Nino de Angelo

Nino de Angelo (born December 18, 1963 in Karlsruhe) is a pop singer from Germany with Italian roots. Born Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione, he was discovered as a teenager in a piano bar in Cologne. The singer released his first songs under the simple name Nino. in 1982, the debut single "Und Ein Engel Fliegt In Die Nacht" is released, now under his stage name Nino de Angelo. The debut album Junges Blut followed in March 1983. Nino de Angelo releases further singles with "Ich Sterbe Nicht Nochmal" and "Engel Und Teufel, Luisa". At the end of 1983, the crooner made his breakthrough in Germany with the song "Jenseits Von Eden". The song becomes a number 1 hit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The English version of the song even made it to number 57 in the UK. The following album Jenseits von Eden (1984) climbed to number 2 in Germany and Switzerland, and even reached number 5 in Austria. Overall, the 1980s were very successful for Nino de Angelo, with "Atemlos" (1984 from the album Nino) and "Flieger" (1989 from the album Flieger) making it into the top 20 once again. After that, the singer became much quieter due to personal problems. Nino de Angelo then tried to shed his image as a pop singer. It took until 2021 and the album Gesegnet & Verflucht for him to return to the top 10. The longplayer reached number 2 in both Germany and Austria. In Switzerland, it made it to number 8, and with Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit (2023) and Irgendwann im Leben (2025), the singer released two more successful top 10 albums.