21 Facts About Zucchero

Adelmo Fornaciari, more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter.

Zucchero is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing blues to the big stage in Italy.

Zucchero is one of the few European blues artists who still enjoys great international success.

Zucchero has won numerous awards, including four Festivalbar, nine Wind Music Awards, two World Music Awards, six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards, and a Grammy Award nomination.

Zucchero spent most of his childhood in the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi .

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Zucchero 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 1979, Zucchero wrote "Tutto di te" by Fred Bongusto, and the hit "Te ne vai" by Michele Pecora.

Zucchero found initial success with a band named Taxi, with whom he won the Castrocaro Music Festival in 1981.

Zucchero made his first appearance in the famous Sanremo Music Festival in 1982 with the song "Una notte che vola via" but without success.

Zucchero again played at the Sanremo festival and, although the song "Donne" ended up in a disappointing penultimate place, it became a hit single and one of the classic Italian songs.

Davis himself insisted to re-record the song with Zucchero, describing it "interesting Mediterranean type of blues".

Zucchero admitted having been 'terrified' before hitting the Wembley Stadium stage, as this was his first time performing live at a worldwide broadcast event.

In 1994 Zucchero was the only Italian artist to perform at the 25th anniversary edition of the Woodstock festival.

Zucchero performed for the fundraising Rainforest Foundation in New York, and Zoological Society of Florida, Miami.

Zucchero reappeared in the summer of 2001 with the European hit single "Baila morena", described as "swinging track densely populated with crunching electric guitars, thick piano and organ vamps, and soaring bluesy female vocals over Zucchero's trademark rasp".

Zucchero performed the Italian versions of the songs from the DreamWorks animated drama Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron .

The album was produced by Don Was, Brendan O'Brien, and Zucchero and includes collaborations with Brian Wilson, Roland Orzabal, and Bono .

In March 2011, after three years, Zucchero started the Chocabeck World Tour, notably with five consecutive concerts at the Arena in Verona.

Zucchero received the premium awards "Premio Pavarotti", and "Giovani di Collisioni".

Zucchero became the honorary member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, recognition received by the Cuban Minister of Culture, Fernando Rojas.

Zucchero has two daughters Alice and Irene from the first marriage with Angela Figlie, and son Adelmo Blue born 1998 with current partner Francesca Mozer.