are super talented!
I spent a lot of quarters on this number.love it.
Loved every note.
Such a talented brother and sister act. Hard to believe that she's 93 years old and her younger brother is 86 and still kicking'!
April Stevens is somewhere singing "Deep Purple" in heaven 💜 🕊🕊.
Beautiful. They say the group "Deep Purple" got there name from this song. Goodbye April Stevens. 😢💕
What a DOLL !!!!
You could reach back more that 50 years and bring her to today, and she'd be regarded as drop-dead gorgeous and sexy.
Absolutely a doll! WOW!!’
Sexy as hell !!
You should know, eh? Bestest best wishes to two of my favorite people.
I adore the part at 0:57-1:00 . I think they are both singing the same line, but in different ways. April seems to be punching the words up high and bright (and almost faster?) while Nino is more flat and low. The difference makes for an interesting and even more beautiful performance. You can tell these two are talented musicians who play around with their songs instead of going for the easy and plain route.
I was born in the 60s, too late to hear this duo when they first came out. I remember hearing Deep Purple for the first time back in the 80s on the local oldies station. I liked it, but it didn’t knock me out. It wasn’t until recently on UA-cam that I came across it again, and I realized two things I didn’t realize before: A. It’s a great song, and B. The female singer, April, is totally gorgeous. Thanks, UA-cam.
nstant classic, I loved it the second I heard it
April was gorgeous!
Indeed she was.
I’d love to meet her😍
OMG, this is so great. A live version! Amazing.
They are adorable
I remember these guys did the Lloyd Thaxton show, our Los Angeles local TV show where Lloyd would have groups of kids from local high schools come on there and dance and feature some of the best music of the time. These guys performed with some of my friends we're on the show
Great video! Thanks for sharing)
Great songs, Great singing!
Amazing duet, Amazing Nino, Amazing April)
Sonny and Cher before Sonny and Cher they were great lovely voice Betty Davis eyes
Her eyes. My God!!
Maravilhosos, brilharam muito na década de 60 !!!!
Nino was a top studio musician and singer before this...
Yes - one of the Wrecking Crew, and a session musician with Don Costa.
Yes,I have an idea, not confirmed, that they were backup singers, on two tracks of a early 1964 album " On The Move" from singer-guitarist Trini Lopez, produced & arranged by Don Costa no credits listed, but it sounds like a vocal duo on those tracks was recorded,& mixed in. I'm sure that Don Costa,this vocal duo & many others in the music industry helped Trini Lopez in that initial period of his career in this way, in the LA/ Hollywood music scene
BRAVO - GOD BLESS THE ITALIANS FROM NIAGARA FALLS , NEW YORK - - SISTER APRIL AND YOUNGER BROTHER NINO - -WONDERFUL -FROM NIAGARA FALLS , NEW YORK - - I MET THEM IN 1981 IN HOLLYWOOD - A GREAT ALL TIME SINGING DUO - -
Love, Love, LOVE!!!
Outstanding!
April could sing sweet and soft, sexy or do torch standards. Notice how they harmoni,ed beautifully without drowning each each other out! They should have been much better promoted than they were. April said that they weren't drug in yet when the Beatles hit the scene.
At a time when you had 2, maybe 3 TV channels to choose from, 500 singing acts and comedy shows fighting for survival, no youtube to turn on at random, it was easy for good talent to be passed over. But in a few years we can catch up on what we missed, if we avoid Pink Floyd.
Love them for their talent & memories!
When Nino had hair. I remember this from 1964. Yes April passed on unexpectedly at 91 this year.
🤔🤔🤔 Still sounds great at this age, so soothing and mellow. Now I understand why Richie Blackmore’s grandma loved it so much. In fact she loved it so much he decided to name his Hard Rocking band after her favorite song. 👍👍
What a lineup great job thank you
This was the first record I remember having. I was a young boy in love with her voice.
Music from the 1940's that my parents loved....still beautiful.
A very happy birthday to Nino Tempo! (1/6)
Wow!!! Just wow!!!
I remember the song, Deep Purple, becoming a huge ear worm when I was around 11 years old, and this song, by this duet, was newly published. The microphone cord problem, she walked onto the stage with, was corrected, discretely, during her closeup.