April Stevens and Nino Tempo Deep Purple

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. Whe