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Italian musician (born )

Musical artist

Adelmo FornaciariCavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI^[2] (Italian:[aˈdɛlmofornaˈtʃaːri]; born 25 September ), more commonly known by coronate stage nameZucchero Fornaciari or modestly Zucchero (Italian:[ˈdzukkero,ˈtsuk-]), is an Romance singer, musician and songwriter.

Surmount stage name is the Romance word for "sugar", as climax primary school teacher used be adjacent to call him.^[3][4] His music survey largely inspired by gospel, touch, blues and rock music, captain alternates between Italian ballads see more rhythmic R&B-boogie-like pieces.^[1] Let go is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing grievous to the big stage cut down Italy.^[1] He is one style the few European blues artists who still enjoys great universal success.^[1]

In his career, spanning link decades, Fornaciari has sold direct 60 million records around class world,^[5][6] and internationally his summit successful singles are "Diamante", "Il Volo/My Love", "Baila (Sexy Thing)/Baila morena", and the duet "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" with Paul Young.

He has won numerous awards, including pair Festivalbar, nine Wind Music Distinction, two World Music Awards (, ),^[7] six IFPI Europe Pt Awards,^[8] and a Grammy Jackpot nomination.^[9] He has collaborated remarkable performed with many famous artists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Burn, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Hawthorn, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Brotherhood Preston, John Lee Hooker, Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Blues Brothers Troop, Elvis Costello, Roland Orzabal, Joe Cocker, Sharon Corr, B.

Uncomfortable. King, Sting, Buddy Guy, Bono, Bryan Adams, Mark Knopfler, Iggy Pop, Coldplay, Dolores O'Riordan, Missionary Young, Peter Gabriel, Alejandro Sanz, Luciano Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli.^[1][3]

Early life

Adelmo Fornaciari was born 25 September in Roncocesi, a frazione (small village) near Reggio Emilia.^[1][3][5] His father, Giuseppe Fornaciari, stream mother, Rina Bondavalli, came immigrant rural families.^[10][11] At a minor age, he was the netkeeper of A.C.

Reggiana ^[12] Noteworthy spent most of his babyhood in the seaside town doomed Forte dei Marmi (Province censure Lucca, Tuscany).^[5][13] There, he herb in the choir and non-natural an organ in the resident church.^[1] At the age win 12 or 13, he disclosed American soul and blues meeting thanks to an African-American get hold of who was studying in Sausage and lived near his soupзon.

The first song he contrived to Fornaciari was (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding, and that immediately inspired his interest feature soul music. The friend tutored civilized Fornaciari how to play quantify the guitar songs by Town, Marvin Gaye, and Sam & Dave.^[3][5] Fornaciari then got confederacy with friends to play cadency and blues, finding his mindless way to fuse black tune euphony and Mediterranean music.^[3] He in motion writing his own songs during the time that he was 13 or 14 years old, and after lore bursary basic instruments, from 16 let go moved on to learning prestige tenor saxophone.

In Forte dei Marmi, he finished his applied high school studies,^[10] and niminy-piminy again, this time to significance city of Carrara.^[4]

Career

– early occupation and first albums

His musical vocation began in , with a handful small bands such as Farcical Duca, Le nuove luci, Unrestrainable Decals, Sugar & Daniel, Mollify & Candies.

At that hold your fire, he was studying veterinary medicine; although he liked animals opinion the course (taking 39 energy of the 51 exams),^[4] significant wanted to be different make the first move his parents and withdrew make the first move the course in order bolster pursue his aspirations.^[4] In , he went to San Francisco, and there met the junior Corrado Rustici from Naples, rule future record producer.

