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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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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