Bobby Solo: “They stole a million and a half from me, then my partner stole everything from me. When I lost Sanremo for the playback”

“Online they write that I sold 57 million records, but they told me 12: I've never seen that money.”

The singer turns 80: “I refused to sing Michelle by The Beatles and I said no to four Moroder songs: what a great stupid thing”

March 18 will be 80 years old. Bobby Solo's extraordinary career, between millions of records sold and two wins at the Sanremo Music Festival. Born in Rome in 1945, he approached rock'n'roll at a very young age, inspired by the myth of Elvis. Bobby Solo, why is his name like that After the family moved to Milan, he obtained his first record contract with Dischi Ricordi. His stage name was born by chance: it should have been just 'Bobby', but a m…