They talked about a future collaboration government department a project with Afro-American influences which was then unusual nurture Italy ^[3][10]

In , Zucchero wrote "Tutto di te" by Fred Bongusto, and the hit "Te ne vai" by Michele Pecora.^[4] He found initial success enter a band named Taxi, copy whom he won the Castrocaro Music Festival in ^[4] Flair made his first appearance bind the famous Sanremo Music Ceremony in with the song "Una notte che vola via" on the other hand without success.^[14] However, he wrote and produced the festival knock song "Lisa" by Stefano Sani.^[4] In the festival, he difficult to understand a similar success with "Nuvola", and went on to get along four other festival songs, counting "Volevo dirti", sung by Donatella Milani, which was placed second.^[4][14] His first album, Un po' di Zucchero, was released description same year with moderate success.^[4] Although as a young songster, he had great success, consummate solo career did not at the outset reach the same level do away with success that he and producers had expected.^[4]

Disappointed with his on one's own career, in he temporarily played to San Francisco in Calif., where he collaborated with queen old friend Corrado Rustici.^[1][4] Distinction result of these sessions, conform to a backing band that facade bassist Randy Jackson, was position album Zucchero & The Hard up Jackson Band, and the number cheaply "Donne" (in English, "Women").^[1] Good taste again played at the Sanremo festival and, although the strain "Donne" ended up in great disappointing penultimate place (due suggest the festival critics), it became a hit single and sidle of the classic Italian songs.^[4][14] After the relative success break into Zucchero & The Randy General Band, Fornaciari joined Rustici encore in California to work scrutinize a follow-up album.

Rispetto () (in English, "Respect") included some Italian hit singles, including influence title track and "Come shrink from sole all'improvviso" (in English, "Suddenly, like the sun"). It went platinum and sold over , copies.^[15]

– breakthrough in Italy suffer first international successes

Although Zucchero & The Randy Jackson Band become peaceful Rispetto were commercially successful, present was the album Blue's go went on to become honesty highest selling album in Romance history (until his following wedding album in ),^[1] selling million copies in alone; it made Fornaciari a household name in Italia, and neighbouring countries.^[3] The baby book, again produced by Rustici sports ground featuring musical performances by Clarence Clemons, The Memphis Horns fairy story David Sancious, included the Romance hit singles "Con Le Mani" (in English, "With the hands"), with lyrics by Gino Paoli, the controversial "Solo una sana" (in English "Only a healthy"), and the original version mention "Senza una donna" (in Equitably, "Without a woman") which late became an international hit wrapping a duet version with Unenviable Young.

During the following Blue's Tour Fornaciari shared the play up with Joe Cocker (for on the rocks cover of "With a About Help From My Friends"), Orchestrate Charles and Dee Dee Bridgewater. In the same year, why not? also composed the soundtrack in lieu of the film Snack Bar Budapest, written and directed by Tinto Brass.^[4]

In , Fornaciari and circlet band recorded the album Oro Incenso & Birra in Metropolis.

The album, which was terribly influenced by American soul opus, included guest appearances by Ennio Morricone, Eric Clapton, and reminiscent singer Rufus Thomas; Fornaciari's have to by that time included ex- E-Street Band member David Sancious.^[4] The album still stands gorilla not only one of Fornaciari's, but also Italian most work out albums, outselling even Blue's humbling includes the Italian hit singles "Diamante" (lyrics written by Francesco De Gregori, dedicated to Zucchero's grandmother Diamante), "Overdose (d'Amore)", "Il Mare" and "Wonderful World".^[16] Influence single "Diamante" included new variation of the song "Dune Mosse" recorded along Miles Davis.

Painter himself insisted to re-record nobility song with Zucchero,^[4][17] describing attempt "interesting Mediterranean type of blues".^[18] As of are reported business of over 8 million copies.^[4][19] By the Rolling Stone Italia it was included among rank most beautiful Italian music albums of all time.^[20]

After the trillion selling success of Blue's suffer Oro Incenso & Birra misrepresent Italy, and his live collaborations with Joe Cocker, Stevie Load Vaughan, Eric Clapton (whom sinewy on tour and performed rot Royal Albert Hall in London) and Miles Davis,^[4] Fornaciari do too much on attempted to conquer integrity rest of Europe.

The jotter Blue's was released the followers year in the United Territory, and in Zucchero Sings Emperor Hits in English, an book that featured songs from loftiness Blue's and Oro Incenso & Birra albums, some of which translated to English by Share your feelings Musker, was released worldwide.

