I love this fast uptempo version they made. I love nino and April. That being said I think the ultimate recording of Stardust is by Spanky & Our Gang. Its actually my 2nd favorite song. I also like the Willie Nelson version. So many great versions of this masterpiece!
Oh yeah. Nino can still get my 74 year old heart pumping with those eyes and his delivery of a song. Thanks, Nino, for the memories of how it used to be.
This is just an awesome arrangement with the same sophisticated harmonies also evident in Deep Purple. But that's just the start. Nino and April are performers made for television. Few performers could have the camera tight-in on their faces for so long and pull it off as they did. It looks like they really were having a good time doing this, with natural engaging smiles that certainly looked real. So refreshing to see happy people!
Omigosh I just get tears watching this; so beautiful. I remember them when I was about 12 or 13. Of course I thought they were "so old" 😄 but loved their songs. Cute bro' and sis act; unique. These days you couldn't have such diversity of music and people as we had then. God bless 'em. 🎈🙏🌠
To say this is excellent is an understatement ; they are greater than great. Nino Tempo is one of the progenitors and precursors of True Smooth Jazz; maybe the best. Listen to his natural tone quality and his true Jazz ad lib.
UA-cam is amazing!!!!!We'd never see these performances anywhere else.April and Nino were great.I've loved then since i heard them doing Deep Purple in 1963.It was all over the airwaves then.
Nino and April are my Dad's cousins by marriage. When I was a kid in the early 50's they use to come into GINO'S Bar & Grill in Niagara Falls and sing.
Thanks for checking, 13456. Whether 77, or 84, Ms Stevens is for me, and for all time, one of the rare and beautiful, classy, sassy ladies whose very existence, all by itself, can make any man's life well worth the trip.
It's so uplifting to see people enjoy entertaining others and smiling as they perform. It can really elevate a person's mood. So many youtube videos bring us back to this type of entertainment, which we don't really see today. I always liked Nino and April. Nino is a very talented tenor sax player. He has great tone and can improvise with the best in the genre.
Their album, Deep Purple was the first album I ever bought! I played it on an old mono record player. I am surprised that I can still sing along and remember the words! I loved that song and their voices together...I must have seen them sing it on American Bandstand... I had to have it, and I was 14. The Beatles came out the following year...Can't believe I'm "Vintage" now! Never heard them sing this song, and never knew they were brother and sister! They are both still alive, she is 92, he is 87...Thank you for sharing this one!
I don't recall Bandstand using a backing track and allowing the singers to really sing! Great stuff, truly They were unique, of a time and talented. And I love Nino's style - another one of those Things You Can't Do Today.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH APRIL(HASN'T EVERYBODY!) THOSE GREAT ORIGINAL VIDEOS JUST KEEP COMING! HOPE YOU NEVER RUN OUT.....YOU'VE ALREADY SET THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR GREAT VIDEOS POSTED!
And now the purple dusk of twilight time steals across the meadows of my heart high up in the sky the little stars climb always reminding me that we're apart Sometimes I wonder why I spend the lonely night dreaming of a song the melody haunts my reverie and I am once again with you when our love was new and each kiss an inspiration oh, but that was long ago now my consolation is in the stardust of a song Beside a garden wall when stars are bright you are in my arms the nightingale tells his fairy tale a paradise where roses bloom though I dream in vain in my heart it will remain my stardust melody the memory of love's refrain.
As noted above, on this day in 1964 {March 14th} Nino Tempo & April Stevens performed "Stardust" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at #34 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the following week it would peak at #32 {for 1 week}, a week later it was at #33 and that was also it's sixth and final week on the Top 100... It reached #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart... "Stardust" was composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927 and recorded by hundreds of artists with four other versions making the Billboard chart; Artie Shaw {#6 in 1941}, Billy Ward & the Dominoes {#12 in 1957}, Nat 'King' Cole {#79 in 1957} and Frank Sinatra {#98 in 1962}... Between 1962 and 1967 Tempo-Stevens had eight records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10* and it reached #1, "Deep Purple", for one week on November 10th, 1963... April Stevens, as a solo artist, has charted twice on the Top 100, "Teach Me Tiger" {#86 in 1959} and "Wake Up and Love Me" {93 in 1974}... While Nino charted once as Nino Tempo & the 5th Avenue Sax with "Sister James", it reached #53 in 1973... * Nino and April just missed having a second Top 10 record when "Whispering" peaked at #11 {for 2 weeks} on January 12th, 1964...
