CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Mack the Knife - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"f1c74da4-3995-42c7-910a-f75658b0597e","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Mack_the_Knife","wgTitle":"Mack the Knife","wgCurRevisionId":1258961531,"wgRevisionId":1258961531,"wgArticleId":285475,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["All articles with bare URLs for citations","Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024","Articles with German-language sources (de)","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from August 2024","Articles containing German-language text","Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images","Articles containing French-language text","Articles with hAudio microformats","Single chart usages for Dutch100", "Single chart usages for UKsinglesbyname","Single chart called without song","Single chart making named ref","Single chart usages for Flanders","Single chart usages for Wallonia","Single chart usages for Norway","Single chart usages for Billboardhot100","Single chart usages for West Germany","Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom","Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures","Certification Table Entry usages for United States","Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote","Single chart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop","Articles containing Portuguese-language text","1928 songs","1920s jazz standards","1955 singles","1959 singles","Songs with music by Kurt Weill","Songs with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht","Songs with lyrics by Marc Blitzstein","Opera excerpts","Murder ballads","Songs from musicals","Louis Armstrong songs","Bobby Darin songs","Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles","Cashbox number-one singles", "UK singles chart number-one singles","Columbia Records singles","Atco Records singles","London Records singles","Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients","Grammy Award for Record of the Year","Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance","Pop standards","United States National Recording Registry recordings","Jazz songs","Songs about criminals"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Mack_the_Knife","wgRelevantArticleId":285475,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline": false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":40000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q51801270","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles": "ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Mack the Knife - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Mack_the_Knife rootpage-Mack_the_Knife skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Mack+the+Knife" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Mack+the+Knife" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Mack+the+Knife" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Mack+the+Knife" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-The_Threepenny_Opera" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Threepenny_Opera"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span><i>The Threepenny Opera</i></span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-The_Threepenny_Opera-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle <i>The Threepenny Opera</i> subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-The_Threepenny_Opera-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-French_translation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#French_translation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>French translation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-French_translation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1954_Blitzstein_translation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1954_Blitzstein_translation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>1954 Blitzstein translation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1954_Blitzstein_translation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1976_Manheim–Willett_extension_("Moritat")" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1976_Manheim–Willett_extension_("Moritat")"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>1976 Manheim–Willett extension ("<span><span>Moritat</span></span>")</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1976_Manheim–Willett_extension_("Moritat")-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1994_translation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1994_translation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>1994 translation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1994_translation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Popular_recordings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Popular_recordings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Popular recordings</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Popular_recordings-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Popular recordings subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Popular_recordings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Louis_Armstrong_version" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Louis_Armstrong_version"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Louis Armstrong version</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Louis_Armstrong_version-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Charts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Charts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bobby_Darin_version" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bobby_Darin_version"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Bobby Darin version</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bobby_Darin_version-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charts_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charts_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Charts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charts_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Certifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Certifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.3</span> <span>Certifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Certifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ella_Fitzgerald_version" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ella_Fitzgerald_version"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Ella Fitzgerald version</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ella_Fitzgerald_version-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Charts_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charts_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Charts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charts_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Instrumental_versions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Instrumental_versions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Instrumental versions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Instrumental_versions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_versions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_versions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Other versions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_versions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Mack the Knife</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 2 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-2" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">2 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife" title="Mack the Knife – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mack the Knife" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife" title="Mack the Knife – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mack the Knife" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q51801270#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Mack_the_Knife" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Mack_the_Knife" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Mack_the_Knife" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&oldid=1258961531" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Mack_the_Knife&id=1258961531&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMack_the_Knife"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMack_the_Knife"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Mack_the_Knife&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q51801270" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1928 song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Mack the Knife (disambiguation)">Mack the Knife (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album">Mack the Knife</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Native name</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Die Moritat von Mackie Messer</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Moritat" class="mw-redirect" title="Moritat">Moritat</a></i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Text</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">German</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">31 August 1928<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1928-08-31</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Mack the Knife</b>" or "<b>The Ballad of Mack the Knife</b>" (German: <span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">"<b>Die Moritat von Mackie Messer</b>"</span>) is a song composed by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a> with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a> for their 1928 music drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (German: <i lang="de">Die Dreigroschenoper</i>). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld from the musical named <a href="/wiki/Captain_Macheath" title="Captain Macheath">Macheath</a>, the "Mack the Knife" of the title. </p><p>The song has become a popular <a href="/wiki/Standard_(music)" title="Standard (music)">standard</a> recorded by many artists after it was recorded by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> in 1955 with translated lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a>. The most popular version of the song was by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> in 1959, whose recording became a number one hit in the US and UK and earned him two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammys</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="2nd Annual Grammy Awards">2nd Annual Grammy Awards</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> also received a Grammy for her performance of the song in <a href="/wiki/3rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="3rd Annual Grammy Awards">1961</a>. </p><p>The original German lyrics and music of the song entered the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> in the United States in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Threepenny_Opera"><i>The Threepenny Opera</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The Threepenny Opera"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:272px;max-width:272px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Composer and lyricist of "Mack the Knife"</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:195px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119,_Kurt_Weill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg/130px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg/195px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg/260px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0119%2C_Kurt_Weill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:136px;max-width:136px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:195px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertolt-Brecht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bertolt-Brecht.jpg/134px-Bertolt-Brecht.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bertolt-Brecht.jpg/201px-Bertolt-Brecht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bertolt-Brecht.jpg/268px-Bertolt-Brecht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="875" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Moritat" class="mw-redirect" title="Moritat">Moritat</a></i> is a medieval version of the <a href="/wiki/Murder_ballad" title="Murder ballad">murder ballad</a> performed by strolling <a href="/wiki/Minstrel" title="Minstrel">minstrels</a>. In <i>The Threepenny Opera</i>, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Moritat</i></span> singer with his <a href="/wiki/Street_organ" title="Street organ">street organ</a> introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly <i>Mackie Messer</i>, or <i>Mack the Knife</i>, a character based on the dashing highwayman <a href="/wiki/Captain_Macheath" title="Captain Macheath">Macheath</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_Gay" title="John Gay">John Gay</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera" title="The Beggar's Opera">The Beggar's Opera</a></i> (who was in turn based on the historical thief <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sheppard" title="Jack Sheppard">Jack Sheppard</a>). The Brecht-Weill version of the character was far more cruel and sinister whose crimes included rape and murder, and transforming him into a modern <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a>. </p><p>The song was a last-minute addition that was inserted before its premiere in 1928 because <a href="/wiki/Harald_Paulsen" title="Harald Paulsen">Harald Paulsen</a>, the actor who played Macheath, demanded that Brecht and Weill add another number that would more effectively introduce his character.