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

Life and career

Facchinetti was born in

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

, Lombardy. He was the main Pooh's 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, and again at the 2018 edition with Riccardo Fogli. His daughter is Alessandra Facchinetti. He considers himself Roman Catholic.

Discography

;Solo * ''Roby Facchinetti'' (1984) * ''Fai col cuore'' (1993) * ''Ma che vita la mia'' (2014) * ''Insieme'' (2017) * ''Inseguendo la mia musica'' (2020) * ''Parsifal: l'Uomo delle Stelle'' (2025) ;Pooh

References

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