Aldo Donà

An appealing and emotive vocalist, Aldo Dona has been part of the Italian music scene since the early '40s. When recordings were issued on 78s, that was what he made; in the '50s and '60s he began releasing 45s, including the double-sided hit of "I Balli Sudamericai" and "La Danza Dello Scoiattolo." The excitable Italian pop music market seems to be in a holding pattern concerning reissuing Dona's musical donations in the compact disc market, but this is most likely just a matter of time. After all, there apparently used to be a saying that, loosely translated, Dona was a man ...