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200279_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200279-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Weill and Brecht decided the song should not be sung by Macheath himself, opting instead to write the song for a street singer in keeping with the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Moritat</i></span> tradition. At the premiere, the song was sung by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Gerron" title="Kurt Gerron">Kurt Gerron</a>, who played Police Chief Brown. Weill intended the Moritat to be accompanied by a <a href="/wiki/Barrel_organ" title="Barrel organ">barrel organ</a>, which was to be played by the singer.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the premiere, though, the barrel organ failed, and the pit orchestra (a jazz band) had to quickly provide the accompaniment for the street singer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200281–82_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200281–82-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Moritat</i></span> singer introduces the play, first comparing Macheath to a shark: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1157697682">.mw-parser-output .verse_translation .translated{padding-left:2em!important}@media only screen and (max-width:43.75em){.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small td{display:block;padding-left:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small .translated{padding-left:0.5em!important}}</style> </p> <table role="presentation" class="verse_translation" style="margin-left:1em !important"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="de" class="poem"> <p>Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne,<br /> Und die trägt er im Gesicht.<br /> Und Macheath, der hat ein Messer,<br /> Doch das Messer sieht man nicht. </p> </div> </td> <td class="translated"><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="" class="poem"> <p>And the shark, it has teeth,<br /> And it wears them in the face.<br /> And Macheath, he has a knife,<br /> But the knife can't be seen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is followed by tales of his crimes including a murder on the <a href="/wiki/Strand,_London" title="Strand, London">Strand</a>, the disappearance of a wealthy man and theft of his money, a fatal stabbing of a woman, an arson that killed seven children in <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, and the rape of a young widow.<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final stanza – not included in the original play, but added by Brecht for <a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera_(film)" title="The Threepenny Opera (film)">the 1931 film</a> – expresses the theme and compares the glittering world of the rich and powerful with the dark world of the poor:<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1157697682"> </p> <table role="presentation" class="verse_translation" style="margin-left:1em !important"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="de" class="poem"> <p>Denn die einen sind im Dunkeln<br /> Und die andern sind im Licht<br /> Und man siehet die im Lichte<br /> Die im Dunkeln sieht man nicht. </p> </div> </td> <td class="translated"><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="" class="poem"> <p>There are some who are in darkness<br /> And the others are in light<br /> And you see the ones in brightness<br /> Those in darkness drop from sight. </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_translation">French translation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: French translation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song was translated into French as "<span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">La complainte de Mackie</span></span>" by <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Mauprey" title="André Mauprey">André Mauprey</a> and Ninon Steinhoff and popularized by <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Sauvage" title="Catherine Sauvage">Catherine Sauvage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1954_Blitzstein_translation">1954 Blitzstein translation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1954 Blitzstein translation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg/200px-Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg/300px-Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg/400px-Cradle-Will-Rock-Blitzstein-1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3300" data-file-height="3300" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a> translated the best-known English version of the song</figcaption></figure> <p>The song was introduced to American audiences in 1933 in the first English-language production of <i>The Threepenny Opera</i>. The English lyrics were by Gifford Cochran and Jerrold Krimsky.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That production, however, was not successful, closing after a run of only ten days. The best-known English <a href="/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translation</a> of the song comes from <a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a>'s 1954 version of <i>The Threepenny Opera</i>, which played <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> for over six years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening stanza reads: </p> <div style="margin-left: 2em;" class="poem"> <p>Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,<br /> And he shows them pearly white<br /> Just a <a href="/wiki/Pocketknife" title="Pocketknife">jack-knife</a> has Macheath, dear<br /> And he keeps it out of sight<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <p>Blitzstein's version is a loose translation of the German lyrics; some lines on the crimes of Macheath have been omitted, and he included a verse not in the original, giving a list of female characters in the drama.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lyrics were further sanitized in the original Broadway cast recording (with Gerald Price as the ballad singer) with two stanzas on Macheath's assaults on women replaced.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blitzstein's translation forms the basis of most of the popular versions heard today, including those by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> (1955) and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> (1959), and most subsequent <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a> versions. Some further changes were made to Blitzstein's lyrics, for example, in Armstrong's recording, the name of Weill's widow, <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Lenya" title="Lotte Lenya">Lotte Lenya</a>, who was the star of both the original 1928 German production and the 1954 Blitzstein <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> version, was added to the lyrics "(Look out, Miss Lotte Lenya)".<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976_Manheim–Willett_extension_("Moritat")"><span id="1976_Manheim.E2.80.93Willett_extension_.28.22Moritat.22.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Manheim-Willett"></span>1976 Manheim–Willett extension ("<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Moritat</span></span>")</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1976 Manheim–Willett extension ("Moritat")"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1976, a brand-new interpretation of "Mack the Knife" by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Manheim" title="Ralph Manheim">Ralph Manheim</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Willett" title="John Willett">John Willett</a> was used in the <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival's</a> production of <i>The Threepenny Opera</i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Raul_Julia" title="Raul Julia">Raul Julia</a> as Macheath. This version, simply known as "<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Moritat</span></span>", is an extension of the story with completely new lyrics that expound upon the tales of Macheath's trail of activity. Here is an excerpt: </p> <div style="margin-left: 2em;" class="poem"> <p>See the shark with teeth like razors.<br /> All can read his open face.<br /> And Macheath has got a knife, but<br /> Not in such an obvious place. </p> </div> <p>This version was performed by <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Lovett" title="Lyle Lovett">Lyle Lovett</a> on the soundtrack of the 1994 film <i><a href="/wiki/Quiz_Show_(film)" title="Quiz Show (film)">Quiz Show</a></i>. Darin's version plays over the opening credits and Lovett's over the closing credits. This interpretation was performed by <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> on Hal Willner's 1985 Weill tribute album <i>Lost in the Stars</i> and also recorded by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Cave" title="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a> in the late 1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_translation">1994 translation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1994 translation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A much darker translation by <a href="/wiki/Robert_David_MacDonald" title="Robert David MacDonald">Robert David MacDonald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Sams" title="Jeremy Sams">Jeremy Sams</a> into English was used for the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Donmar_Warehouse" title="Donmar Warehouse">Donmar Warehouse</a> theatrical production in London. The new translation attempted to recapture the original tone of the song: </p> <div style="margin-left: 2em;" class="poem"> <p>Though the shark's teeth may be lethal<br /> Still you see them white and red<br /> But you won't see Mackie's <a href="/wiki/Switchblade" title="Switchblade">flick knife</a><br /> Cause he slashed you and you're dead. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_recordings">Popular recordings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Popular recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"A Theme from <i>The Threepenny Opera</i> (Mack the Knife)"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg/220px-Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg/330px-Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Mack_The_Knife_Coronet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Back O'Town Blues"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">New York City<br />28 September 1955<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">25</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coronet_Records" title="Coronet Records">Coronet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a> (English lyrics)<br /><a href="/wiki/Turk_Murphy" title="Turk Murphy">Turk Murphy</a> (arranger)</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Louis_Armstrong_version">Louis Armstrong version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Louis Armstrong version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of early artists recorded the song, including the cast recording and a jazz version by <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Bechet" title="Sidney Bechet">Sidney Bechet</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pollack_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> who first introduced the vocal version of "Mack the Knife" to the United States <a href="/wiki/Hit_parade" title="Hit parade">hit parade</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Avakian" title="George Avakian">George Avakian</a>, a producer at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>, whose wife <a href="/wiki/Anahid_Ajemian" title="Anahid Ajemian">Anahid Ajemian</a> gave a recital of Weill's Violin Concerto in 1954, became interested in Weill's music, in particular the song from the off-Broadway production of <i>Three Penny Opera</i> that he had seen. He spent a few months trying to interest various jazz artists from his label to record "Mack the Knife",<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_oct_1955_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard_oct_1955-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eventually persuading <a href="/wiki/Turk_Murphy" title="Turk Murphy">Turk Murphy</a> to record. Murphy also suggested Armstrong to Avakian for the recording,<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made an arrangement of the song for him.<sup id="cite_ref-gleason_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gleason-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armstrong recorded an instrumental together with a vocal version on September 28, 1955, while Murphy also recorded both instrumental version and vocal versions himself as well as one in German with <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Lenya" title="Lotte Lenya">Lotte Lenya</a> on September 22, 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-pollack_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lyrics of Armstrong's version were based on the Broadway cast recording, but Avakian suggested changing Blitzstein's lyrics by using the word "drooping" instead of "dropping", as well as including the name of Lotte Lenya in the recording.<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armstrong gave a shout-out in the song to Lenya who was invited to the recording session by Avakian. Lenya also joined Armstrong to record a duet version which was not released commercially in their lifetime,<sup id="cite_ref-gordon_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gordon-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was released posthumously in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The version released by Armstrong was spliced together from the instrumental and the vocal recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-pollack_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song, titled "A Theme from The Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)", was released in late 1955 together with an instrumental version by Murphy, both by Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_oct_1955_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard_oct_1955-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song, however, faced an initial ban on the song by radio stations for lyrics perceived as glorification of a criminal, although it sold well.