1963 HITS ARCHIVE: Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens (a #1 record)

Deep Purple (Parrish-De Rose) by Nino Tempo & April Stevens This most-popular hit by the brother-sister duo had been composed as an instrumental in 1934 (this was the Paul Whiteman recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9g7rPpgWyo ) and was later given lyrics and spent seven weeks atop “Your Hit Parade” in 1939. The Larry Clinton version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr4HOL1ojzs was that year’s most popular version. THE 1963 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1963 (some were recorded in 1962).