Roby Facchinetti Explained

Roby Facchinetti
Birth Name:	Camillo Ferdinando Facchinetti
Birth Date:	1944 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Bergamo, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Years Active:	1958–present
Associated Acts:	Pooh
Instrument:	Keyboard

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Rizzi. Cesare. Enciclopedia del rock italiano. it. Milan. Arcana Editrice. 1993. 88-7966-022-5.
2. News: Francesco e Roby Facchinetti. it. la Repubblica. 5 December 2020.
3. Sanremo 2018, Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli cantano "Il segreto del tempo". it. Rainews. 6 February 2018. 5 December 2020.
4. News: Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli a Sanremo 2018: 'I Pooh sono il passato ma l'amicizia è intatta'. it. Sorrisi e Canzoni. 29 January 2018. 5 December 2020.
5. Lucio. Giordano. Ho sempre sentito Dio accanto a me: mio papà era sagrestano e io chierichetto. it. Dipiù. 19 July 2024. 28. 74-77.