Roby Facchinetti

Roby Facchinetti
Roby Facchinetti in 2004
Roby Facchinetti in 2004
Background information
Birth nameCamillo Ferdinando Facchinetti
Born (1944-05-01) 1 May 1944 (age 80)
Bergamo, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • keyboardist
InstrumentKeyboard
Years active1958–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]

  1. ^ Rizzi, Cesare, ed. (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano (in Italian). Milan: Arcana Editrice. ISBN 88-7966-022-5.
  2. ^ "Francesco e Roby Facchinetti". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ Sanremo 2018, Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli cantano "Il segreto del tempo". Rainews (in Italian). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.