| Mack the Knife |
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| Native name | Die Moritat von Mackie Messer |
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| Genre | Moritat |
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| Text | Bertolt Brecht |
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| Language | German |
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| Published | 31 August 1928 (1928-08-31) |
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"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (German: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer") is a song composed by Kurt Weill for the 1928 play The Threepenny Opera. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists including Louis Armstrong in 1955, Bobby Darin in 1959 and Ella Fitzgerald Grammy Award winning in 1961.
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Top Ten singles |
- "Muskrat Ramble" (1926)
- "Hotter Than That"
- "West End Blues" (1928)
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1929)
- "Chinatown, My Chinatown" (1932)
- "You Can Depend on Me"
- "All of Me"
- "Love, You Funny Thing"
- "Sweethearts on Parade"
- "Body and Soul" (1932)
- "Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" (1933)
- "I'm in the Mood for Love/You Are My Lucky Star" (1935)
- "Public Melody Number One" (1937)
- "When the Saints Go Marching In" (1939)
- "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (1946)
- "When We Are Dancing" (1951)
- "What a Wonderful World" (1968)
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| Albums |
- Satchmo at Pasadena (1951)
- Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1955)
- Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1 (1955)
- Louis and the Angels (1957)
- Louis and the Good Book (1958)
- Satchmo In Style (1959)
- Hello, Dolly! (1964)
- Struttin' (1996)
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With Ella Fitzgerald |
- Armstrong-Fitzgerald history
- Ella and Louis (1956)
- Ella and Louis Again (1957)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
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Other collaborations |
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Bing & Satchmo (1960)
- The Great Summit (1961)
- The Real Ambassadors (1961)
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| Songs |
- "Willie the Weeper"
- "West End Blues" (1928)
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
- "When the Saints Go Marching In"
- "Mack the Knife" (1956)
- "Autumn in New York"
- "On My Way" (1959)
- "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (1959)
- "Hello, Dolly!" (1964)
- "What a Wonderful World" (1967)
- "We Have All the Time in the World" (1969)
- "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
- "April in Paris"
- "Back Home Again in Indiana"
- "Basin Street Blues"
- "Big Butter and Egg Man"
- "Blue Turning Grey Over You"
- "Blueberry Hill"
- "C'est si bon"
- "Can't We Be Friends?"
- "Cheek to Cheek"
- "Cold, Cold Heart"
- "Cool Yule"
- "Dippermouth Blues"
- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"
- "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
- "El Choclo"
- "Everybody Loves My Baby"
- "Frankie and Johnny"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Get Together"
- "Gone Fishin'"
- "The Gypsy in My Soul"
- "Heebie Jeebies"
- "Hello, Dolly!"
- "Hey Lawdy Mama"
- "High Society Calypso"
- "I Get Ideas"
- "I Wonder"
- "I've Got the World on a String"
- "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
- "Jeepers Creepers"
- "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
- "(Up A) Lazy River"
- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
- "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
- "Moon River"
- "Moonlight in Vermont"
- "Muggles"
- "Muskrat Ramble"
- "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
- "Now You Has Jazz"
- "On a Little Bamboo Bridge"
- "On My Way"
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
- "Pennies from Heaven"
- "Potato Head Blues"
- "Red Sails in the Sunset"
- "Rockin' Chair"
- "Saint Louis Blues"
- "Shine"
- "Skokiaan"
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
- "St. James Infirmary Blues"
- "Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)"
- "Stardust"
- "Stars Fell on Alabama"
- "Takes Two to Tango"
- "That Lucky Old Sun"
- "That's My Desire"
- "There Must Be Somebody Else"
- "They All Laughed"
- "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby"
- "La Vie en rose"
- "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"
- "When You're Smiling"
- "Willow Weep for Me"
- "Winter Wonderland"
- "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
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| Related |
- Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions (1925–28)
- Louis Armstrong House
- Louis Armstrong Stadium
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Satchmo the Great
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| Studio albums |
- Bobby Darin
- That's All
- This Is Darin
- For Teenagers Only
- The 25th Day of December
- Two of a Kind
- Love Swings
- Twist with Bobby Darin
- Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
- Things and Other Things
- Oh! Look at Me Now
- You're the Reason I'm Living
- It's You or No One
- 18 Yellow Roses
- Earthy!
- Golden Folk Hits
- Winners
- From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie
- Venice Blue
- Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile
- In a Broadway Bag (Mame)
- If I Were a Carpenter
- Inside Out
- Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle
- Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto
- Commitment
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| Live albums |
- Darin at the Copa
- Live at the Desert Inn
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| Compilations |
- The Bobby Darin Story
- Aces Back to Back
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| Lists | |
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| Related media |
- Beyond the Sea (film)
- Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical
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