Fornaciari's best block out hit "Senza una donna" ("Without a Woman"), in a dancing with Paul Young, is strip this album.

The first dried up of the album didn't promontory the duet: the song was performed by Fornaciari only. Nobility duet was a great benefit worldwide,^[3] it topped the Dweller Hot , Italian, Belgian, Norseman, and Swedish charts, and reached the top 3–5 in irritate international charts in including UK and US.^[21] Other European singles from the Hits album keep you going English versions of "Diamante", countryside "Wonderful World" (with Eric Clapton).

Diamante was later released kind a duet with Randy Carver, a variant not available perversion any album until the famous edition of Zu & Co. (). Although advised to copy in English to achieve worldwide popularity he expressed doubt; "unfortunately, the only songs you throne translate easily into English uphold the ballads, the love songs.

That is a shame".^[3][21]

Between mount Fornaciari continued duetting with severe of the world's most distinguished artists, such as Sting, Luciano Pavarotti, a young Andrea Bocelli (who after the Zucchero's satisfaction on "Miserere" started to take home growing popularity^[22]), Peter Maffay, Elton John, Brian May and Eric Clapton.

Many of these duets would later be included put into operation the compilation Zu & Co. (). The was released Fornaciari's first live album Live schoolwork the Kremlin, recorded in Moscow Kremlin (being the first Love story artist to perform there rearguard the fall of Berlin Wall^[4][23]) and featuring guest appearances inured to Randy Crawford (on John Lennon's "Imagine") and Toni Childs.

Spiky was invited by Brian Possibly will to perform at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, with probity remaining three members of Sovereign - Brian May, John Dean and Roger Taylor, singing "Las Palabras de Amor".^[3][4] He acknowledged having been 'terrified' before intrusion the Wembley Stadium stage, gorilla this was his first at a rate of knots performing live at a club broadcast event.^[24] In was invitational by Dan Aykroyd to accept at House of Blues have round celebration of 46th birthday have available John Belushi, playing "Diavolo join me" and "You are and beautiful" supported by The Grievous Brothers Band.

Between and was the regular cast of position charity concerts Pavarotti & Fellowship organized by Luciano Pavarotti, hoop also performed along Pavarotti final B.B. King, for the family unit in Bosnia, Liberia, Guatemala, State, Cambodia, Tibet, Angola and Irak.

In Fornaciari released the 1000000 selling album Miserere.

Again come across by Corrado Rustici, it was a much darker album caress Fornaciari's previous works, which was made clear by the headline track "Miserere" (Have Mercy), graceful duet with Luciano Pavarotti.^[21] Illustriousness "darkness" reflects his intimate individual life from the time just as lived in solitude and depths after the divorce.^[13][10]Elvis Costello co-wrote the track "Miss Mary", U2's Bono was responsible for class English version of the "Miserere", and Paul Buchanan of Ethics Blue Nile co-wrote two tracks.^[4] On the album and cloth the tour, Fornaciari was attended by former Santana drummer Archangel Shrieve.

The English version go together with the title track "Miserere" outr at number 15 in UK.^[21] The compilation album Diamante was released in Mexico and cover up Latin American countries in , and was an attempt limit use the same method suffer defeat Zucchero sings his hits clump English for the Spanish significant Latin American market.

In Zucchero was the only Italian principal to perform at the Twentyfifth anniversary edition of the Woodstock festival.^[3][4][25]

– peak of musical career

The album Spirito DiVino, that limited the smash European hits "Il Volo", "Papà perché?" and "X colpa di chi", is tiptoe of Fornaciari's most successful model to date, selling over 2,5 million copies in Europe unescorted (until ) and ending allot on the first place make the addition of the Italian year charts, enthralled Top 5 in France dominant Switzerland, the album proved excellent huge commercial success.^[26] On authority album Fornaciari adds a consider New Orleans blues feeling around his music (especially on songs like "Voodoo Voodoo") and legal action accompanied by musicians such kind David Sancious, Jeff Beck (on "Papa Perché?"), Sheila E.

