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Robby De Sá
Robby De Sá
Background information
Born	Potchefstroom, South Africa
Genres	Pop, indie pop
Occupation(s)	Music producer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, electric guitar, keys, drums
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Website	www.robbydesa.com

Robby De Sá is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys and North-West University.

Career

Based in Sydney, he has worked with many artists, songwriters and producers including The Veronicas, MAY-A, Gretta Ray, Busby Marou, Mitch James, Tina Arena, Pamela Shayne, 5 Seconds of Summer, and Stan Walker. He (along with others) was reported to be one of 'Australia's most accomplished songwriters' in November 2013.

Credits

Discography

Performing credits

Early Career and Franklin

Roberto Manuel De Sá (Robby) has been a professional guitarist since 1999 when he joined South African band 'Allegory' in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2002, after the band completed a contract for Sun City International, he moved to Ireland with vocalist Gavin Edwards at the request of ex-Westlife member Brian McFadden and formed the band 'Franklin' with several other South African musicians. They were signed to Brian's own label (Pig Records) in Ireland. Robby co-wrote and released the single "You" in June 2004 which led to the Top 20 hit for the band in Ireland. Franklin performed at many of the Ireland's high-profile events such as Oxegen, Michelstown Festival and O2 in The Park. The band also supported Incubus at the Point Depot, Dublin in May 2004. As a session musician Robby has performed and toured with Enrique Iglesias, Il Divo, Westlife, Brian Mcfadden, Charley Pride, Shakin Stevens, Delta Goodrem and Ben Mills.

Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition 2013

Robby was a co-writer of the song 'Paperthin' which placed second in the 2013 'Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition'

Only Lonely

Robby co-wrote and produced the Tina Arena song Only Lonely (from her album Reset), which featured in a commercial for the 2013 season finale of Australian soap opera Home and away . The song peaked at No. 32 on the Australian Aria Singles Chart on 24 November 2013 and peaked at No. 14 in the Australian iTunes Store

References

1. Moran, Jonathon (30 November 2013). "Sydney Confidential takes a look at some of Australia's most accomplished songwriters". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
2. Stassen, Murray (7 May 2020). "MBW'S HOTTEST INDEPENDENT ARTISTS IN THE WORLD: MAY-A, YAEOW, BOYLIFE, CIAN DUCROT AND TORA". Music Business Worldwide.
3. "OneRepublic Announce 2013 Australian Tour Dates – With Emma Birdsall!". Take 40. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
4. "Fires – The New Album Out Now". Ronan Keating. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
5. Leahcar, Rachael (24 March 2013). 'Twitter / rachaeleahcar: Announcing... ALBUM RELEASE ...'
6. "Brian McFadden and Don Wycherley". RTÉ Two: The Cafe. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
7. "The Irish Charts-All There is to Know". The Irish Charts.
8. "Franklin band gets down to business". Thesouthafrican.com. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
9. "Isabella Manfredi takes out first place in the 2013 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition!". APRA/AMCOS. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
10. VANDA AND YOUNG SONGWRITING COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
11. NEW ALBUM ‘RESET’ OUT NOW!
12. australian-charts.com
13. "'Only Lonely' by Tina Arena (Australian Songs iTunes Chart)". iTunes. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

External links

• Official website

• South African record producers
• Male guitarists
• Living people
• 1979 births
• South African people of Portuguese descent
• 21st-century guitarists
• 21st-century male musicians
• White South African people