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The Swiss music scene has lost a cult voice: singer Bruno “Nöggi” Stöckli has died at the age of 78. With the song “I am en Italiano” he made it into the hit parade in the early 1980s.
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- The Swiss music scene is in mourning: singer Bruno Stöckli, better known by his stage name Nöggi, is dead.
- The musician was 78 years old.
- The sad news was confirmed to “Blick” by his two long-time friends Charley and Sigi from the band Lucky Boys, with whom Nöggi was a musician for over three decades.
He was a solo entertainer, musician and a Zurich original. With “I am en Italiano” Nöggi, alias Bruno Stöckli, achieved his musical breakthrough in the early 1980s.
Now his Züri purr has fallen silent forever: Nöggi died last night at the age of 78.
His two long-time friends Charley and Sigi from the Lucky Boys confirmed the sad news to “Blick”. The trio performed together on stage for over 30 years.
Mood singer, silly bard and an original
Nöggi worked for decades as a “mood singer and silly bard,” as he once described himself. He sang his songs in Zurich German.
With the song “I am en Italiano” he reached number 10 on the Swiss radio charts in 1981.
The song was a hit in German-speaking Switzerland in the 1980s and early 90s and was performed countless times in schools, on gymnastics and other entertainment evenings.
The song was less popular with Italian guest workers because they felt mocked by the imitation of their language deficits.
His friends Charley and Sigi from the band Lucky Boys describe Nöggi in their farewell message as a companion who was always there – in good times and in difficult times: “Nöggi was an original.”
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