David Aldo Born in Wallsend, England, David Aldo emigrated to South Africa with his parents and two sisters in the mid 70’s. David started performing at the age of 11 years in folk shows and numerous musicals. He studied music in school and sang in choral choirs and played trumpet for 7 years. David’s professional music career began when he won the Sydney Sessions Music recording project with one of his first recordings “Shake Up”. This was released in South Africa on a ‘Best Recording Artists’ album along with a music video. David’s first solo album released in 1993 and “I’m Yours” went to No. 1 on radio in South Africa and in the Mediterranean. He performed on numerous television shows and shot 4 music videos off the record. David won the It hub a National songwriting competition and “Best Male Vocalist” award at the National music awards in South Africa.
David had two No. 1 songs off his second solo album “Rising Sun” produced by Grammy nominee Cedric Samson and sang live on the Miss World Beauty Pageant, which was aired in 100 countries. David also sang on New Model Today in which one of the co-presenters was an upcoming model, Charlize Theron. David recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra and 100 piece choir and sang at a 3 day concert, The Johannesburg Pops, to 25 000 people. A CD was released in conjunction with the event. David was invited by SA Olympic Committee to perform with Hugh Masekela on an Olympic Song that was released through EMI. A well-known balladeer by now, David continued to perform, co-host, judge and sing at TV shows, beauty pageants and celebrity events. David wrote “Madiba” for Nelson Mandela’s 80th birthday, which was later included on a Cape Town tourism CD. After four solo albums and 3 compilation records David moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa and daughter, Sherri to further his career in the entertainment business.
In the United States David continues to write and perform his music. David released his fifth solo album in South Africa and also released a “Best of” CD in 2004. David writes music for television projects motion pictures and he is one of the music producers for the Oprah Winfrey Show. David has written and produced songs for movies and is the voice on the 2007 ‘Armor All’ and Hidden Valley National TV commercials in the U.S.A. Most recently David has two original songs in the upcoming movie “Say it in Russian” with Faye Dunaway, Rade Sherbedgia, Steven Brand and Agata Gotova. David is musical director of “Steel Therapy” a reality based television show currently being filmed.
David performs over 250 gigs every year. He has a longstanding contract at the Beverly Hills Hotel sings to clientele from Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey to Mick Jagger and Robbie Williams. David performed at Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s wedding at their home in 2005 and private parties for celebrities like Dustin Hoffman and Russell Crowe. David was invited by the “World Peace One” foundation to participate and represent South Africa in singing on the title track “Give your love”, a 2007 version of “Heal our World” recorded and filmed in the same studios as the original in 1985 in an...
