Under the Red Lantern of St. Pauli

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"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.[https://www.discogs.com/de/Sven-Olof-Sandberg-Unter-Der-Roten-Laterne-Von-St-Pauli-Und-Wieder-Geht-Ein-Sch%C3%B6ner-Tag-Zu-Ende/release/4579418 Sven-Olof Sandberg – Unter Der Roten Laterne Von St. Pauli] discogs.com Sven-Olof Sandberg was the first singer to record it on Odeon Records in 1941.[https://hitparade.ch/song/Sven-Olof-Sandberg/Unter-der-roten-Laterne-von-St.-Pauli-370941 Sven-Olof Sandberg - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli] hitparade.ch

Lale Andersen,[https://www.lale-andersen.de/2015/html/notenblaetter.htm Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli] lale-andersen.deKlaus Budzinski, Reinhard Hippen: Metzler Kabarett Lexikon[https://books.google.com/books?id=uhO1DQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Unter+der+roten+Laterne+von+St.+Pauli%22++Schlager+1941&pg=PA9] Peter Kraus[https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Peter+Kraus&titel=Unter+der+roten+Laterne+von+St%2E+Pauli&cat=s Peter Kraus - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli] austriancharts.at and Lolita[https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lolita&titel=Unter+der+roten+Laterne+von+St%2E+Pauli&cat=s - Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli] austriancharts.at 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".Billboard. Vol. 61, No. 39 (24 Sep 1949).