In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… “Deep Purple” ...

If you were trying to guess the lone Grammy taken home by Nino Tempo & April Stevens’ “Deep Purple” at the 1964 awards six decades later, best rock and roll recording would probably not be the first ...

Her unusual version of the standard, which she recorded with her brother, Nino Tempo, reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1963 and won a Grammy. By Daniel E. Slotnik April Stevens, whose rushed ...

He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half of a duo act with his sister, April Stevens. By Daniel E. Slotnik Nino ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. “Deep Purple” ...

The sibling duo's sweet harmonies and off-kilter arrangement made their take on the pop standard a curious jewel of the final pre-British Invasion year of '60s pop. By Andrew Unterberger Forever No. 1 ...