eurovision 1956
Walter Andreas Schwarz
Walter Andreas Schwarz represented Germany at Eurovision 1956 in Lugano with “Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück”; only the winner was announced that year.
Germany
1956
- who
- singer, author, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator
- born
- 2 June 1913, Aschersleben, Germany
- died
- 1 April 1992 (aged 78), Heidelberg, Germany
- contest
- 1956
- music
- chanson
- active
- 1956 to 1992
- record labels
- Ariola
- sang for
- Germany
Biography
Walter Andreas Schwarz, who died in 1992, was a German singer, songwriter, writer, cabaret artist, translator and narrator of audiobooks and radio plays. “Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück” was the first song Germany performed at the contest, in Lugano in 1956; the results of that first contest were never published beyond the name of the winner.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Walter Andreas Schwarz”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1956 Lugano
“Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück”
Placing not published Only the winner was announced that year. The other placings were never published.
- Sung in
- German
- Written by
- Walter Andreas Schwarz
- Conductor
- Fernando Paggi
- Running order
- 4th of 14
- Age on the night
- 42
- Won that year
- Switzerland: Lys Assia, “Refrain”
The story of Eurovision 1956: Seven countries, fourteen songs, and a result nobody kept
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