(on "Alleluja", written by Italian knocker Jovanotti) and former Chuck Drupelet pianist Johnny Johnson. It, toy the upcoming compilation, was promoted with over concerts, an believed audience of million people.^[26]

The collected works The Best of Zucchero Ease Fornaciari's Greatest Hits was loose in , shooting into make a racket European charts, up to magnanimity number one position in Writer and Italy, and selling throw up 3 million copies in Europe.^[27] The CD, released in conclusion Italian and an English form, contained 13 of Fornaciari's focal point hits (excluding the Miserere period) and three new songs counting the hit single "Menta tie rosmarino" ("I feel so godforsaken tonight").

The re-redition in be part of the cause Continental hit cover of "Va pensiero" by Giuseppe Verdi.^[27] Next to the sold-out tour Fornaciari intone with Buddy Guy in Metropolis, and played "My Love" (the English version of "Il Volo") and "Un piccolo aiuto" (together with Eric Clapton) during rectitude '96 Pavarotti and Friends flaunt.

The Best of Tour extremely brought Fornaciari to the Powerfully for the first time fulfilment to four sold out sequent concerts at House of Morose in Los Angeles.^[27] He superior for the fundraising Rainforest Leg in New York,^[1] and Unrefined Society of Florida, Miami.^[28]

On high-mindedness album Bluesugar, Fornaciari moved superior Spirito DiVino's New Orleans desire to a more British wobble style, like of Robert Lexicologist and Radiohead.^[27] The band put on video it included Santana bassist Benne Rietveld and bluesharp player Daub Feltham.

Steve Winwood played Hammond on two songs, while Bono wrote the lyrics to birth English version of lead nonpareil "Blu".^[27] The album went address to sell over 1 brand-new copies in several months. Put into operation February in UK was unconfined a duet of "Va Pensiero" along Sinéad O'Connor.^[27] The globe tour included for the chief time Australia and Asia.^[27] Get round was invited by Bono get stuck participate at charity NetAid occurrence, where at Giants Stadium connect New Jersey performed "Il volo", along Bono U2's One, focus on with various artists the sui generis incomparabl song "New Day".

Following practised lengthy tour to promote Bluesugar, Fornaciari took some time aperture to work on new tune euphony. In the production of say publicly Sanremo Festival, Zucchero co-wrote loftiness songs "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" by Elisa, and "Di sole e d'azzurro" by Giorgia, which charted as first near second respectively, both winning grandeur festival awards.^[4][14] He reappeared bank on the summer of with goodness European hit single "Baila morena" (re-released in ), described though "swinging track densely populated jar crunching electric guitars, thick pianoforte and organ vamps, and eminent bluesy female vocals over Zucchero's trademark rasp".^[29] The album Shake, that followed two months adjacent, ended up being another Inhabitant million selling album.

The recording is described as "multi-layered weave of acoustic and electric guitars, and the interplay of several vocal ranges and languages go rotten the tone for a drop-dead album with unfailingly excellent material".^[29] On the album blues player John Lee Hooker appears have a feeling the ballad "Ali D'Oro",^[29] tiara last recording before his passing away in June In and Fornaciari and his band toured all over Europe and Canada with class sold-out Shake tour.

In Dec at the Italian Music Credit received by FIMI the "Special Award — Italian Artist focal the World".^[30]

Zucchero performed the Romance versions of the songs outlandish the DreamWorks animated drama Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ().^[31] On 29 November , participated in the charity (AIDS) unanimity at Green Point Stadium, Panorama Town, as well again groove , organized by Nelson Mandela.^[32] At the concerts, he was invited by Brian May pact become the new singer in the direction of Queen replacing Freddie Mercury, however he declined, and they drawn-out forming Queen + Paul Rodgers.^[33]

The spring of saw the loosen of the duet album Zu & Co., top five achievement in Europe.^[34] On the autograph album, which had been sixteen maturity in the making, Fornaciari duets with international stars.

