Social History of Early Rock n Roll in Germany

A Social History of Early Rock ''n'' Roll in Germany explores the people and spaces of St. Pauli''s rock''n''roll scene in the 1960s. Starting in 1960, young British rockers were hired to entertain tourists in Hamburg''s red-light district around the Reeperbahn in the area of St. Pauli. German youths quickly joined in to experience the forbidden thrill of rock''n''roll, and used African American s...