His recording of "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky (1976))" reached #1 in July 1977.
Majored in piano and composition at Louisiana State University and
earned a master's degree at Juilliard School of Music in New York.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6451 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 10, 1989.
On April 22, 2008, before a packed house at the LSU Union Theatre at Louisiana State University, Conti was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
Has 2 daughters Rachela and Nicola Shelby and 6 grandchildren.
