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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

For one night in October 1999, April Stevens was a star again. “It just makes you feel good to be remembered after all these years. What could be better than that?” she said in her acceptance speech ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Niagara Falls native April Stevens has died. Her cousin tells 2 Your Side that she passed away last night in Phoenix, Arizona. Stevens and her brother Nino Tempo had several ...

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” ...