Mack The Knife
Song composer(s)
Blitzstein, Marc / Brecht, Berthold / Weill, Kurt
Grateful Dead Recordings
Not recorded by the Dead
Dead Related Recordings
No Dead related recordings entered
Other Recordings
Dick Hyman Trio (1956)
Cool Heat : Anita O'Day (1958)
Mack The Knife : Louis Armstrong (1957)
Bobby Darin (1959)
Favorites : Irving Fields (1961)
Chuck Foster at the Hotel Peabody : Chuck Foster (1961)
Pianist Extraordinary : Don Shirley (1962)
Twist to Radio KRLA : Bob Keene Orchestra (1962)
Oscar Peterson Trio + One : Oscar Peterson (1964)
Stormy Weather : Ben Webster (1965)
Darin 1936-1973 : Bobby Darin (1973)
Lou Christie : Lou Christie (1974)
Live at the Desert Inn : Bobby Darin (1987)
Lotte Lenya Sings The American & Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weil : Lotte Lenya & Others (1988)
The Reprise Collection : Frank Sinatra (1990)
Verve Jazz Masters 6 : Ella Fitzgerald (1994)Notes
Also known as Moritat or Theme From The Threepenny Opera. Original written by Weill and Brecht as part of Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928. English translation by Blitzstein first performed in US in 1952. First performance as part of The Threepenny Opera in 1954.