Zucchero

Known for ActingBorn 1955-09-25 (age 70)Roncocesi, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Adelmo Fornaciari (born 25 September 1955), known professionally as Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his primary school teacher used to call him. His music is largely inspired by gospel, soul, blues and rock music, and alternates between Italian ballads and more rhythmic R&B-boogie-like pieces. He is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing blues to the big stage in Italy. He is one of the few European blues artists who still enjoys great international success. In his career, spanning four decades, Fornaciari has sold over 60 million records around the world, and internationally his most 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 four Festivalbar, nine Wind Music Awards, two World Music Awards (1993, 1996), six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards, and a Grammy Award nomination. He has collaborated and performed with many famous artists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian May, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Billy Preston, John Lee Hooker, Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Blues Brothers Band, Elvis Costello, Roland Orzabal, Joe Cocker, Sharon Corr, B. B. King, Sting, Buddy Guy, Bono, Bryan Adams, Mark Knopfler, Iggy Pop, Coldplay, Dolores O'Riordan, Paul Young, Peter Gabriel, Alejandro Sanz, Luciano Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli. Adelmo Fornaciari was born 25 September 1955 in Roncocesi, a frazione (small village) near Reggio Emilia. His father, Giuseppe Fornaciari, and mother, Rina Bondavalli, came from rural families. At a young age, he was the goalkeeper of A.C. Reggiana 1919. He spent much of his childhood in the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi (Province of Lucca, Tuscany). There, he sang in the choir and played an organ in the local church. At the age of 12 or 13, he discovered American soul and blues music thanks to an African-American friend who was studying in Bologna and lived near his home. The first song he played to Fornaciari was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, and this immediately inspired his interest in soul music. The friend taught Fornaciari how to play on the guitar songs by Redding, Marvin Gaye, and Sam & Dave. Fornaciari then got together with friends to play rhythm and blues, finding his own way to fuse black music and Mediterranean music. He started writing his own songs when he was 13 or 14 years old, and after learning basic instruments, from 16 he moved on to learning the tenor saxophone. In Forte dei Marmi, he finished his technical high school studies, and moved again, this time to the city of Carrara. ... Source: Article "Zucchero Fornaciari" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Pavarotti & Friends 7 - For Cambodia and Tibet

Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

Note di viaggio: Il film

Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe

La chanson de l'année

De TV Show

Ennio

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Zucchero - Live in Italy

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo

Pino

Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari

Taratata

Pavarotti & Friends

Felicissima Sera

Sanremo Music Festival

One World: Together at Home

Francesco de Gregori - Nevergreen

De pé a pá

3 nach 9

Champs-Elysées

Celebrity Hunted Italy

Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall

Die ultimative Chartshow

Top of the Pops

Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

Great Performances

Star Academy

Sacrée soirée

Snack Bar Budapest

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Vivement dimanche

Italia Loves Romagna - Vari artisti

TV Story Superstar

Zucchero - La Sesion Cubana

Alan Simon ‎– Gaia

ZDF-Kultnacht

Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia

Le monde est à vous

Domenica In

Zucchero - All the Best