Camillo Ferdinando Facchinetti, known as Roby Facchinetti (born 1 May 1944) is an Italian musician, singer and keyboardist of the band

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. He was born in

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. He was the main Pooh songwriter, sharing this role with guitarist

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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

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together with his son

Francesco Facchinetti Francesco Facchinetti (born 2 May 1980), also known as Dj Francesco or as Oz, is an Italian DJ, producer, singer, musician and TV presenter. He rose to fame as a singer during the summer of 2003, when he released his debut single, "La canzone del ...

, and again at the 2018 edition with Riccardo Fogli.

Discography

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

References

1944 births Living people Musicians from Bergamo Italian keyboardists Italian pop singers {{Italy-singer-stub