On this day in 1964 {March 14th} Nino Tempo & April Stevens performed "Stardust" on late Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'... One month earlier on February 22nd it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #32 and spent 6 weeks on the Top 100... Mr. Tempo, aka Antonino LoTempio, celebrated his 78th birthday this past January 6th and Ms. Stevens, aka Carol LoTempio, will turn 84 next month on April 29th... R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929 - 2012}...
Never knew why they didn't post the lyrics up near the camera lens rather than down low where it's easy to see the singers eyes looking down.Bobby Darin in his later years had the camera farther away with cue cards for Beyond The Sea just under the camera in large print.He looked like he was glancing at the crowds and not the lyrics.
I bought an LP of their work, when it first came out, in the late 60's. It had "Whispering" and "Deep Purple," and others. I wish I had a clue what happened to it. It's gone.
Thanks for the reply; Wikipedia claims April 29th, 1929 while 'Google' homepage for April Stevens states April 29th, 1936... And last(.)fm, allmusic(.)com, songfacts(.)com, bornglorious(.)com, famousbirthdays(.)net and on-this-day(.)com all agree with Google... So I guess anything on Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt... Thanks again...
I love the vocals, but someone thought it would be a good idea to have a metronomic beat. This is a song that the best follows the words. In many places the words are rushed because of it. I still think Hoagy Carmichael did it best. If course, he wrote it
I am not a fan of the tempo on this version. Do yourself a favor, look up Willie Nelson's version on the Jay Leno Tonight Show--its a thing of beauty--none better! I'm hot for April btw.
After knowing Willie Nelson's version for so long, this sounds far too rushed. I know they were trying to follow up Deep Purple using the same formula, but this one doesn't flow as nicely. Their take on Whispering on the other hand was much better than this.
The most recorded song in history (and deservedly so) but this version is a competitor for the worst interpretation. Does Nino Tempo understand the lyric? and what's with his tempo? April Stevens doesn't do any better. The song's an elegy, for heaven's sake.
They sang this better than anyone else. He is so very handsome. Love his yodel and they always hit it right on
I love this fast uptempo version they made. I love nino and April. That being said I think the ultimate recording of Stardust is by Spanky & Our Gang. Its actually my 2nd favorite song. I also like the Willie Nelson version. So many great versions of this masterpiece!
Italian American pride! They had style and class.
Sure did, and I'm not Italian. 😊
And talent
When I was little.. my parents would play Nino and April on the stereo and dance.. and daddy had moves a lot like Nino. I miss those days.
Nino had a certain swing about him
Oh yeah. Nino can still get my 74 year old heart pumping with those eyes and his delivery of a song. Thanks, Nino, for the memories of how it used to be.
Not to mention April getting my 75 year old mmm. Hah
This is just an awesome arrangement with the same sophisticated harmonies also evident in Deep Purple. But that's just the start. Nino and April are performers made for television. Few performers could have the camera tight-in on their faces for so long and pull it off as they did. It looks like they really were having a good time doing this, with natural engaging smiles that certainly looked real. So refreshing to see happy people!
RIP April😢. We love you. 17 April 2023
Whispering....
April could recite the telephone book and I would listen to it forever.
Omigosh I just get tears watching this; so beautiful. I remember them when I was about 12 or 13. Of course I thought they were "so old" 😄 but loved their songs. Cute bro' and sis act; unique. These days you couldn't have such diversity of music and people as we had then. God bless 'em. 🎈🙏🌠
To say this is excellent is an understatement ; they are greater than great. Nino Tempo is one of the progenitors and precursors of True Smooth Jazz; maybe the best. Listen to his natural tone quality and his true Jazz ad lib.
I see and hear this and I’m a kid again...Lovely.
UA-cam is amazing!!!!!We'd never see these performances anywhere else.April and Nino were great.I've loved then since i heard them doing Deep Purple in 1963.It was all over the airwaves then.
Nino and April are my Dad's cousins by marriage. When I was a kid in the early 50's they use to come into GINO'S Bar & Grill in Niagara Falls and sing.
I actually love this ! Two good looking people singing nicely a beautiful song; very nice !
Thanks for checking, 13456. Whether 77, or 84, Ms Stevens is for me, and for all time, one of the rare and beautiful, classy, sassy ladies whose very existence, all by itself, can make any man's life well worth the trip.
I was sixteen and I lost my heart to April!
One of the very finest all time greatest oldies ever...!
100% total classic song! I only wish there were more radio stations to play this beautiful recording. Is April not a swinging angel?!? Love this!
What a beautiful brother & sister.....this was before the Carpenters & Donny & Marie.....
It's so uplifting to see people enjoy entertaining others and smiling as they perform. It can really elevate a person's mood. So many youtube videos bring us back to this type of entertainment, which we don't really see today. I always liked Nino and April. Nino is a very talented tenor sax player. He has great tone and can improvise with the best in the genre.
