Rocky Roberts (born Charles Roberts) was an American singer who became popular in Italy.Before his singing career, Roberts served in the United States Navy and was a Navy champion boxer. He was in a band called The Airedales. He won a singing competition while on shore leave in Juan-les-Pins, France, and remained in Europe after retiring from the Navy in 1962. In 1967 he had a major Italian hit, "Stasera Mi Butto", which sold 3.7 million copies and won the Festivalbar. The song's success led to a 1967 motion picture of the same title, starring Roberts, and he appeared in several other films. He was known for always wearing dark sunglasses.Roberts sang the Luis Bacalov-written theme song from the 1966 film, Django. Quentin Tarantino reused the recording as the opening theme for his 2012 film Django Unchained.He died of lung cancer in Rome in 2005.
Started as a youth boxer and lasted until he suffered a broken jaw.
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He introduced soul music to Italy, and set fashion trends for Italian youths in the 1960s.
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He was a boxer in the US for several years until an injury ended his career in the ring. He was serving in the US military when he was scouted in Naples.
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Onetime professional boxer who later had a singing career.
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Child: son, Randy.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Django Unchained
2012
performer: "Django Theme Song English Version"
50 años de
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Banda sonora
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Bajo las estrellas
2007
performer: "Stasera Mi Butto"
L'uomo e la magia
1972
TV Movie documentary performer: "Faith U Pa Ni Sha"
Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact... Probable
$800,000
