Aldo Nova
Overview
Guitarist
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, keyboardist
Keyboardist
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, vocalist and producer
Record producer
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, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova (album)
Aldo Nova is the self-titled debut album by Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, released in 1982. It successfully reached number 8 on the Billboard 200...
in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy
Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)
"Fantasy" is the debut single by Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova, and is regarded as his most popular work to date. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1981, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream rock chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was featured in a...
", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
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Signing with Portrait Records
Portrait Records
Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered....
, Nova released a self-produced album, Aldo Nova, in 1981. It had two singles: "Fantasy
Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)
"Fantasy" is the debut single by Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova, and is regarded as his most popular work to date. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1981, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream rock chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was featured in a...
" and "Foolin' Yourself
Foolin' Yourself
"Foolin' Yourself" is a single by the Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1982, the song climbed to #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US....
". "Fantasy" made him what some would call a one hit wonder.
His next album, Subject...Aldo Nova
Subject...Aldo Nova
Subject...Aldo Nova is the second studio album by Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, released in 1983. The album is in somewhat of a concept album format...
had a minor hit with "Monkey on Your Back
Monkey on Your Back
"Monkey on Your Back" is a single by the Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova. Released from his album Subject...Aldo Nova in 1983, the song climbed to number twelve on Billboard magazine's Album Rock Tracks chart....
," but his solo career flagged and he became a player and songwriter for other bands.
