Vico Torriani

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Vico Torriani, 1960
Vico Torriani's autograph
Advertising poster, 1950 (painted by Erich Dittmann )
Vico Torriani on a TV appearance in 1969
Vico Torriani, 1990
Vico Torriani's tomb

Ludovico Oxens "Vico" Torriani (born September 21, 1920 in Geneva , † February 26, 1998 in Agno ) was a Swiss singer , actor , showmaster and cookbook author.

Life

Shellac record Addio Donna Grazia, 1952
Shellac record Bella, bella donna, 1953

Torriani was born as the son of a riding and skiing instructor and grew up in St. Moritz and Oberrüti . After school he learned a pastry chef, cook and later a waiter. At the age of 15 he gave private concerts. He later worked as a self-employed innkeeper, including in Basel , and made a name for himself as an author of cookbooks. Between 1978 and 1983 Vico Torriani ran the Bonne Auberge restaurant on Spalenring in Basel.

As only became known in 2017, according to official documents Vico Torriani lived between 1929 and 1933 together with his sister Sonia as a "food child" on a farm in Oberrüti.

Career

Singer

In 1945 he won a talent competition and then trundled across Europe. In 1949 he had his first hit, Silberfäden, in Switzerland . In 1951 the first big success came in Germany with Addio, donna grazia. After that Torriani recorded numerous records with hits in different languages.

In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in numerous music films, operettas and musicals . He has made guest appearances in many countries, including Iran. In 1964, his record career initially seemed over. In 1966 he sang the song of the ARD television lottery . Our life can be so beautiful, so easy .

In the 1970s he again had great success with folk melodies. His greatest success was La Pastorella in 1976 , a song that has since become one of the evergreens of German popular music. The song has also been recorded by numerous other performers.

TV star

From 1952 he appeared on television. In 1955, Torriani was the first guest star to be guessed in the guessing show What am I? with Robert Lembke . In 1958 he took part in the German preliminary decision for the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson (now: Eurovision Song Contest) .

He got his own shows, first in Switzerland and later in Germany, such as Grüezi, Vico , Hotel Victoria and in 1971 the Vico-Torriani Show , in which numerous guest stars appeared.

Between 1967 and 1970 he was the show master for many episodes in the television program Der goldene Schuß on ZDF . In 1977 Torriani was seen in the Tatort episode Drei Schlingen with Hansjörg Felmy as Commissioner Haferkamp .

Awards and honors

With the hit Capri-Fischer he landed at number one in 1982 on the music show The Most Beautiful Melodies in the World produced by the Second German Television . In 1995 he received the Bambi Lifetime Award together with Caterina Valente and Helmut Zacharias . In the same year he was awarded the Honorary Prix Walo .

On February 24, 2016, the musical Hotel Victoria was premiered in the Hotel Reine Victoria in St. Moritz . It is based on the television series of the same name, which was hosted by Vico Torriani from 1961 to 1968.

family

Torriani's wife Evelyne Torriani-Güntert (born June 17, 1930 - April 28, 2010), with whom he had been married since 1952, came from Basel. The couple had two children, Nicole and Reto.

Torriani died in 1998 at the age of 77. His widow reported that he did not wake up from an afternoon nap, contradicting press reports that he had died of cancer . His urn grave is in the main cemetery in Lugano .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
In the White Horse Inn
  DE 22nd 09/15/1967 (8 weeks)
Singles
Granada
  DE 1 1953 (4 weeks)
Tango of the night
  DE 34 04/01/1954 (4 weeks)
Bon soir, bon soir
  DE 3 05/01/1954 (28 weeks)
Malaguena
  DE 13th 11/01/1954 (12 weeks)
A thousand mandolins
  DE 10 11/01/1954 (28 weeks)
Say hi to the ladies from the bar
  DE 3 09/01/1955 (28 weeks)
In Switzerland
  DE 3 11/01/1955 (24 weeks)
Two tracks in the snow
  DE 2 December 01, 1955 (20 weeks)
Domani
  DE 6th 02/01/1956 (20 weeks)
In a small pastry shop
  DE 25th 07/01/1956 (8 weeks)
Torero
  DE 23 04/01/1957 (8 weeks)
Fall in love with Lisbon
  DE 15th 04/01/1957 (8 weeks)
Mannequin from Paris
  DE 27 07/01/1957 (4 weeks)
Seven times a week
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/01/1957 (24 weeks)
Pineapple from Caracas
  DE 3 10/01/1957 (20 weeks)
Muchacha
  DE 24 December 01, 1957 (4 weeks)
Waikiki
  DE 25th 03/01/1958 (4 weeks)
Loana-oh
  DE 28 06/01/1958 (4 weeks)
Nice and coffee brown
  DE 3 09/01/1958 (20 weeks)
piano
  DE 49 10/01/1959 (8 weeks)
Ave Maria no morro
  DE 21st 01/01/1960 (24 weeks)
Street of my songs
  DE 35 06/01/1960 (4 weeks)
Romantica
  DE 34 06/01/1960 (8 weeks)
Calcutta lies on the Ganges
  DE 2 
gold
gold
07/01/1960 (24 weeks)
She was not older than 18 years'
  DE 23 11/01/1960 (8 weeks)
Café Oriental
  DE 8th 02/01/1961 (12 weeks)
Bon soir, Commissioner (underworld tango)
  DE 38 05/01/1961 (8 weeks)
Juanita
  DE 48 07/01/1961 (8 weeks)
Farewell, little woman
  DE 43 09/01/1961 (8 weeks)
Port Casanova
  DE 24 02/01/1962 (4 weeks)
Ching-Ching-Ching (Happy José)
  DE 26th 06/01/1962 (8 weeks)
Renata
  DE 21st 11/01/1962 (16 weeks)
Pepino
  DE 7th 03/01/1963 (16 weeks)
Let's dare a little dance
  DE 33 07/01/1963 (3 weeks)
Ski twist
  DE 27 02/01/1964 (12 weeks)
A souvenir from every country
  DE 25th 09/01/1964 (8 weeks)
On the hut (Hey, Hey, Hey)
  DE 27 December 01, 1964 (12 weeks)
  AT 8th 02/15/1965 (4 weeks)

