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Carol Holness, better known by her stage name Nancy Nova, is a singer songwriter from London, UK, largely active from 1978 to 1983. She is the daughter of Bob Holness and sister of Ros Holness of Toto Coelo.

Biography

Nova attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for 3 years from age of 18. She initially found success as a songwriter for Jesse Green, writing the single "The Flip". She was a featured artist on Italian TV Show "Non Stop" for six weeks and her single "Akiri Non Stop" was used as the theme tune. Founded Toto Coelo but left before they achieved popularity due to her signing a worldwide contract with EMI.

She has also written songs and sang backing vocals for Lena Zavaroni and Cleo Laine. Though quiet for most of the 1980s and 1990s, in 2004 Nova released a compilation of her 80s songs on CD as "The Force". A year later an album of new material in the Jazz style called "Nancy Sings Jazz". The latest album "Blowout" is currently only available through iTunes.

She was noted by Paul Gambaccini in the British Hit Singles for being in the charts the same week as her sister (4th September 1982).

Discography

The list of her releases as Nancy Nova is as follows.

Albums

Akiri Non Stop (1978, Derby)
The Force (CD) (2004, FX Records)
Nancy Sings Jazz (2005, FX Records)
Blowout (2007, iTunes only, FX Records)

Singles

"Akiri Non Stop"
"The Force"
"No No No" (reached UK No. 62 4th September 1982, No.3 in Portugal)
"Made In Japan"

Compilation Appearances

Modern Heroes (TV Records 1982) - Features "Made In Japan"
Twelve Inches of Pleasure (Proto Records 1983) - Features "The Force"

Releases as Songwriter

Singles

Jesse Green - "The Flip" (Co-Writer) (EMI Records, Reached No. 26 in December 1976)
Sue - "Tip for the Top" (Co-Writer) (
Richard E Grant & Orpheus - "To Be Or Not To Be" (Co-Writer) (Avex, 1997)

Albums

Cleo Laine - Return to Carnegie - track "Direction" (Co-Writer)
Geordie - Save The World - track "You Do This To Me" (Co-Writer)

References

External links

Official Website
Myspace page
80sactual Blogspot - Mentioned as being in the charts alongside her sister in Sun Newspaper September 1982

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 | Name                = Nancy Nova
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+| Birth_name          = Carol Ann Holness
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-| Associated_acts     = Toto Coelo/Cleo Laine/Lena Zavaroni
+| Associated_acts     = [[Toto Coelo]]/[[Cleo Laine]]/[[Lena Zavaroni]]/[[Jesse Green]]/[[Richard E. Grant]]
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 ==Biography==
-Nova attended [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] for 3 years from age of 18. She initially found success as a songwriter for [[Jesse Green]], writing the single "The Flip". Later she provided the theme tune to Italian TV Show "Non Stop" with the song "Akiri Non Stop". She has also written songs and sang backing vocals for [[Lena Zavaroni]] and [[Cleo Laine]]. Though quiet for most of the 1980s and 1990s, in 2004 Nova released "The Force" on CD and an album of Jazz music called "Nancy Sings Jazz" the following year. The latest album "Blowout" is currently only available through iTunes.
+Nova attended [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] for 3 years from age of 18. She initially found success as a songwriter for [[Jesse Green]], writing the single "The Flip". She was a featured artist on Italian TV Show "Non Stop" for six weeks and her single "Akiri Non Stop" was used as the theme tune. Founded Toto Coelo but left before they achieved popularity due to her signing a worldwide contract with EMI.
+She has also written songs and sang backing vocals for [[Lena Zavaroni]] and [[Cleo Laine]]. Though quiet for most of the 1980s and 1990s, in 2004 Nova released a compilation of her 80s songs  on CD as "The Force". A year later an album of new material in the Jazz style called "Nancy Sings Jazz". The latest album "Blowout" is currently only available through iTunes.
 She was noted by Paul Gambaccini in the [[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums|British Hit Singles]] for being in the charts the same week as her sister (4th September 1982).
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 ===Albums===
 *''Akiri Non Stop'' (1978, Derby)
-*''The Force'' (1981, Hansa)
+*''The Force'' (CD) (2004, FX Records)
-*''The Force'' (CD version) (2004, FX Records)
 *''Nancy Sings Jazz (2005, FX Records)
 *''Blowout'' (2007, iTunes only, FX Records)
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 ===Compilation Appearances===
-*''Modern'' Heroes (TV Records 1982) - Features "Made In Japan"
+*Modern Heroes (TV Records 1982) - Features "Made In Japan"
+*Twelve Inches of Pleasure (Proto Records 1983) - Features "The Force"
 ==Releases as Songwriter==
 ===Singles===
-*Jesse Green - "The Flip" (EMI Records, Reached No. 26 in December 1976)
+*Jesse Green - "The Flip" (Co-Writer) (EMI Records, Reached No. 26 in December 1976)
+*Sue - "Tip for the Top" (Co-Writer) (
+*Richard E Grant & Orpheus - "To Be Or Not To Be" (Co-Writer) (Avex, 1997)
+==Albums==
+*Cleo Laine - Return to Carnegie - track "Direction" (Co-Writer)
+*Geordie - Save The World - track "You Do This To Me" (Co-Writer)
 ==References==