<sup id="cite_ref-gordon_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gordon-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armstrong's recording reached <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Top 100 chart in February 1956, peaking at No 20 on March 17, 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-billboardtop100_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboardtop100-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An instrumental version released by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hyman" title="Dick Hyman">Dick Hyman</a> charted higher.<sup id="cite_ref-gordon_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gordon-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armstrong's version also reached No. 8 in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-ukchart_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukchart-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, the 1955 recording of the song by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> & His All-Stars on <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armstrong's recording was inducted by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-loc_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charts">Charts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1956) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Louis_Armstrong_&_His_All-Stars_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Louis_Armstrong_&_His_All-Stars-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ukchart_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukchart-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">The Top 100</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-billboardtop100_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboardtop100-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bobby_Darin_version">Bobby Darin version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bobby Darin version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Mack the Knife"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mack_the_Knife_Bobby_Darin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Mack_the_Knife_Bobby_Darin.jpg/220px-Mack_the_Knife_Bobby_Darin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Mack_the_Knife_Bobby_Darin.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="282" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/That%27s_All_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="That's All (Bobby Darin album)">That's All</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Was There a Call for Me"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1959<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">December 19, 1958, at Fulton Studios, New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_pop" title="Traditional pop">Traditional pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lounge_music" title="Lounge music">lounge</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">11</span></span> (Album version)<br />3:04 (Single version)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Atco_Records" title="Atco Records">Atco</a> (U.S.)<br /><a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London Records</a> (UK)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a> (English version)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Lover" title="Dream Lover">Dream Lover</a>" <br />(1959) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Mack the Knife</b>" <br />(1959) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(song)" title="Beyond the Sea (song)">Beyond the Sea</a>" <br />(1959) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The song, however, is most closely associated with <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a>, who recorded his version on December 19, 1958 for his album <a href="/wiki/That%27s_All_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="That's All (Bobby Darin album)"><i>That's All</i></a>. Darin had performed the song in his act before, and wanted to include the song in an album of standards. The song was arranged by Richard Wess.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Musicians who played on the song included <a href="/wiki/Don_Lamond" title="Don Lamond">Don Lamond</a> on drums, <a href="/wiki/Milt_Hinton" title="Milt Hinton">Milt Hinton</a> on bass, and <a href="/wiki/Doc_Severinsen" title="Doc Severinsen">Doc Severinsen</a> on trumpet.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dowd" title="Tom Dowd">Tom Dowd</a> engineered the recording.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darin's version has similar lyrics to Armstrong's but with small changes, such as using the word "babe" instead of "dear', and he ended the song with a reprise of the sixth verse instead of the first.<sup id="cite_ref-pollack_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darin recorded the song in around three takes, performing the song with an up-tempo bouncy beat<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStarr2011[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidIUYCMSnVH-oCpgPA37_37–38]_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStarr2011[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidIUYCMSnVH-oCpgPA37_37–38]-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Modulating" class="mw-redirect" title="Modulating">modulating</a> up a semitone every verse starting with the third verse, from B-flat to B to C to D-flat to E-flat.<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was released as a single in August 1959, even though Darin was reluctant to release the song as a single.<sup id="cite_ref-pc13_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc13-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a> had advised Darin not to record the song because of the perception that, having come from an opera, the song might not appeal to a <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> audience; he subsequently acknowledged his error.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song reached number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> (Darin's only number 1 hit on the Hot 100) and number six on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Singles Chart">Black Singles Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was listed as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Cash_Box_Top_100_number-one_singles_of_1959" title="List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1959"><i>Cash Box</i> Top 100 number one single in 1959</a> for eight weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reception">Reception</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (who would record his own version in the 1980s with <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> for his <i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Is_My_Lady" title="L.A. Is My Lady">L.A. Is My Lady</a></i> album) called Darin's the "definitive" version.<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Bobby Darin took the song by the scruff of the neck and turned it into the swing classic widely known today. Unlike the Brecht-Weill original, which remains in the same key throughout, Darin's version changes key, chromatically, no fewer than five times, ratcheting up the tension. – <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><i>Billboard</i> ranked this version as <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1959" title="Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959">the No. 2 song for 1959</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, the Darin version was ranked No. 251 on <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "<a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>" list.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darin's version of the song was featured in the films <i><a href="/wiki/Quiz_Show_(film)" title="Quiz Show (film)">Quiz Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/What_Women_Want" title="What Women Want">What Women Want</a></i>. </p><p>The song earned Darin two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> in <a href="/wiki/2nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="2nd Annual Grammy Awards">1959</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a> and first ever <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" title="Grammy Award for Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darin's version was also inducted by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> at the same time as Armstrong's in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-loc_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was ranked as No. 15 in the list of <a href="/wiki/Songs_of_the_Century" title="Songs of the Century">Songs of the Century</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording Industry of America">Recording Industry of America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, the 1959 release of the song by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Atco_Records" title="Atco Records">Atco Records</a> label was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charts_2">Charts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1959) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Bobby_Darin_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_Bobby_Darin-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Wallonia)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Wallonia_Bobby_Darin_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Wallonia_Bobby_Darin-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada (<a href="/wiki/CHUM_Chart" title="CHUM Chart">CHUM <i>Hit Parade</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Bobby_Darin_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Bobby_Darin-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Norway_Bobby_Darin_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Norway_Bobby_Darin-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Bobby_Darin_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Bobby_Darin-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Bobby_Darin_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Bobby_Darin-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_West_Germany_Bobby_Darin_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_West_Germany_Bobby_Darin-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Certifications">Certifications</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomBobby_DarinMack_The_KnifesingleCertRef_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomBobby_DarinMack_The_KnifesingleCertRef-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Silver </td> <td>200,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesBobby_DarrinMack_the_KnifesingleCertRef_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesBobby_DarrinMack_the_KnifesingleCertRef-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ella_Fitzgerald_version">Ella Fitzgerald version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ella Fitzgerald version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Mack the Knife"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Ella_in_Berlin:_Mack_the_Knife" title="Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife">Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Lorelei"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">April 1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 13, 1960, at <a href="/wiki/Deutschlandhalle" title="Deutschlandhalle">Deutschlandhalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">4</span>:<span class="s">42</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein" title="Marc Blitzstein">Marc Blitzstein</a> (English version)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On February 13, 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> performed the song live for the first time in a concert at <a href="/wiki/Deutschlandhalle" title="Deutschlandhalle">Deutschlandhalle</a> in Berlin. Fitzgerald, however, forgot the lyrics after the first stanza, and she improvised new lyrics, including name-checking Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin.<sup id="cite_ref-perone_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perone-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was included on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Ella_in_Berlin:_Mack_the_Knife" title="Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife">Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife</a></i> released in July.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was released as a single in April 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version made the US Hot 100, peaking at No. 27 in June 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This song was Fitzgerald's best performing song in the 1960s, and she included the song in all her subsequent shows.