The Star Club ushered in a unique period in Hamburg and "wrote music history in the seven years of its existence that continues to have an impact today," Hamburg's Senator for Culture, Carsten Brosda, told dpa. "Weissleder brought the rock music and the stars to Hamburg that other venues in Germany could only dream of." The place to be It was open every night, all night, with tickets at affordable prices. The club's owner, Manfred Weissleder, wanted to encourage newcomer bands and give them an audience.įifteen months after opening the venue, he had "established the club as a well-known institution, a rock center with an international reputation," wrote photographer Günter Zint, according to German news agency dpa, in his book chronicling the Star Club. Over the years, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix and many others performed at Germany's famous rock 'n' roll club, which only existed for seven years. When the doors of Hamburg's Star Club opened 60 years ago, probably very few suspected the pivotal role the rock venue would go on to play in music history.
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