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Ganz in Weiß

song written and composed by Rolf Arland and Kurt Hertha, originally recorded by Roy Black in 1966

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ1478687 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ganz in Weiß is a song written by Rolf Arland (music) and Kurt Hertha (lyrics) and recorded by Roy Black in 1965. He also recorded an English version I need you and an Italian version Grazie mille, both released in 1966

A 1966 Östen Warnerbring recording named En sommardröm charted at Svensktoppen between 6 August 1966- – 4 February 1967, and topped the chart.

Editorial summary

“Ganz in Weiß” enters the record as song written and composed by Rolf Arland and Kurt Hertha, originally recorded by Roy Black in 1966. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ganz, Weiß and song can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 1966, 1967—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Ganz, Weiß and song.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Ganz in Weiß” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ganz, Weiß and song provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1478687. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1965, 1966 and 1967.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ganz in Weiß”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ganz in Weiß primary sources, Ganz in Weiß archive and Ganz research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ganz in Weiß”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ganz in Weiß” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.