<sup id="cite_ref-nicholson_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicholson-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The performance earned Fitzgerald a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance</a> at the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="3rd Annual Grammy Awards">3rd Annual Grammy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charts_3">Charts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1960) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Ella_Fitzgerald_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Ella_Fitzgerald-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Ella_Fitzgerald_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Ella_Fitzgerald-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ella_Fitzgerald_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ella_Fitzgerald-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Instrumental_versions">Instrumental versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Instrumental versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An instrumental version of "Mack the Knife" titled "Moritat – A Theme From "The Three Penny Opera"" was recorded by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hyman" title="Dick Hyman">Dick Hyman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it performed better than Louis Armstrong's vocal version that charted around the same time, reaching No. 9 on <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Top 100.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also reached No. 9 on the Cashbox chart,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as No. 9 on the UK chart in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of other instrumental versions also appeared on The Top 100 at the same time: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hayman" title="Richard Hayman">Richard Hayman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jan_August" title="Jan August">Jan August</a> (No. 12),<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_March17_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard_March17-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Welk" title="Lawrence Welk">Lawrence Welk</a> (No. 31),<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_March24_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard_March24-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Vaughn" title="Billy Vaughn">Billy Vaughn</a> (No. 37), and <a href="/wiki/Les_Paul_and_Mary_Ford" title="Les Paul and Mary Ford">Les Paul and Mary Ford</a> (No.49).<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_March17_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard_March17-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Billy Vaughn also reached No. 12 in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a> saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a> recorded an instrumental version entitled simply "<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Moritat</span></span>" for his album <i><a href="/wiki/Saxophone_Colossus" title="Saxophone Colossus">Saxophone Colossus</a></i> recorded in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1959 instrumental performance by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haley_%26_His_Comets" title="Bill Haley & His Comets">Bill Haley & His Comets</a> was the final song the group recorded for <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ray_Conniff" title="Ray Conniff">Ray Conniff</a> recorded a version for orchestra and chorus in 1962 for the album, <i>The Happy Beat</i>. <a href="/wiki/Liberace" title="Liberace">Liberace</a> performed the song in five styles: as originally written, in the style of the "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Danube_Waltz" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Danube Waltz">Blue Danube Waltz</a>", as a <a href="/wiki/Music_box" title="Music box">music box</a>, in a <a href="/wiki/Bossa_nova" title="Bossa nova">bossa nova</a> rhythm, and in <a href="/wiki/Boogie-woogie" title="Boogie-woogie">boogie-woogie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_versions">Other versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> added the song to his repertoire in 1984 in an arrangement by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Foster_(jazz_musician)" title="Frank Foster (jazz musician)">Frank Foster</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Steyn_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the performance included in his album <i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Is_My_Lady" title="L.A. Is My Lady">L.A. Is My Lady</a></i>, Sinatra similarly name-checked Armstrong and Darin, as well as adding members of his backing band.<sup id="cite_ref-perone_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perone-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinatra and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a> recorded a duet of the song for Sinatra's final album <i><a href="/wiki/Duets_II_(Frank_Sinatra_album)" title="Duets II (Frank Sinatra album)">Duets II</a></i> (1994). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nick_Cave" title="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Fly_(band)" title="Spanish Fly (band)">Spanish Fly</a> performed the song for the video <i><a href="/wiki/September_Songs_%E2%80%93_The_Music_of_Kurt_Weill" title="September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill">September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill</a></i> in 1994, released as an album in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Muldowney" title="Dominic Muldowney">Dominic Muldowney</a> recorded it for the 1985 tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_the_Stars:_The_Music_of_Kurt_Weill" title="Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill">Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable versions include performances by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lanegan" title="Mark Lanegan">Mark Lanegan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Van_Ronk" title="Dave Van Ronk">Dave Van Ronk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Dale_Gilmore" title="Jimmie Dale Gilmore">Jimmie Dale Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anita_O%27Day" title="Anita O'Day">Anita O'Day</a> (in an arrangement by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Giuffre" title="Jimmy Giuffre">Jimmy Giuffre</a>), <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull" title="Marianne Faithfull">Marianne Faithfull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Setzer" title="Brian Setzer">Brian Setzer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._John" title="Dr. John">Dr. John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ute_Lemper" title="Ute Lemper">Ute Lemper</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Kurt" title="King Kurt">King Kurt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eartha_Kitt" title="Eartha Kitt">Eartha Kitt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Furs" title="The Psychedelic Furs">The Psychedelic Furs</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Cassidy" title="David Cassidy">David Cassidy</a> (in <i>At the Copa</i>), <a href="/wiki/Westlife" title="Westlife">Westlife</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">The Doors</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9" title="Michael Bublé">Michael Bublé</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-perone_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perone-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swiss band <a href="/wiki/The_Young_Gods" title="The Young Gods">The Young Gods</a> radically reworked the song in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial</a> style on their 1991 album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Gods_Play_Kurt_Weill" title="The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill">The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill</a></i> as "Mackie Messer", <a href="/wiki/Deana_Martin" title="Deana Martin">Deana Martin</a> recorded "Mack the Knife" on her second studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Volare_(Deana_Martin_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volare (Deana Martin album)">Volare</a></i>, released in 2009 by Big Fish Records. <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> recorded the song on his 2001 album <i><a href="/wiki/Swing_When_You%27re_Winning" title="Swing When You're Winning">Swing When You're Winning</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hildegard_Knef" title="Hildegard Knef">Hildegard Knef</a> recorded a German version, "Mackie Messer".<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Salsa musician <a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Blades" title="Rubén Blades">Rubén Blades</a> recorded an homage entitled "<a href="/wiki/Pedro_Navaja" title="Pedro Navaja">Pedro Navaja</a>" (Razor Pete).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brazilian composer <a href="/wiki/Chico_Buarque" title="Chico Buarque">Chico Buarque</a>, in his loose adaptation of <i>Threepenny Opera</i> (<span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Ópera do <a href="/wiki/Malandragem" title="Malandragem">Malandro</a></i></span>), made two versions called "<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">O Malandro</span></span>" and "<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">O Malandro No. 2</span></span>", with lyrics in Portuguese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_1920s_jazz_standards" title="List of 1920s jazz standards">List of 1920s jazz standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_singles_chart_number_ones_of_the_1950s" title="List of UK singles chart number ones of the 1950s">List of UK singles chart number ones of the 1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Tonight" title="Mac Tonight">Mac Tonight</a>, marketing figure for McDonald's in the late 1980s using this song</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/">"Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law"</a>. <i>web.law.duke.edu</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=web.law.duke.edu&rft.atitle=Public+Domain+Day+2024+%26%23124%3B+Duke+University+School+of+Law&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.law.duke.edu%2Fcspd%2Fpublicdomainday%2F2024%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200279-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200279_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFriedwald2002">Friedwald 2002</a>, p. 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarneth2000" class="citation book cs1">Farneth, David (2000). <i>Kurt Weill: A Life in Pictures and Documents</i>. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press. pp. 75–78. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87951-721-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87951-721-2"><bdi>0-87951-721-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kurt+Weill%3A+A+Life+in+Pictures+and+Documents&rft.place=Woodstock%2C+New+York&rft.pages=75-78&rft.pub=Overlook+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-87951-721-2&rft.aulast=Farneth&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200281–82-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedwald200281–82_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFriedwald2002">Friedwald 2002</a>, pp. 81–82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernard_N._Lee_Jr2017" class="citation book cs1">Bernard N. Lee Jr (2017). Michele Barard (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nSHTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55"><i>A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the 50s</i></a>. Vol. 2. Conyers, Georgia: Bernard N. Lee Jr. p. 55. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9995576-0-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9995576-0-0"><bdi>978-0-9995576-0-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Look+Back+in+Time%3A+Memoir+of+a+Military+Kid+in+the+50s&rft.place=Conyers%2C+Georgia&rft.pages=55&rft.pub=Bernard+N.+Lee+Jr&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-9995576-0-0&rft.au=Bernard+N.+Lee+Jr&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnSHTDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA55&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Steyn-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steyn_6-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.steynonline.com/7344/mack-the-knife">"Mack the Knife – Sinatra Song of the Century #95"</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Steyn" title="Mark Steyn">Mark Steyn</a>, 8 December 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/115819">"Song: La complainte de Mackie"</a>. <i>Secondhandsongs.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 October</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Secondhandsongs.com&rft.atitle=Song%3A+La+complainte+de+Mackie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secondhandsongs.com%2Fwork%2F115819&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/11750">"<i>Threepenny Opera</i> (Cochran/Krimsky)"</a>. <i>IBDB.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway Database</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IBDB.com&rft.atitle=Threepenny+Opera+%28Cochran%2FKrimsky%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibdb.com%2Fbroadway-production%2F11750&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/13510">"<i>Threepenny Opera</i> (Blitzstein)"</a>. <i>IBDB.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway Database</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IBDB.com&rft.atitle=Threepenny+Opera+%28Blitzstein%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibdb.com%2Fbroadway-production%2F13510&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/louis+armstrong/mack+the+knife_20085339.html">Louis Armstrong – Mack The Knife Lyrics</a>, lyricsfreak.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLamore2016" class="citation book cs1">McLamore, Alyson (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AdYYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT429"><i>Musical Theater: An Appreciation</i></a>. Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781317346333" title="Special:BookSources/9781317346333"><bdi>9781317346333</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Musical+Theater%3A+An+Appreciation&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781317346333&rft.aulast=McLamore&rft.aufirst=Alyson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAdYYDQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT429&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPollack2012" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pollack" title="Howard Pollack">Pollack, Howard</a> (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hQK-PeiCH4AC&pg=PA362"><i>Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World</i></a>. Oxford University Press USA. p. 362. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199791590" title="Special:BookSources/9780199791590"><bdi>9780199791590</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marc+Blitzstein%3A+His+Life%2C+His+Work%2C+His+World&rft.pages=362&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press+USA&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9780199791590&rft.aulast=Pollack&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhQK-PeiCH4AC%26pg%3DPA362&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJos_Willems2006" class="citation book cs1">Jos Willems (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mvyj8r6puTgC&pg=PA257"><i>All of Me: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong</i></a>. Scarecrow Press. p. 257. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-5730-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-5730-8"><bdi>978-0-8108-5730-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=All+of+Me%3A+The+Complete+Discography+of+Louis+Armstrong&rft.pages=257&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-8108-5730-8&rft.au=Jos+Willems&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dmvyj8r6puTgC%26pg%3DPA257&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pollack-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pollack_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pollack_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pollack_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pollack_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPollack2012">Pollack 2012</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hQK-PeiCH4AC&pg=PA364">364</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboard_oct_1955-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_oct_1955_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_oct_1955_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OiMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15">"Unorthodox Events Lead to 2 Disks"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>. 29 October 1955.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Unorthodox+Events+Lead+to+2+Disks&rft.date=1955-10-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOiMEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gleason-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gleason_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGleason2016" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason" title="Ralph J. Gleason">Gleason, Ralph J.</a> (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-bEODAAAQBAJ&pg=PT91"><i>Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason</i></a>. Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780300221091" title="Special:BookSources/9780300221091"><bdi>9780300221091</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Music+in+the+Air%3A+The+Selected+Writings+of+Ralph+J.+Gleason&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9780300221091&rft.aulast=Gleason&rft.aufirst=Ralph+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-bEODAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT91&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gordon-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gordon_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gordon_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gordon_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon1989" class="citation book cs1">Gordon, Eric A. (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780312026073?cm_sp=bdp-_-ISBN13-_-PLP"><i>Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein</i></a>. St Martins' Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lpBcYuVVJawC&pg=PT384">396</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780312026073" title="Special:BookSources/9780312026073"><bdi>9780312026073</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mark+the+Music%3A+The+Life+and+Work+of+Marc+Blitzstein&rft.pages=396&rft.pub=St+Martins%27+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9780312026073&rft.aulast=Gordon&rft.aufirst=Eric+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.co.uk%2Fproducts%2Fisbn%2F9780312026073%3Fcm_sp%3Dbdp-_-ISBN13-_-PLP&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Kurt_Weill_Foundation_for_Music2021" class="citation web cs1">The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music (28 September 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=414642583383910">"#OnThisDay Lotte Lenya attends Louis Armstrong's recording session for "Mack the Knife" in 1955"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Facebook&rft.atitle=%23OnThisDay+Lotte+Lenya+attends+Louis+Armstrong%27s+recording+session+for+%22Mack+the+Knife%22+in+1955&rft.date=2021-09-28&rft.au=The+Kurt+Weill+Foundation+for+Music&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwatch%2F%3Fv%3D414642583383910&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCollier1983" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Lincoln_Collier" title="James Lincoln Collier">Collier, James Lincoln</a> (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7iznCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA321"><i>Louis Armstrong, an American Genius</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 321. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195037272" title="Special:BookSources/9780195037272"><bdi>9780195037272</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Louis+Armstrong%2C+an+American+Genius&rft.pages=321&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=9780195037272&rft.aulast=Collier&rft.aufirst=James+Lincoln&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7iznCwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA321&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboardtop100-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-billboardtop100_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboardtop100_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8x4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44">"The Top 100"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>. 17 March 1956. p. 44.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=The+Top+100&rft.pages=44&rft.date=1956-03-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8x4EAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA44&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ukchart-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ukchart_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ukchart_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/333/Louis-Armstrong">"Louis Armstrong: Artist Chart History"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#m">"GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com"</a>. <i>grammy.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=grammy.com&rft.atitle=GRAMMY+Hall+Of+Fame+%7C+Hall+of+Fame+Artists+%7C+GRAMMY.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grammy.com%2Fawards%2Fhall-of-fame-award%23m&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-loc-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-loc_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-loc_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2016/16-056.html">"New Entries to National Recording Registry"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+Entries+to+National+Recording+Registry&rft.pub=Library+of+Congress&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Ftoday%2Fpr%2F2016%2F16-056.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Louis_Armstrong_&_His_All-Stars-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Louis_Armstrong_&_His_All-Stars_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Louis+Armstrong+%26+His+All-Stars&titel=Mack+the+Knife&cat=s">Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars – Mack the Knife"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=bobby+darin+mack+the+knife&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiixeGRqfCJAxWDrYkEHWOFJWoQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=bobby%20darin%20mack%20the%20knife&f=false">"Reviews of This Week's Singles"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>: 41. 10 August 1959.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Reviews+of+This+Week%27s+Singles&rft.pages=41&rft.date=1959-08-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPQoEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA41%26dq%3Dbobby%2Bdarin%2Bmack%2Bthe%2Bknife%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwiixeGRqfCJAxWDrYkEHWOFJWoQ6AF6BAgIEAI%23v%3Donepage%26q%3Dbobby%2520darin%2520mack%2520the%2520knife%26f%3Dfalse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurke1998" class="citation book cs1">Burke, Ken (1 January 1998). "Bobby Darin". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). <i>MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide</i>. Detroit: <a href="/wiki/Visible_Ink_Press" title="Visible Ink Press">Visible Ink Press</a>. p. 121.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bobby+Darin&rft.btitle=MusicHound+Lounge%3A+The+Essential+Album+Guide&rft.place=Detroit&rft.pages=121&rft.pub=Visible+Ink+Press&rft.date=1998-01-01&rft.aulast=Burke&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/MackTheKnife-Darin.pdf">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Mack the Knife"—Bobby Darin (1959). Added to the National Registry: 2015. Essay by Jimmy Scalia"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Loc.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Loc.gov&rft.atitle=%22Mack+the+Knife%22%E2%80%94Bobby+Darin+%281959%29.+Added+to+the+National+Registry%3A+2015.+Essay+by+Jimmy+Scalia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Fstatic%2Fprograms%2Fnational-recording-preservation-board%2Fdocuments%2FMackTheKnife-Darin.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStarr2011" class="citation book cs1">Starr, Michael Seth (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IUYCMSnVH-oC&pg=PA36"><i>Bobby Darin: A Life</i></a>. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 36. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781589795983" title="Special:BookSources/9781589795983"><bdi>9781589795983</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bobby+Darin%3A+A+Life&rft.pages=36&rft.pub=Taylor+Trade+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781589795983&rft.aulast=Starr&rft.aufirst=Michael+Seth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIUYCMSnVH-oC%26pg%3DPA36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/bio_50.HTM">"Tom Dowd & the Language of Music"</a>. Language of Music Films<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tom+Dowd+%26+the+Language+of+Music&rft.pub=Language+of+Music+Films&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelanguageofmusic.com%2Fbio_50.HTM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStarr2011[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidIUYCMSnVH-oCpgPA37_37–38]-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStarr2011[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidIUYCMSnVH-oCpgPA37_37–38]_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStarr2011">Starr 2011</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IUYCMSnVH-oC&pg=PA37">37–38</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pc13-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pc13_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19762/m1/">"Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 3]: Track 2: Bobby Darin"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Chronicles" title="Pop Chronicles">Pop Chronicles</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pop+Chronicles&rft.atitle=Big+Rock+Candy+Mountain%3A+Rock+%27n%27+roll+in+the+late+fifties.+%5BPart+3%5D%3A+Track+2%3A+Bobby+Darin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.unt.edu%2Fark%3A%2F67531%2Fmetadc19762%2Fm1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bobbydarin.net/bdclark.html">"Bobby Darin & Dick Clark"</a>. <i>www.bobbydarin.net</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.bobbydarin.net&rft.atitle=Bobby+Darin+%26+Dick+Clark&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bobbydarin.net%2Fbdclark.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000114946"><i>That's All</i> – Bobby Darin</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bobby-darin/mack-the-knife">" 'Mack the Knife' by Bobby Darin"</a>, songfacts.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/1959.html">"Cash Box Pop Singles – 1959"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cashbox</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCheal2016" class="citation web cs1">Cheal, David (15 January 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/90df12d6-b87f-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb">"The Life of a Song: 'Mack the Knife'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>. Archived from <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ft.com/content/90df12d6-b87f-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb">the original</a></span> on 10 December 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Financial+Times&rft.atitle=The+Life+of+a+Song%3A+%27Mack+the+Knife%27&rft.date=2016-01-15&rft.aulast=Cheal&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcontent%2F90df12d6-b87f-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140102011043/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php">"Billboard Top 100 – 1959"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php">the original</a> on 2 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Billboard+Top+100+%E2%80%93+1959&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flongboredsurfer.com%2Fcharts%2F1959.