Their album, Deep Purple was the first album I ever bought! I played it on an old mono record player. I am surprised that I can still sing along and remember the words! I loved that song and their voices together...I must have seen them sing it on American Bandstand... I had to have it, and I was 14. The Beatles came out the following year...Can't believe I'm "Vintage" now! Never heard them sing this song, and never knew they were brother and sister! They are both still alive, she is 92, he is 87...Thank you for sharing this one!
In 2020 I still love these 2 geniuses. Thanks so much for your wonderful work.
So darn coooool! Best bro & sis act EVER!!
I don't recall Bandstand using a backing track and allowing the singers to really sing!
Great stuff, truly They were unique, of a time and talented. And I love Nino's style - another one of those Things You Can't Do Today.
they had this formula that worked on these great standards. and they had a unique sound
Absolutely!
We had this single.
As a little kid (I am talking pre school) I didn't care for Stardust so much (I love it now) but I was obsessed with the B side.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH APRIL(HASN'T EVERYBODY!)
THOSE GREAT ORIGINAL VIDEOS JUST KEEP COMING!
HOPE YOU NEVER RUN OUT.....YOU'VE ALREADY SET THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR GREAT VIDEOS POSTED!
😢RIP April... April 17th 23.
wish these 2 were still singing THEIR songs
i love their songs their voices blend beautifully
April was the cutest angel. May she rest in peace! And my condolences to Nino. They were so great together!
Got to see them as the opening act for the Righteous Brothers in Champaign IL 1967. Put on quite a show!
They sang so beautifully!!! Deep purple dream I love too! 🥰❤️👏🏻👏🏻
Love this song, brig me very good memories! 😊❤😊
Michael McLoughlin
After hearing Deep Purple I just had to listen to this. Nino & April are worth listening to.
They do what they do very well.
This is one of the hardest songs to sing. I do a little singing & this is a challenge. Love the way they jazz it up.
Nino seems like a regular, down to earth guy you could hang out with & be buddies with.
A super arrangement of a bona fide classic. Two wonderfully gifted siblings.
Legends. Absolute legends.
Another brilliant record from these two
always love to hear Niño & April sing!
Ouvi em casa de um colega a primeira vez,e ate hoje ouço essa dupla para matar as saudades.
Wow. A great arrangement & vocals!
And now the purple dusk of twilight time steals across the meadows of my heart
high up in the sky the little stars climb always reminding me that we're apart
Sometimes I wonder why I spend the lonely night dreaming of a song
the melody haunts my reverie and I am once again with you
when our love was new and each kiss an inspiration
oh, but that was long ago now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall when stars are bright you are in my arms
the nightingale tells his fairy tale a paradise where roses bloom
though I dream in vain in my heart it will remain
my stardust melody the memory of love's refrain.
OMG....they take a old song and make it there's!!!!
She was a total Hotie back in the 1960's... I was there.....
This is a great video! Thanks for posting it! I enjoyed seeing the two of them performing and being interviewed.
RIP April!
Beautiful xx
As noted above, on this day in 1964 {March 14th} Nino Tempo & April Stevens performed "Stardust" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was at #34 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the following week it would peak at #32 {for 1 week}, a week later it was at #33 and that was also it's sixth and final week on the Top 100...
It reached #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
"Stardust" was composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927 and recorded by hundreds of artists with four other versions making the Billboard chart; Artie Shaw {#6 in 1941}, Billy Ward & the Dominoes {#12 in 1957}, Nat 'King' Cole {#79 in 1957} and Frank Sinatra {#98 in 1962}...
Between 1962 and 1967 Tempo-Stevens had eight records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10* and it reached #1, "Deep Purple", for one week on November 10th, 1963...
April Stevens, as a solo artist, has charted twice on the Top 100, "Teach Me Tiger" {#86 in 1959} and "Wake Up and Love Me" {93 in 1974}...
While Nino charted once as Nino Tempo & the 5th Avenue Sax with "Sister James", it reached #53 in 1973...
* Nino and April just missed having a second Top 10 record when "Whispering" peaked at #11 {for 2 weeks} on January 12th, 1964...
Words for Stardust were written two years after the song was introduced in 1927.
1929 - when April was born!
Great.music
True greatness.
I love these 2 ....She is so FEMININE
Wonderful.
Stefan, Amsterdam
Vocal incomparável...fizeram muito sucesso na década de 60....
RIP April
They certainly had interesting interpretations of classic songs.
We'll assume you mean that in a positive way.
We love them..still do..❤❤
On this day in 1964 {March 14th} Nino Tempo & April Stevens performed "Stardust" on late Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'...
