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.

"Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli"
Song
LanguageGerman

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
  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. Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli lale-andersen.de
  4. Klaus Budzinski, Reinhard Hippen: Metzler Kabarett Lexikon
  5. Peter Kraus - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
  6. - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli austriancharts.at
  7. Billboard. Vol. 61, No. 39 (24 Sep 1949).


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