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/">"500 Greatest Songs of All Time"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>. 11 December 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=500+Greatest+Songs+of+All+Time&rft.date=2003-12-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-lists%2F500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/2nd-annual-grammy-awards-1959">"2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards"</a>. <i>GRAMMY.com</i>. 28 November 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GRAMMY.com&rft.atitle=2nd+Annual+GRAMMY+Awards&rft.date=2017-11-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grammy.com%2Fgrammys%2Fawards%2F2nd-annual-grammy-awards-1959&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/list.top.365.songs/">"Songs of the Century"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a></i>. 7 March 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN&rft.atitle=Songs+of+the+Century&rft.date=2001-03-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2001%2FSHOWBIZ%2FMusic%2F03%2F07%2Flist.top.365.songs%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#m">https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#m</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation is required to prevent link rot. (August 2024)">bare URL</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Flanders_Bobby_Darin-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Bobby_Darin_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bobby+Darin&titel=Mack+the+Knife&cat=s">Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Wallonia_Bobby_Darin-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Wallonia_Bobby_Darin_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Bobby+Darin&titel=Mack+the+Knife&cat=s">Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife"</a> (in French). <a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chumtribute.com/59-10-12-chart.jpg">"CHUM Hit Parade, week of October 12, 1959"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CHUM+Hit+Parade%2C+week+of+October+12%2C+1959&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fchumtribute.com%2F59-10-12-chart.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Bobby_Darin-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Bobby_Darin_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bobby+Darin&titel=Mack+the+Knife&cat=s">Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Norway_Bobby_Darin-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Norway_Bobby_Darin_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bobby+Darin&titel=Mack+the+Knife&cat=s">Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife"</a>. <a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Bobby_Darin-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Bobby_Darin_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1246/Bobby-Darin">"Bobby Darin: Artist Chart History"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Bobby_Darin-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Bobby_Darin_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/Bobby-Darin/chart-history/HSI">"Bobby Darin Chart History (Hot 100)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/50s_files/19591010.html">"The Cash Box Best-Selling Singles: Week ending October 10, 1959"</a>. <i>Tropicalglen.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tropicalglen.com&rft.atitle=The+Cash+Box+Best-Selling+Singles%3A+Week+ending+October+10%2C+1959&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftropicalglen.com%2FArchives%2F50s_files%2F19591010.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_West_Germany_Bobby_Darin-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_West_Germany_Bobby_Darin_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-107351">Offiziellecharts.de – Bobby Darin – Mack the Knife"</a> <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span>. <a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK Entertainment charts</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_KingdomBobby_DarinMack_The_KnifesingleCertRef-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-United_KingdomBobby_DarinMack_The_KnifesingleCertRef_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/19884-3109-1">"British single certifications – Bobby Darin – Mack The Knife"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=British+single+certifications+%E2%80%93+Bobby+Darin+%E2%80%93+Mack+The+Knife&rft.pub=British+Phonographic+Industry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpi.co.uk%2Faward%2F19884-3109-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-United_StatesBobby_DarrinMack_the_KnifesingleCertRef-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-United_StatesBobby_DarrinMack_the_KnifesingleCertRef_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Bobby+Darrin&ti=Mack+the+Knife&format=Single&type=#search_section">"American single certifications – Bobby Darrin – Mack the Knife"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=American+single+certifications+%E2%80%93+Bobby+Darrin+%E2%80%93+Mack+the+Knife&rft.pub=Recording+Industry+Association+of+America&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.riaa.com%2Fgold-platinum%2F%3Ftab_active%3Ddefault-award%26ar%3DBobby%2BDarrin%26ti%3DMack%2Bthe%2BKnife%26format%3DSingle%26type%3D%23search_section&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson2010" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, J. Wilfred (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dBAkCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA77"><i>Ella Fitzgerald: An Annotated Discography; Including a Complete Discography of Chick Webb</i></a>. McFarland. p. 77. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786446902" title="Special:BookSources/9780786446902"><bdi>9780786446902</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ella+Fitzgerald%3A+An+Annotated+Discography%3B+Including+a+Complete+Discography+of+Chick+Webb&rft.pages=77&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780786446902&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=J.+Wilfred&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdBAkCQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA77&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-perone-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-perone_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-perone_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-perone_54-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerone2016" class="citation book cs1">Perone, James E. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ChjHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA83"><i>Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America</i></a>. ABC-CLIO. p. 83. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781440834691" title="Special:BookSources/9781440834691"><bdi>9781440834691</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Smash+Hits%3A+The+100+Songs+That+Defined+America&rft.pages=83&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781440834691&rft.aulast=Perone&rft.aufirst=James+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DChjHEAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA83&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cR8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23">"Reviews of This Week's LP's"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 4 July 1960. p. 23.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Reviews+of+This+Week%27s+LP%27s&rft.pages=23&rft.date=1960-07-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcR8EAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nR8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31">"This Week's New Money Records"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 4 April 1960. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=This+Week%27s+New+Money+Records&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1960-04-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnR8EAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitburn2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Whitburn, Joel</a> (2013). <i>Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012</i>. Record Research. p. 298.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joel+Whitburn%27s+Top+Pop+Singles%2C+14th+Edition%3A+1955-2012&rft.pages=298&rft.pub=Record+Research&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Whitburn&rft.aufirst=Joel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nicholson-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nicholson_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicholson2014" class="citation book cs1">Nicholson, Stuart (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=M1QSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA190"><i>Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition</i></a>. Taylor & Francis. p. 190. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136788147" title="Special:BookSources/9781136788147"><bdi>9781136788147</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ella+Fitzgerald%3A+A+Biography+of+the+First+Lady+of+Jazz%2C+Updated+Edition&rft.pages=190&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9781136788147&rft.aulast=Nicholson&rft.aufirst=Stuart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DM1QSBAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA190&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ella-fitzgerald/16685">"Ella Fitzgerald"</a>. <i>GRAMMY.com</i>. 23 November 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GRAMMY.com&rft.atitle=Ella+Fitzgerald&rft.date=2020-11-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grammy.com%2Fgrammys%2Fartists%2Fella-fitzgerald%2F16685&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Ella_Fitzgerald-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Ella_Fitzgerald_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6109/Ella-Fitzgerald">"Ella Fitzgerald: Artist Chart History"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Ella_Fitzgerald-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Ella_Fitzgerald_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/Ella-Fitzgerald/chart-history/HSI">"Ella Fitzgerald Chart History (Hot 100)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ella_Fitzgerald-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ella_Fitzgerald_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/Ella-Fitzgerald/chart-history/BSI">"Ella Fitzgerald Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19600702.html">"The Cash Box Best-Selling Singles: Week ending June 2, 1960"</a>. <i>Tropicalglen.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tropicalglen.com&rft.atitle=The+Cash+Box+Best-Selling+Singles%3A+Week+ending+June+2%2C+1960&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftropicalglen.com%2FArchives%2F60s_files%2F19600702.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Qh8EAAAAMBAJ&q=moritat">"The Top 100"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 24 March 1956. p. 42.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=The+Top+100&rft.pages=42&rft.date=1956-03-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQh8EAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Dmoritat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/50s_files/19560225.html">"The Cash Box Best-Selling Singles: Week ending February 25, 1956"</a>. <i>Tropicalglen.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tropicalglen.com&rft.atitle=The+Cash+Box+Best-Selling+Singles%3A+Week+ending+February+25%2C+1956&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftropicalglen.com%2FArchives%2F50s_files%2F19560225.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3257/dick-hyman-trio/">"Dick Hyman Trio"</a>. <i>The Official Charts Company</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Official+Charts+Company&rft.atitle=Dick+Hyman+Trio&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialcharts.com%2Fartist%2F3257%2Fdick-hyman-trio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboard_March17-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_March17_67-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_March17_67-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8x4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44">"The Top 100"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 17 March 1956. p. 44.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=The+Top+100&rft.pages=44&rft.date=1956-03-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8x4EAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA44&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboard_March24-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-billboard_March24_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Qh8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42">"The Top 100"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. 24 March 1956. p. 42.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=The+Top+100&rft.pages=42&rft.date=1956-03-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQh8EAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA42&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3295/billy-vaughn/">"Billy Vaughn"</a>. <i>The Official Charts Company</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Official+Charts+Company&rft.atitle=Billy+Vaughn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialcharts.com%2Fartist%2F3295%2Fbilly-vaughn%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://steemit.com/music/@fjcalduch/moritat-mack-the-knife-sonny-rollins-s-version">"Moritat (Mack The Knife) (Sonny Rollins's version)"</a>. <i>Steemit</i>. 