Zucchero
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Zucchero live at Skanderborg Festival, Denmark, in August 2007. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Adelmo Fornaciari |
Born | 25 September 1955 |
Oreigin | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Genres | Rock, blues rock, pop rock |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | Polydor, Universal Music Group |
Wabsteid | www |
Adelmo Fornaciari (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdɛlmo fornaˈtʃari]; born 25 September 1955), mair commonly kent bi his stage names Zucchero Fornaciari an Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock sangster an OMRI. His muisic is lairgely inspired bi gospel, blues an rock muisic, an alternates atween ballads an mair rhythmic boogie-like pieces.
Zucchero is the Italian wird for succar. In his career, spannin fower decades, Fornaciari haes sauld ower 50 million records aroond the warld[1] an haes achievit numerous awairds, includin twa World Music Awards, sax IFPI Europe Platinum Awards[2] an a Grammy Award nomination.[3]
Personal life
[eedit | eedit soorce]Adelmo Fornaciari wis born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (in the frazione o Roncocesi) awtho he spent maist o his bairnheid in the seaside toun o Forte dei Marmi (Province o Lucca, Tuscany). Fornaciari currently lives in Pontremoli. He is the faither o Irene Fornaciari.
Discografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Selected discografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Un po' di Zucchero (1983)
- Zucchero and the Randy Jackson Band (1984)
- Rispetto (1986)
- Blue's (1987)
- Snack Bar Budapest (1988, movie soundtrack)
- Oro incenso e birra (1989)
- Zucchero sings his hits in English (1990)
- Zucchero (1991)
- Zucchero Live at the Kremlin (1991)
- Miserere (1992)
- Diamante (1994)
- Spirito DiVino (1995)
- The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's greatest hits (1997)
- Bluesugar (1998)
- Overdose d'amore the ballads (1999)
- Bluesugar & Whitechristmas (1999)
- Shake (2001)
- Zu & Co. (2004)
- Zu & Co live at the Royal Albert Hall- 6 May 2004 (2004)
- Zucchero & Co - American edition (2005) #84 US
- Zu & Co ultimate duets collection (2 CDs + DVD, 2005)
- Fly (2006)
- All the Best (2007)
- Live in Italy (2 CDs + 2 DVDs, 2008)
- Live in Italy (1 CD + 1 DVD, US edition 2009)
- Chocabeck (2010)
- La Sesión Cubana (2012)
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "slideshow". Vogue.it. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "IFPI". IFPI. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ TC&C. "Zucchero e' stato nominato ai Grammy Awards 2007". Musicalnews.com. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
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