Antonino LoTempio, known professionally as Nino Tempo, and born on
6 January 1935 in Niagara Falls, New York, was an American musician, singer, and
actor. He learned clarinet as a child and played tenor saxophone through high
school, appearing with Benny Goodman on television at age seven and then in
films such as The Red Pony (1949) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954). Tempo
launched his solo music career with the album Nino Tempo's Rock 'N Roll Beach
Party (1957) on Liberty Records. His collaboration with his sister April Stevens
produced the 1963 Number 1 hit "Deep Purple", whic...