Carlos "Rocky" Nilson (''Nilson Carlos Zulisber'') was born in

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. During his teenage years, he was a hippie addicted to

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. When he was 15 years old, he moved to

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. He had success as one of the members of the

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and

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band ''Los Náufragos'' but his subsequent works as a solo artist didn't achieve success. In the late 1970s he moved to

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and he returned to Argentina in the late 80's, where he worked singing commercial jingles. He met

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and both became songwriter partners. Later, they became the most profitable songwriters in the country. Alongside Cris, he composed the songs of all her programs from 1991 to 2006. He did the melodies for '' Jugate Conmigo'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Also with Cris, he composed songs for commercials and many different

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TV shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Cebollitas'', '' Mi Familia es un Dibujo''. In the late 80's, they were responsible for all songs in Flavia Palmiero's CDs. He wrote over 1000 songs for different Latin and Italian acts and artists. In 2007, he ended his association with Cris and signed with production company Ideas de Sur. He was responsible for music in ''

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'' (the first album, released in 2007, was the best-selling album in

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