| "Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli" | |
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| Language | German |
"Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli" (in German: "Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli") is a German tango song of the 1940s.
The song was composed by Ralph Maria Siegel and lyrics had written by Günther Schwenn and Peter Schaeffers. [1] Sven-Olof Sandberg was the first singer to record it on Odeon Records in 1941. [2]
Lale Andersen, [3] [4] Peter Kraus [5] and Lolita [6] and are amongst those who have recorded it. It refers to the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, the port city's red light district.
In a 1949 review Billboard magazine described it as "a mightily pleasant serenade". [7]
References
- ^ Sven-Olof Sandberg – Unter Der Roten Laterne Von St. Pauli discogs.com
- ^ Sven-Olof Sandberg - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli hitparade.ch
- ^ Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli lale-andersen.de
- ^ Klaus Budzinski, Reinhard Hippen: Metzler Kabarett Lexikon [1]
- ^ Peter Kraus - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
- ^ - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
- ^ Billboard. Vol. 61, No. 39 (24 Sep 1949).
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| "Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli" | |
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| Song | |
| Language | German |
"Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli" (in German: "Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli") is a German tango song of the 1940s.
The song was composed by Ralph Maria Siegel and lyrics had written by Günther Schwenn and Peter Schaeffers. [1] Sven-Olof Sandberg was the first singer to record it on Odeon Records in 1941. [2]
Lale Andersen, [3] [4] Peter Kraus [5] and Lolita [6] and are amongst those who have recorded it. It refers to the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, the port city's red light district.
In a 1949 review Billboard magazine described it as "a mightily pleasant serenade". [7]
References
- ^ Sven-Olof Sandberg – Unter Der Roten Laterne Von St. Pauli discogs.com
- ^ Sven-Olof Sandberg - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli hitparade.ch
- ^ Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli lale-andersen.de
- ^ Klaus Budzinski, Reinhard Hippen: Metzler Kabarett Lexikon [1]
- ^ Peter Kraus - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
- ^ - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
- ^ Billboard. Vol. 61, No. 39 (24 Sep 1949).
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