Who sang “Mack the Knife”?
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Who sang “Mack the Knife”?
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If we’re talking the pop version and not Threepenny Opera, Louis Armstrong in 1956. Bobby Darin in 1958, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald amongst many others.
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Originally, it comes from the “Three Penny Opera”
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written by Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill in 1928 and was sung by his (twice) wife Lotte Lenya:
Later, with English Lyrics, it became a Standard and was covered by many other people – Louis Armstrong and Bobbie Darin are among the best known.
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A great many people.
Bobby Darin’s rendition is quite famous, as is that of Louis Armstrong.
The singer who really sang the guts out of the song, though, was Ella Fitzgerald, who forgot the words mid-way through and delivered one of the most wonderful improvised performances.
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A lot of singers have sung “Mack The Knife.” The song was written by Kurt Weill with lyrics (in German) by Bertolt Brecht for the 1928 musical Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera). In the premiere, it was sung by Kurt Gerron, who played the role of the police chief.
In 1954, an English translation of The Threepenny Opera by Marc Blitzstein opened Off-Broadway. Variations of this translation of “Mack The Knife” have been recorded by many artists, including Louis Armstrong in 1956 and Bobby Darin in 1959.
A 1976 translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett was recorded by Lyle Lovett, Sting, and Nick Cave in the 1990s.
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Many sang it, but Bobby Darin made it famous.
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So many have done it over the years from Lotte Lenya to Deana Martin ( daughter of Dean Martin) but the definitive version was by Bobby Darin.
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Tracking the original singer is not easy as this song was originally a German folk song dating way back to the 1900s. Others inputs are welcome.
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I think it was Bobby Darin and many others.
Before my time but I have a good musical memory.
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