Tempo,Nino / Stevens,April Sweet & Lovely The Early Years CD

Long before they hit with the million-selling 'Deep Purple', in 1963, brother/sister team NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS had each pursued solo careers and also recorded as a duo, with varying levels of success. This compilation presents a 'Very Best Of' those early years, ranging from April's long forgotten/oft controversial early solo hits, to their first recordings together. Includes the pick of April's early 50s sides, like 'Don't Do It', 'I'm In Love Again' (a Top 10 hit), 'Gimme A?Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?' (also Top 10), 'And So To Sleep Again' (Top 30) and 'How Could Red Riding Hood (Have Been?So Very Good)?' as well as her sensational, overtly suggestive (and much-banned) 1959 comeback hit, 'Teach Me Tiger'. Juxtaposed alongside these are the best of Nino's early solo 45s, like 'Tempo's Tempo' (from The Girl?Can't Help It), 'Fifteen Girl Friends', 'Blue Eyed Baby' (on which he was billed as Tony Shepperd) and 'Jack The Ripper'. Also, their earliest duets, like 'High?School Sweetheart', 'A Letter On A?Train'/'Big John' (on which they were billed as Carol &?Anthony) and their first two hits, 'Sweet And Lovely' and 'Paradise'. Many of these sides are obscure, collectors' rarities, and unavailable elsewhere on CD.

1. April Stevens ò Don't Do It 2. April Stevens ò I'm in Love Again 3. April Stevens ò Gimme a?Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? 4. April Stevens ò and So to Sleep Again 5. April?Stevens ò Put Me in Your Pocket 6. April Stevens ò That Naughty Waltz 7. April Stevens ò How Could Red Riding Hood (Have Been So Very Good?) 8. Nino Tempo ò Tempo's Tempo 9. Nino Tempo ò Fifteen Girl Friends 10. Nino Tempo ò Loonie 'Bout Junie 11. Tony Shepperd ò Blue Eyed Baby 12. Tony Shepperd ò Zach (Zack) 13. April Stevens ò Teach Me Tiger 14. April Stevens ò That Warm Afternoon 15. Nino Tempo ò Ding-A-Ling 16. Nino Tempo ò When You Were Sweet Sixteen 17. Nino Tempo ò Jack the Ripper 18. April Stevens ò in Other Words 19. April Stevens ò Jonny 20. Nino Tempo ò Lipstick on Your Lips 21. April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò High School Sweetheart April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò Ooeah! (That's What You Do to Me) 22. Carol ; Anthony ò a Letter on a Train 23. Carol ; Anthony ò Big John 24. April Stevens ò Do It Again 25. April Stevens ò I Want?a?Lip 26. April Stevens ò That's My Name 27. April Stevens ò Love Kitten 28. April Stevens ò You and You Only 29. April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò Sweet and Lovely 30. April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò True Love 31. April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò Paradise 32. April Stevens ; Nino Tempo ò Indian Love Call