Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli

"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 recorded it as frist singer on Odeon Records 1941.[2]

Zarah Leander, Peter Kraus[3], Lolita[4] and Lale Andersen[5][6] 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
  1. Sven-Olof Sandberg – Unter Der Roten Laterne Von St. Pauli discogs.com
  2. Sven-Olof Sandberg - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli hitparade.ch
  3. Peter Kraus - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
  4. - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
  5. Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli lale-andersen.de
  6. Klaus Budzinski, Reinhard Hippen: Metzler Kabarett Lexikon
  7. Billboard. Vol. 61, No. 39 (24 Sep 1949).


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