The lyrics, “In the mist of a memory, you wander back to me.” are from which song?

Originally written in 1933 by Pianist Peter DeRose as an instrumental work, “Deep Purple” became immediately popular. In 1939, Mitchell Parish wrote lyrics appropriate for the melody: "When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, and the stars begin to twinkle in the night, in the mist of a memory you wander back to me, breathing my name with a sigh."

Just before Christmas that year, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra recorded a smash hit of "Deep Purple", with Bea Wain singing. In November of 1963, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, a brother-and-sister act, recorded a “Deep Purple” duet, which became the second-best-selling version of the song. The duo won the year’s “Best Rock and Roll Record” Grammy Award. The song became the hundredth to reach the number one spot on the US pop charts, and stayed in the Top 40 for 12 weeks. The week before US President John F, Kennedy was assassinated, "Deep Purple" was number one on the Hot 100 Chart.

In his book “Billboard Book of Number One Hits”, Fred Bronson reported that, on the record’s demo, Tempo lost track of the lyrics during the second half of the song. To help her brother. Stevens spoke the lyrics, which Tempo then sang. Over Tempo’s objection, the record’s producers insisted that the spoken-then-sung format be carried over onto the finished 45 RPM record. It was, and provided an original “hook” for the single.