One month earlier on February 22nd it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #32 and spent 6 weeks on the Top 100...
Mr. Tempo, aka Antonino LoTempio, celebrated his 78th birthday this past January 6th and Ms. Stevens, aka Carol LoTempio, will turn 84 next month on April 29th...
R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929 - 2012}...
Love this song one of their best!
Brothers and sisters!
How did that Italian boy learn how to yodel like that? Love them both!
I heard him, in a radio interview, say he did the yodel because it was the only way he could hit and sustain the high notes.
Never knew why they didn't post the lyrics up near the camera lens rather than down low where it's easy to see the singers eyes looking down.Bobby Darin in his later years had the camera farther away with cue cards for Beyond The Sea just under the camera in large print.He looked like he was glancing at the crowds and not the lyrics.
Muito bacana essa dupla eles cantam e encantam...
Muito bom
Love it
Very funny the way he holds the microphone with his hand dangerously near April's big hits.
Talk about charm they had it
wat een geweldige muziek
Brother & Sister/ Same Father
brother and sister yorkers.
My favorite song
I bought an LP of their work, when it first came out, in the late 60's. It had "Whispering" and "Deep Purple," and others. I wish I had a clue what happened to it. It's gone.
She's certainly got something....
Most recorded song in history, until Yesterday came along a year later. Actually, Amazing Grace is probably the most recorded.
siskokidd “White Christmas” is surely in the running.
This song, being sung by the sibling, sounds like it was written not by Hoagy Carmichael but by Peter De Rose :-)
April Stevens was Hot!!
I'd say super hot!
What it was to hear her voice at 14. Nights were never the same again.
As told Mr Paul Munro : Legends ! That's it !
April has an autobiography coming out soon..it will be available on Amazon. She discloses her age in the book (84).
oh my... sexiest woman that ever lived.
+Carl Rudd How about a little respect. Carl? That's his sister that you're talking about!
Oh, lighten up. My comment didn't mention him. You're obviously a prude or a simpleton.
+Carl Rudd hands off...she belongs to me. i wanted to marry her since i heard her for the first time, not even knowing that she looked so great.
She's steamy. Hot women weren't ashamed to act like women back then, either.
@@hwgray A line Nino used more than once in concert appearances!
Adoooro
First time I heard this Goodfellas
Now go to "I'm fallin for you"
I wonder when this video was made?
Wow 😳
Are you certain as to April's age? From everything that I know about her, I calculate her as turning 77 on 29April2013.
🤗
"Deep Purple" reprise........
Não sou desse tempo, mas dispenso comentários!
Thanks for the reply; Wikipedia claims April 29th, 1929 while 'Google' homepage for April Stevens states April 29th, 1936...
And last(.)fm, allmusic(.)com, songfacts(.)com, bornglorious(.)com, famousbirthdays(.)net and on-this-day(.)com all agree with Google...
So I guess anything on Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt...
Thanks again...
I love the vocals, but someone thought it would be a good idea to have a metronomic beat. This is a song that the best follows the words. In many places the words are rushed because of it. I still think Hoagy Carmichael did it best. If course, he wrote it
I think they redid a lot of pop standards.
love these two
I will put in my Match profile that I am looking for a woman to sing April Stevens to my Nino Tempo.
this one would make my top 10 in a compilation called something like "worst ever" in the 1840's
I am not a fan of the tempo on this version. Do yourself a favor, look up Willie Nelson's version on the Jay Leno Tonight Show--its a thing of beauty--none better! I'm hot for April btw.
Nice but no one can do it like Mr. Nat King Cole.
Thank God the Beatles rescued pop music from this kind of drivel
I HATE the way they jazzed up a beautiful, meloncholy song about a lost loved. They really got it wrong!
April looks pretty drunk 😂
After knowing Willie Nelson's version for so long, this sounds far too rushed. I know they were trying to follow up Deep Purple using the same formula, but this one doesn't flow as nicely. Their take on Whispering on the other hand was much better than this.
They butchered this song just as badly as they did with 'Deep Purple'. The both of them should be tried for crimes against humanity.
that is THE WORST VERSION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG I'VE EVER HEARD
The most recorded song in history (and deservedly so) but this version is a competitor for the worst interpretation. Does Nino Tempo understand the lyric? and what's with his tempo? April Stevens doesn't do any better. The song's an elegy, for heaven's sake.
+TedWms521 They had a formula sound and come hell or high water they were sticking with it!
+Will Law Now we're stuck with it, but there are thousands of other interpretations, almost all of them better.
Judas Priest, they butchered this song as badly as they did with 'Deep Purple'!! Where is the criminal court system when you need it.
Bite your tongue!