1956: "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" — Walter Andreas Schwarz
Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück (In the Waiting Room to Great Happiness), performed by/composer/text: Walter Andreas Schwarz, TV recording, 1960s
The first ESC took place as the Gran premio Eurovisione 1956 della canzone europea in Lugano (Switzerland). Television was not systematically archived at that time, and so only the sound recording survives.
Representing West Germany was Holocaust survivor Walter Andreas Schwarz with the song Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück. The lyrics are about how difficult it is to be happy in the present day.