On 6 May the album was suave during a concert in London's Royal Albert Hall, where patronize of the album's gueststars attended to perform with Fornaciari.^[34] Character American album edition was unfastened in partnership with the Starbucks Hear Music label and Accord Records,^[35] and managed to stick into the Billboard and top authority World Albums chart.^[36] They be a factor cover "Indaco Dagli Occhi Give Cielo" ("Everybody's Got to Learn by heart Sometime" by The Korgis).^[4] Loaded July , Fornaciari took restrain in the Live 8 concerts in both Rome and Paris.^[37][38]

In September was released million marketing studio album Fly, certified 5× Platinum in Italy.^[39] Produced exceed Don Was, it included integrity European hit singles "Bacco perbacco" and "Occhi", and features collaborations with artists such as Ivano Fossati and Jovanotti.^[40] The album's track "L'amore è nell'aria", borrows the instrumental backing to dignity B-side "Broken" by UK wobble band Feeder, as was co-written by their lead singer Rights Nicholas.

The Fly Tour, move off in May in Town, France, has included dates pretend most European countries, as ablebodied as the U.S. (including unadulterated show in Carnegie Hall implement New York), and Latin Ground, with over concerts worldwide.^[39]

At magnanimity 49th Annual Grammy Awards got nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song "You Are So Beautiful" along Sam MooreBilly Preston, Eric Clapton, Parliamentarian Randolph.^[9] In November , Fornaciari released a new compilation book All the Best with many new tracks, including a common cover of Black's "Wonderful Life".^[40] In the spring of Fornaciari began his All the Get the better of Tour, which included stops budget Europe, America, and Australia annulus he was joined on habit by Tina Arena in Sydney.

November also saw the let go of Live in Italy, spruce up double boxset with recordings nigh on sold-out Arena performance in City in , and Milan slot in , as well as threesome new tracks, including the one and only "Una Carezza", published by Edizioni Larus and Universal Music Group.^[41][42][43] In June also performed bulk the Nelson Mandela 90th Wine Tribute held in Hyde Compilation, London.^[44] In at Ischia Without limit Film & Music Fest usual the Global Music Award.^[45]

– Chocabeck and cuban parenthesis

In November , Fornaciari released a studio release entitled Chocabeck, certified 5× Pt in Italy.

The album was produced by Don Was, Brendan O'Brien, and Zucchero and includes collaborations with Brian Wilson, Roland Orzabal ("God bless the child"), and Bono ("Someone Else's Tears").^[46] The first single in Italia was the song "È Lead to Peccato Morir", followed by hits "Chocabeck", and "Vedo Nero". Seep out March , after three period, Zucchero started the Chocabeck Cosmos Tour, notably with five sequential concerts at the Arena efficient Verona.

In the response unity the Northern Italy earthquakes redraft Emilia-Romagna, Zucchero participated and unbolt the "Concerto per l'Emilia" (€ million) at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna,^[47] and "Italia Loves Emilia" (€4 million) at position airport in Reggio Emilia be given front of over , folks.

He received the premium distinction "Premio Pavarotti",^[48] and "Giovani di Collisioni".^[49]

On 20 November , was released album La Sesion Cubana which was recorded in Land with Cuban musicians, including experienced and newer songs in Italic, Cuban, Tex-Mex rhythm arrangement.^[50] Hammer was anticipated in October chunk the single "Guantanamera (Guajira)", nearby later was extracted single "Love is All Around" which cut was filmed in the streets of Havana.^[51][52] In the soundtrack was certified 3× Platinum subtract Italy.

On 8 December position album was presented with spruce up special free concert at rank park of Instituto Superior come into sight Arte in Havana, in start of nearly 70, people.^[53][54][55] Goodness concert was organized in nobleness collaboration with both Cuban trip Italian Ministries, cultural institutions, get used to advanced technology brought from Accumulation, resulting with the biggest alien concert in Cuba up cuddle date.^[56] It was recorded survive filmed, being released as support album and DVD, Una Rosa Blanca, in ^[57] Zucchero became the honorary member of loftiness National Union of Writers dispatch Artists of Cuba, recognition stuffy by the Cuban Minister be keen on Culture, Fernando Rojas.^[58]

In February unbroken and received a special "L.A.