Discography

Singles (selection)

  • 1951: Bolero / In Milano in the cafèteria (Elite Special 8926, 78rpm)
  • 1951: Silberfäden / Eine kleine Serenade (Elite Special 8927, 78rpm)
  • 1952: Addio, donna grazia
  • 1953: Bella, bella donna / Granada
  • 1953: You black gypsy
  • 1953: Tango of the night (from "Street Serenade") (DECCA, F 43614, 78 rpm)
  • 1953: Bon soir, bon soir (DECCA, F 43650, 78 rpm)
  • 1954: guitars of love
  • 1955: In Switzerland
  • 1955: Two tracks in the snow
  • 1955: Say hello to the ladies from the Johnny Miller bar
  • 1956: The hour is coming / That certain O-la-la
  • 1957: Seven times a week
  • 1957: Pineapple from Caracas
  • 1957: She was a mannequin from Paris
  • 1958: beautiful and coffee brown
  • 1958: The star of Santa Clara
  • 1960: Calcutta lies on the Ganges
  • 1961: Bon soir, Commissioner
  • 1961: Café Oriental
  • 1962: Do I have to, do I have to go to the city center
  • 1962: The port Casanova
  • 1962: Chi-chica-chi
  • 1963: Pepino
  • 1963: ski twist
  • 1967: storyteller
  • 1976: La Pastorella
  • 1981: Capri fisherman
  • 1990: I couldn't live without mountains
  • 1996: Just thank you / And heaven turns a blind eye

Albums (selection)

  • 1981: The most beautiful songs
  • 1987: Grüezi, grüezi together
  • 1990: The magical world of the mountains
  • 1991: Count the friends, not the years
  • 1995: Just thank you - My 20 greatest hits
  • 1998: Thank you Vico - In memory of the legendary singer and entertainer

Filmography

movie theater

Guest appearances

actor

Television (selection)

  • 1955: what am I? - Guest of honor
  • 1961–1968: Hotel Victoria (TV show)
  • 1967–1970: The Golden Shot (TV show)
  • 1971–1972 + 1979: The Vico Torrani Show (TV show)
  • 1975: Meeting Point Heart (TV show)
  • 1977: Tatort - Drei Schlingen (TV series)
  • 1982: The Most Beautiful Melodies in the World (TV Show)

Awards

  • 1960: Gold record for Calcutta lies on the Ganges
  • 1995: Bambi Lifetime Award (together with Caterina Valente and Helmut Zacharias)
  • 1995: Honorary Prix Walo

literature

  • With Jo Hanns Rösler: The Vico Torriani cookbook. I cook with love and music. Publishing house Carl Ulrich & Co, 1958.
  • Vico Torriani: culinary hits for gourmets. Gloria Publishing House, 1974.
  • Vico Torriani: All of my recipes, all of my experiences. Moewig 1981, ISBN 3811840053 .
  • Vico Torriani: Noodle Festival - Its 100 best recipes. Dolphin 1988. ISBN 377355379X .
  • Vico Torriani: Viva la Pizza. Dolphin 1989. ISBN 3773554052 .
  • With Irmtraut Teltau: Cucina Fantastica. My favorite dishes. Delphin Verlag 1990. ISBN 3773554419 .
  • Gabriela Schöb: Vico Torriani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 26, 2012 , accessed February 19, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Vico Torriani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ last.fm
  2. ↑ According to the Oberrüti municipal administration, August 26, 2019
  3. ↑ H. Elias Fröhlich: Vico Torriani (†): His sad years as a contracting boy In: Glückspost from March 8, 2017
  4. ↑ Fernsehserien.de
  5. ↑ Prix ​​Walo website , accessed April 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Website of the musical ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musical-hotelvictoria.ch
  7. ↑ Vico Torriani's widow is dead in sight , accessed on February 24, 2015
  8. ↑ SWR series I have a big name , repeat from August 2, 2015
  9. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .
  10. ↑ Vico Torriani albums. In: Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
  11. ^ Vico Torriani Songs. In: Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Torriani, Vico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torriani, Ludovico Oxens
SHORT DESCRIPTION Swiss pop singer, actor, show master and cookbook author
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1998
Place of death Agno