Roby Facchinetti

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Classic
pop
pop rock

Occupation(s)

Singer
keyboardist

InstrumentKeyboardYears active1958–present

Musical artist

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

Solo

Roby Facchinetti (1984)
Fai col cuore (1993)
Ma che vita la mia (2014)
Insieme (2017)
Inseguendo la mia musica (2020)

Pooh

References

^ 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.