Mack the knife lyrics
Bobby darin - mack the knife
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Bobby Darin
Mack the Knife
- Written by: Kurt Weill/E. Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein
- Written in 1928 as “Moritat” or “Theme from the Threepenny Opera” aka “The Beggar’s Opera” and introduced in that production by Weill’s wife, Lotte Lenya
- Produced by: Ahmet Ertegun/Nesuhi Ertegun/Jerry Wexler
- Arranged by: Richard Wess
- Orchestra conducted by: Richard Wess
- Appears on: That’s All ~ The Bobby Darin Story ~ Darin at the Copa ~ The Legendary Bobby Darin ~ Something Special LPs
- A Side of: “Was There a Call for Me”
- Recorded: December 19, 1958
- Released: August 1959
- The #5 song of the 1955-59 Rock Era
- Was #1 for 9 weeks in 1959
- 14th most popular single in Billboards HOT 100 History
- Bobby’s first (and only) number one song
- Won the Grammy for “Record of the Year” in 1959
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