Roby Facchinetti
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Roby Facchinetti | |
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 Roby Facchinetti in 2004 | |
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| Birth name | Camillo Ferdinando Facchinetti |
| Born | 1 May 1944 Bergamo, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Instrument | Keyboard |
| Years active | 1958–present |
Camillo Ferdinando "Roby" Facchinetti (born 1 May 1944) is an Italian musician, singer and keyboardist of the band Pooh.[1] He was born in Bergamo, Lombardy.
He was the main Pooh songwriter, sharing this role with guitarist Dodi Battaglia starting from 1972 LP Alessandra. Facchinetti was a member of the band until their split up in 2016. He also published several solo albums.
He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2007 together with his son Francesco Facchinetti,[2] and again at the 2018 edition with Riccardo Fogli.[3][4]
He considers himself Roman Catholic.[5]
Discography
[edit]- Solo
- Roby Facchinetti (1984)
- Fai col cuore (1993)
- Ma che vita la mia (2014)
- Insieme (2017)
- Inseguendo la mia musica (2020)
- Pooh
References
[edit]- ^ Rizzi, Cesare, ed. (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano (in Italian). Milan: Arcana Editrice. ISBN 88-7966-022-5.
- ^ "Francesco e Roby Facchinetti". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Sanremo 2018, Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli cantano "Il segreto del tempo". Rainews (in Italian). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli a Sanremo 2018: 'I Pooh sono il passato ma l'amicizia è intatta'". Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (19 July 2024). "Ho sempre sentito Dio accanto a me: mio papà era sagrestano e io chierichetto". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 28. pp. 74–77.
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