{"id":676,"date":"2026-01-21T19:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmposter.net\/blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:55:48","slug":"rockin-h-boot-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmposter.net\/blog\/rockin-h-boot-company\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief History of the Rockin\u2018 H Boot Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of World War II, American soldiers not only brought chocolate, cigarettes, and blue jeans to Germany, they also introduced Hillbilly Music and the cowboy dress code to the German people.

Reknown Hillbilly artists like Bill Haley gained immense popularity. There was a lot of blues, and a lot more to yodel away, so songs like Haley\u2019s 1948 single YODEL YOUR BLUES AWAY (which can be heard HERE<\/a>) became a major hit with German audiences. The Hillbilly singers’ wild outfits created the first wave of Western fashion in Germany, more than three decades before John Travolta\u2018s URBAN COWBOY<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like the Travolta movie in the 1980s, the hillbilly fashion of the late 40s created a vast demand for authentic Western boots, so in 1949 the Rockin\u2019 H Boot Company was founded in Berlin. In it’s time, Rockin\u2018 H produced some of the finest handmade Western boots in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a vintage newspaper ad from the early 1950s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Western trend eventually faded away, Bill Haley moved on to become a moderately successful Rock \u2018n\u2018 Roll singer, but the Rockin\u2018 H Boot Company persisted for almost 35 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, URBAN COWBOY created a massive demand for Western boots. While most US boot makers in the US managed to profit from the trend, Rockin’ H was suddenly confronted with cheap rip-off western boots from China and other places that flooded the German market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other high-end boot companies like Lucchese in San Antonio, Texas eventually compromised and came up with a ‘budget line’, but Rockin’ H refused to go down on their traditional quality and craftsmanship. To cut a long (and sad) story short, the factory eventually closed its doors in 1984.

Today, many iconic Rockin’ H designs are available again on a made-to-order basis from Korbinian Ludwig Hess at KLH Massschuhe Berlin<\/a>. These boots are made by the exact same high standards as the originals from the 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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