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Blue's is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari. It was released on 15 June 1987, with Fornaciari credited as "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". The album sold over 1.3 million copies.[1]^: 168

Blue's
Studio album by Zucchero
Released	15 June 1987
Genre	Rock, blues, pop
Length	47:19
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Corrado Rustici
Zucchero chronology
Rispetto (1986) Blue's (1987) Oro Incenso & Birra (1989)

The success that Zucchero had experienced at music festivals in the early 1980s, including several appearances at the Sanremo Music Festival,[2] eventually attracted the attention of foreign musicians.[1]^: 168 After travelling to the United States in the mid-1980s, he returned with a new band including some American musicians and a focus on the blues.[2] Among them was keyboardist David Sancious.[1]^: 168 The tour following the release of the album included performances featuring Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, and B. B. King.[1]^: 168 The album elevated Zucchero's reputation internationally

It became the best-selling album internationally by an Italian musician until it was overtaken by Zucchero's subsequent studio album Oro Incenso & Birra in 1989.

Track listing

Personnel

• Zucchero – vocals, piano
• Giorgio Francis – drums
• Rosario Jermano – percussions
• Polo Jones – bass
• Corrado Rustici – guitar
• David Sancious – keyboards
• Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
• Andrew Love – saxophone
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone
• Eric Daniel – saxophone
• James Thompson, Aida Cooper, Arthur Miles, Simona Pirone, Coro di Voci Maschili della Chiesa Avventista – backing vocals
• John Etchells – sound engineer

References

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