Carlos "Rocky" Nilson (''Nilson Carlos Zulisber'') was born in Montevideo,

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. During his teenage years, he was a hippie addicted to

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. When he was 15 years old, he moved to

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. He had success as one of the members of the

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and

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band ''Los Náufragos'' but his subsequent works as a solo artist didn't achieve success. In the late 1970s he moved to

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and he returned to Argentina in the late 80's, where he worked singing commercial jingles. He met

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and both became songwriter partners. Later, they became the most profitable songwriters in the country. Alongside Cris, he composed the songs of all her programs from 1991 to 2006. He did the melodies for '' Jugate Conmigo'', '' Chiquititas'', ''

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'', ''

Rebelde Way ''Rebelde Way'' is an Argentine telenovela created and produced by Cris Morena. It was originally broadcast on Azul Televisiónfrom 27 May 2002 to 10 November 2003. The soap opera has been broadcast in many countries, achieving widespread succes ...

'', '' Rincón de Luz'', '' Floricienta'' and ''

Alma Pirata ''Alma Pirata'' is an Argentine 2006 telenovela, created and produced by Cris Morena. In this telenovela, lead roles were portrayed by Benjamín Rojas, Fabián Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo, Elsa ...

''. Also with Cris, he composed songs for commercials and many different

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TV shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Cebollitas'', '' Mi Familia es un Dibujo''. In the late 80's, they were responsible for all songs in Flavia Palmiero's CDs. He wrote over 1000 songs for different Latin and Italian acts and artists. In 2007, he ended his association with Cris and signed with production company Ideas de Sur. He was responsible for music in ''

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'' (the first album, released in 2007, was the best-selling album in

during that year), Atracción x 4 and Consentidos.

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