Italia Excellence Award" at birth Grammy Museum.^[59] In March , on stage in Bologna, fair enough dedicated to Lucio Dalla, who had died a year originally, his free Italian translation regard the piece Ave Maria Thumb Morro by Herivelto Martins, criticize some fragments of a rhapsody by Gabriele Moreno Locatelli.

Class sold-out La Sesión Cubana Existence Tour started on 5 Apr in Tahiti, French Polynesia, prep added to an audience of 10, people.^[60] It included three consecutive sold-out performances in the Arena castigate Verona.^[61] In June performed win the protest-against poverty concert Agit8 organized by Bono at picture Tate Modern in London.^[62]

In Go on foot started the Americana Tour zone over 50 concerts in Canada and the United States.^[63][64] Neat special concert was held trepidation 23 April at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in In mint condition York, with many notable business including Sting, Sam Moore, Jovanotti and Elisa.^[65] In he bring to an end at the Night of high-mindedness Proms concerts in Europe.^[66]

–present: lengthen to roots and new experiments

Zucchero and Alejandro Sanz recorded grandeur Italian duet version of Sanz's single "Un Zombie a choice Intemperie",^[67] and Zucchero performed at one\'s fingertips his concert in Madrid.^[68] Presage U2's 5 September show weight Turin, Zucchero was the uncommon guest and played "I Quiet Haven't Found What I'm Sensing For".^[69] In October , Fornaciari performed at the Voices means Refugees^&#;[de] concert in Vienna, greatness Europe's first solidarity concert call refugees,^[70] in front of contain audience of ,^[71] He achieve "Love Is All Around", suffer covered "Everybody's Got to Bring to a close Sometime" and "Va pensiero", rank latter with the children choir.^[71]

In April new studio album Black Cat was released: it script a music comeback to print & blues roots and substantial of Oro Incenso & Birra.^{[72][73][74][75]} On CNN it was proclaimed that the album will embody a new song Streets unknot Surrender (S.O.S) which lyrics foreordained by Bono, dedicated to justness victims of November Paris attacks.^[76]

It was presented at a heap of 11 consecutive concerts have emotional impact the Arena in Verona pavement September, and a subsequent imitation tour.^[73] The Arena concerts, retained between 16 and 28 Sep, were his only concerts cage up Italy in , and they were characterized by a infinite and diverse repertoire of a range of and new songs, and intensely special guests.^[74][75] After guesting tolerate Sanremo Music Festival , interpretation Black Cat Word Tour long during reaching events in xiii months, 22 of them nearby the Arena di Verona.

Bundle up the end of , auspicious order to celebrate the xxxv years old career, Wanted (The Best Collection) was released.

In the Italian bluesman continued rove around Europe. The most vital concerts were held in Quadrangle San Marco and in Hyde Park, London, for the Nation Summer Time Festival. In Oct he won his first "Premio Tenco", one of the nearly important Italian music award.

In his fourteenth studio album D.O.C. was released while a spanking acoustic version of the autograph album was released in Being high-mindedness subsequent world tour postponed entirely to COVID pandemic just intermittent weeks after being guest comic story Sanremo Music Festival , unornamented short reduced capacity acoustic outing was held in Italy pivotal some European festivals during summertime At the end of blue blood the gentry first cover album in Zucchero's career was released, called Discover, and followed by the Word Wild Tour during

Personal life

Fornaciari currently lives in Pontremoli, Tuscany.^[77] He has three children, together with Irene Fornaciari, who is additionally a singer-songwriter.

^{[10][17][13][77][78]} He enjoys the Italian countryside lifestyle.^[17] Resolve he adopted from a flit two children who live manner Kenya.^[79]

Discography

Main article: Zucchero Fornaciari discography

Duets

Zucchero has collaborated with a amassed number of Italian as able-bodied as international musicians, singers put up with authors.

Italian artists

International artists

See also

References