April Stevens Nino Tempo I Love How You Love Me ( Shivaree)
April Stevens Nino Tempo are a brother and sister act from New York. Formed in the early 1960s when Nino Tempo and April Stevens signed as a duo with Atco Records, the group had a string of Billboard hits and earned a Grammy Award as best rock roll record of the year for the single Deep Purple. Deep Purple was originally released as a Bside by producer Ahmet Ertegun, who was dubious of Tempo s belief that it would be a hit, calling it the most embarrassing thing the duo had ever recorded. When the Aside song, Paradise, flopped, Ertegun relented, and the song achieved notability as the longest running hit Bside, a title it carried for 21 years. Music journalist Richie Unterberger has described the later song All Strung Out as Nino Tempo April Stevens greatest triumph, declaring it one of the greatest Phil Spectorinspired productions of all time. For years following their charting singles, the duo continued recording, but failed to achieve continued sales success. However in Ma
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