Bob Rozario

Bobby Darin shaking Bob Rozario's hand during the last "Bobby Darin Show"
The pianist in the Eddie Karem band and the musical conductor on "The Bobby Darin Amusement Company" and "The Bobby Darin Show" was Bob Rozario ("Rosie.") Rozario was a close friend of Bobbys. Rosie said in a interview for WLAS TV Las Vegas in 1983,regarding Bobbys showmanship, "He had a instinct of knowing what to do when, and when to do it, he always had a finger on the pulse of the audience."

Bobby introducing "Rozie" on the last Bobby Darin Show(Audio)

About Bobby's failing health in 1973, "He(Bobby) let me into his illness but he never wanted anyone else to know,that he wasn't feeling well. He'd come off stage and he say 'Give me five minutes to rest'....he probaley thought it was a weakness and didnt want anyone else to see it...I would see him just crawl up the steps sometimes, and barely able to make it past the stage and he'd say 'I dont think I can go another inch', then the curtain would go up and he'd be a completely different person."

"Rozie" in 1983
Rozario and other members of Bobbys band went on to work for Tony Orlando when Bobby was not able to work. The band and Tony Orlando were together when they recieved the news of Bobby death. Rozario completely broke down and sobbed into the phone to his wife "We've lost him, we've lost him.". Rosie later shared,"It was very tramantic for me because I could never accept he was going, I always thought he would weather it."

"Rozie" and Tony Orlando