23 June 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Steemit&rft.atitle=Moritat+%28Mack+The+Knife%29+%28Sonny+Rollins%27s+version%29&rft.date=2018-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsteemit.com%2Fmusic%2F%40fjcalduch%2Fmoritat-mack-the-knife-sonny-rollins-s-version&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGioia2021" class="citation book cs1">Gioia, Ted (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TX0_EAAAQBAJ&pg=P281"><i>The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 281. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780190087173" title="Special:BookSources/9780190087173"><bdi>9780190087173</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jazz+Standards%3A+A+Guide+to+the+Repertoire&rft.pages=281&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2021&rft.isbn=9780190087173&rft.aulast=Gioia&rft.aufirst=Ted&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTX0_EAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DP281&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eder, Bruce. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000308951">The Decca Years & More – Bill Haley & His Comets</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wZ-nbU76rk"><span class="plainlinks">Liberace performs "Mack the Knife" on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show</i></span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a> (note: this performance omits the music box version).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBambarger1997" class="citation magazine cs1">Bambarger, Bradley (23 August 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9-IA6">"Sony Classical Tribute Taps into the Legacy of Kurt Weill"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>. p. 9.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Sony+Classical+Tribute+Taps+into+the+Legacy+of+Kurt+Weill&rft.pages=9&rft.date=1997-08-23&rft.aulast=Bambarger&rft.aufirst=Bradley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3QkEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA9-IA6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Viglione, Joe. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000194694">Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a>. Retrieved 18 July 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/King-Kurt-Mack-The-Knife/release/633562">"King Kurt – Mack The Knife"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></i>. 1984<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Discogs&rft.atitle=King+Kurt+%E2%80%93+Mack+The+Knife&rft.date=1984&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2FKing-Kurt-Mack-The-Knife%2Frelease%2F633562&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/master/494140-Eartha-Kitt-The-Fabulous-Eartha-Kitt">"Eartha Kitt - The Fabulous Eartha Kitt"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></i>. 1959<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Discogs&rft.atitle=Eartha+Kitt+-+The+Fabulous+Eartha+Kitt&rft.date=1959&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Fmaster%2F494140-Eartha-Kitt-The-Fabulous-Eartha-Kitt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcDowell2024" class="citation web cs1">McDowell, Jay (1 February 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-violent-origins-and-chart-topping-success-of-mack-the-knife-by-bobby-darin/">"Behind the Violent Origins and Chart-Topping Success of "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin"</a>. <i>American Songwriters</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=American+Songwriters&rft.atitle=Behind+the+Violent+Origins+and+Chart-Topping+Success+of+%22Mack+the+Knife%22+by+Bobby+Darin&rft.date=2024-02-01&rft.aulast=McDowell&rft.aufirst=Jay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Famericansongwriter.com%2Fbehind-the-violent-origins-and-chart-topping-success-of-mack-the-knife-by-bobby-darin%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002051610">Mack the Knife</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thoughtco.com/mack-the-knife-lyrics-in-german-4076149">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Mack the Knife" Lyrics in German"</a>. <i>ThoughtCo</i>. 24 February 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ThoughtCo&rft.atitle=%22Mack+the+Knife%22+Lyrics+in+German&rft.date=2020-02-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thoughtco.com%2Fmack-the-knife-lyrics-in-german-4076149&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maestravida.com/pedronavaja.html">"Pedro Navaja"</a>. <i>MaestraVida.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 October</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MaestraVida.com&rft.atitle=Pedro+Navaja&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maestravida.com%2Fpedronavaja.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Sources</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriedwald2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Will_Friedwald" title="Will Friedwald">Friedwald, Will</a> (2002). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stardustmelodies00frie"><i>Stardust Melodies: The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs</i></a></span>. New York: Pantheon Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-42089-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-42089-4"><bdi>0-375-42089-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stardust+Melodies%3A+The+Biography+of+Twelve+of+America%27s+Most+Popular+Songs&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Pantheon+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-375-42089-4&rft.aulast=Friedwald&rft.aufirst=Will&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstardustmelodies00frie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMack+the+Knife" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPG9GcykPIY"><span class="plainlinks">"Mackie Messer"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a>, sung by <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Lenya" title="Lotte Lenya">Lotte Lenya</a> (3:39)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXJ3OXWaOY"><span class="plainlinks">Bertolt Brecht sings "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"</span></a> on YouTube (2:48)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bobbydarin.net/macklyrics.html">Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2155/whats-the-story-behind-mack-the-knife">"What's the story behind 'Mack the Knife'?"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Straight_Dope" title="The Straight Dope">The Straight Dope</a>, 1 April 2004</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/8696"><i>Threepenny Opera</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway Database</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://german.about.com/library/blmus_hknef04.htm">Lyrics</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bertolt_Brecht&#039;s_and_Kurt_Weill&#039;s_The_Threepenny_Opera_(1928)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:The_Threepenny_Opera" title="Template:The Threepenny Opera"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:The_Threepenny_Opera" title="Template talk:The Threepenny Opera"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:The_Threepenny_Opera" title="Special:EditPage/Template:The Threepenny Opera"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bertolt_Brecht&#039;s_and_Kurt_Weill&#039;s_The_Threepenny_Opera_(1928)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a>'s and <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (1928)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Source</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Gay" title="John Gay">John Gay</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera" title="The Beggar's Opera">The Beggar's Opera</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera_(1931_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(1989_film)" title="Mack the Knife (1989 film)">Mack the Knife</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mack the Knife</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pirate_Jenny" title="Pirate Jenny">Pirate Jenny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Keeps_Mankind_Alive%3F" title="What Keeps Mankind Alive?">What Keeps Mankind Alive?</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Threepenny_Novel" title="Threepenny Novel">Threepenny Novel</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_Mack_the_Knife" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;background: lightblue"><div id="Awards_for_Mack_the_Knife" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Awards for <i>Mack the Knife</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Template:Grammy Award for Record of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:Grammy Award for Record of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy Award for Record of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Grammy Award for Record of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Nel_blu,_dipinto_di_blu_(song)" title="Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)">Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Modugno" title="Domenico Modugno">Domenico Modugno</a> (1958)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mack the Knife</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_from_A_Summer_Place" title="Theme from A Summer Place">Theme from <i>A Summer Place</i></a>" – <a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a> (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moon_River" title="Moon River">Moon River</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco" title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco">I Left My Heart in San Francisco</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Days_of_Wine_and_Roses_(song)" title="Days of Wine and Roses (song)">Days of Wine and Roses</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Girl_from_Ipanema" title="The Girl from Ipanema">The Girl from Ipanema</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Astrud_Gilberto" title="Astrud Gilberto">Astrud Gilberto</a> & <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a> (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey_(song)" title="A Taste of Honey (song)">A Taste of Honey</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a> & the Tijuana Brass (1965)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night" title="Strangers in the Night">Strangers in the Night</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Up,_Up_and_Away_(song)" title="Up, Up and Away (song)">Up, Up and Away</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_5th_Dimension" title="The 5th Dimension">The 5th Dimension</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mrs._Robinson" title="Mrs. Robinson">Mrs. Robinson</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aquarius/Let_the_Sunshine_In" title="Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In">Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_5th_Dimension" title="The 5th Dimension">The 5th Dimension</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" title="Bridge over Troubled Water (song)">Bridge over Troubled Water</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Too_Late_(Carole_King_song)" title="It's Too Late (Carole King song)">It's Too Late</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Time_Ever_I_Saw_Your_Face" title="The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face">The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly with His Song</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Honestly_Love_You" title="I Honestly Love You">I Honestly Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Will_Keep_Us_Together" title="Love Will Keep Us Together">Love Will Keep Us Together</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Captain_%26_Tennille" title="Captain & Tennille">Captain & Tennille</a> (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Masquerade" title="This Masquerade">This Masquerade</a>" – <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a> (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hotel_California" title="Hotel California">Hotel California</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song)" title="Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)">Just the Way You Are</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Fool_Believes" title="What a Fool Believes">What a Fool Believes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Doobie_Brothers" title="The Doobie Brothers">The Doobie Brothers</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sailing_(Christopher_Cross_song)" title="Sailing (Christopher Cross song)">Sailing</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross" title="Christopher Cross">Christopher Cross</a> (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis_Eyes" title="Bette Davis Eyes">Bette Davis Eyes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Carnes" title="Kim Carnes">Kim Carnes</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rosanna_(song)" title="Rosanna (song)">Rosanna</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Love_Got_to_Do_with_It_(song)" title="What's Love Got to Do with It (song)">What's Love Got to Do with It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Higher_Love" title="Higher Love">Higher Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Winwood" title="Steve Winwood">Steve Winwood</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Graceland_(song)" title="Graceland (song)">Graceland</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Worry,_Be_Happy" title="Don't Worry, Be Happy">Don't Worry, Be Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin" title="Bobby McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wind_Beneath_My_Wings" title="Wind Beneath My Wings">Wind Beneath My Wings</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Day_in_Paradise" title="Another Day in Paradise">Another Day in Paradise</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" title="Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)">Unforgettable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a> with <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven" title="Tears in Heaven">Tears in Heaven</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Wanna_Do_(Sheryl_Crow_song)" title="All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)">All I Wanna Do</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Crow" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kiss_from_a_Rose" title="Kiss from a Rose">Kiss from a Rose</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Seal_(musician)" title="Seal (musician)">Seal</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Change_the_World" title="Change the World">Change the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Came_Home" title="Sunny Came Home">Sunny Came Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" title="Shawn Colvin">Shawn Colvin</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smooth_(Santana_song)" title="Smooth (Santana song)">Smooth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Santana_(band)" title="Santana (band)">Santana</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomas_(musician)" title="Rob Thomas (musician)">Rob Thomas</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walk_On_(U2_song)" title="Walk On (U2 song)">Walk On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Know_Why" title="Don't Know Why">Don't Know Why</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Clocks_(song)" title="Clocks (song)">Clocks</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_Again_(Ray_Charles_song)" title="Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)">Here We Go Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boulevard_of_Broken_Dreams_(Green_Day_song)" title="Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)">Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Ready_to_Make_Nice" title="Not Ready to Make Nice">Not Ready to Make Nice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song)" title="Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)">Rehab</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Please_Read_the_Letter" title="Please Read the Letter">Please Read the Letter</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Use_Somebody" title="Use Somebody">Use Somebody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Now_(Lady_Antebellum_song)" title="Need You Now (Lady Antebellum song)">Need You Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Antebellum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Antebellum">Lady Antebellum</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know" title="Somebody That I Used to Know">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gotye" title="Gotye">Gotye</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kimbra" title="Kimbra">Kimbra</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Daft_Punk_song)" title="Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)">Get Lucky</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Daft_Punk" title="Daft Punk">Daft Punk</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)" title="Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)">Stay with Me</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins" title="Rodney Jerkins">Darkchild</a> version) – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith" title="Sam Smith">Sam Smith</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Funk" title="Uptown Funk">Uptown Funk</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)" title="Hello (Adele song)">Hello</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/24K_Magic_(song)" title="24K Magic (song)">24K Magic</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)" title="Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)">Bad Guy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything_I_Wanted" title="Everything I Wanted">Everything I Wanted</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish</a> (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" title="Leave the Door Open">Leave the Door Open</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Silk_Sonic" title="Silk Sonic">Silk Sonic</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/About_Damn_Time" title="About Damn Time">About Damn Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lizzo" title="Lizzo">Lizzo</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flowers_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)">Flowers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394678">@media screen{.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-solo .navbox-title{background-color:#f0e68c}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-non-vocal .navbox-title{background-color:#f4bf92}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-non-perform .navbox-title{background-color:#bfe0bf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-group .navbox-title{background-color:#b0c4de}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-cover .navbox-title{background-color:#d8bfd8}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-classical .navbox-title{background-color:#b0e0e6}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist-temp .navbox-title{background-color:#d3d3d3}.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}html.skin-theme-clienpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist .navbox-title{background-color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clienpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbox-musical-artist .navbox-title{background-color:inherit}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Louis_Armstrong" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Louis_Armstrong" title="Template:Louis Armstrong"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Louis_Armstrong" title="Template talk:Louis Armstrong"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Louis_Armstrong" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Louis Armstrong"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Louis_Armstrong" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_discography" title="Louis Armstrong discography">Discography</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_filmography" title="Louis Armstrong filmography">Filmography</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Top Ten<br />singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Muskrat_Ramble" title="Muskrat Ramble">Muskrat Ramble</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1926)</span></li> <li>"Hotter Than That"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/West_End_Blues" title="West End Blues">West End Blues</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1928)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Misbehavin%27_(song)" title="Ain't Misbehavin' (song)">Ain't Misbehavin'</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1929)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_My_Chinatown" title="Chinatown, My Chinatown">Chinatown, My Chinatown</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1932)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can_Depend_on_Me_(Louis_Armstrong_song)" title="You Can Depend on Me (Louis Armstrong song)">You Can Depend on Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_Me_(jazz_standard)" title="All of Me (jazz standard)">All of Me</a>"</li> <li>"Love, You Funny Thing"</li> <li>"Sweethearts on Parade"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(1930_song)" title="Body and Soul (1930 song)">Body and Soul</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1932)</span></li> <li>"Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1933)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_in_the_Mood_for_Love" title="I'm in the Mood for Love">I'm in the Mood for Love</a>/You Are My Lucky Star" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1935)</span></li> <li>"Public Melody Number One" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_the_Saints_Go_Marching_In" title="When the Saints Go Marching In">When the Saints Go Marching In</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1939)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Won%27t_Be_Satisfied_(Until_You_Break_My_Heart)" title="You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)">You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946)</span></li> <li>"When We Are Dancing" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1951)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Wonderful_World" title="What a Wonderful World">What a Wonderful World</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1968)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Satchmo_at_Pasadena" title="Satchmo at Pasadena">Satchmo at Pasadena</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1951)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_Plays_W.C._Handy" title="Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy">Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1955)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_at_the_Crescendo,_Vol._1" title="Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1">Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1955)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_and_the_Angels" title="Louis and the Angels">Louis and the Angels</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_and_the_Good_Book" title="Louis and the Good Book">Louis and the Good Book</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1958)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satchmo_In_Style" title="Satchmo In Style">Satchmo In Style</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1959)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(Louis_Armstrong_album)" title="Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong album)">Hello, Dolly!</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1964)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Struttin%27_(Louis_Armstrong_album)" title="Struttin' (Louis Armstrong album)">Struttin'</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span><br /></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella<br />Fitzgerald</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald_and_Louis_Armstrong_collaborations" title="Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations">Armstrong-Fitzgerald history</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Louis" title="Ella and Louis">Ella and Louis</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1956)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Louis_Again" title="Ella and Louis Again">Ella and Louis Again</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(Ella_Fitzgerald_and_Louis_Armstrong_album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1959)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Ella_Fitzgerald_%26_Louis_Armstrong_on_Verve" title="The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve">The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_Meets_Oscar_Peterson" title="Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson">Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bing_%26_Satchmo" title="Bing & Satchmo">Bing & Satchmo</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1960)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Summit" title="The Great Summit">The Great Summit</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1961)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Ambassadors" title="The Real Ambassadors">The Real Ambassadors</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1961)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Weeper" title="Willie the Weeper">Willie the Weeper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/West_End_Blues#Louis_Armstrong's_recording" title="West End Blues">West End Blues</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1928)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Misbehavin%27_(song)" title="Ain't Misbehavin' (song)">Ain't Misbehavin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_the_Saints_Go_Marching_In" title="When the Saints Go Marching In">When the Saints Go Marching In</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mack the Knife</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1956)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Autumn_in_New_York_(song)" title="Autumn in New York (song)">Autumn in New York</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_My_Way_(Louis_Armstrong_song)" title="On My Way (Louis Armstrong song)">On My Way</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1959)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Satchmo%27s_Lullaby" title="Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby">Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1959)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" title="Hello, Dolly! (song)">Hello, Dolly!</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1964)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Wonderful_World" title="What a Wonderful World">What a Wonderful World</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1967)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Have_All_the_Time_in_the_World" title="We Have All the Time in the World">We Have All the Time in the World</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span><br /></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alexander%27s_Ragtime_Band" title="Alexander's Ragtime Band">Alexander's Ragtime Band</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/April_in_Paris_(song)" title="April in Paris (song)">April in Paris</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana" title="Back Home Again in Indiana">Back Home Again in Indiana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Basin_Street_Blues" title="Basin Street Blues">Basin Street Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Butter_and_Egg_Man" title="Big Butter and Egg Man">Big Butter and Egg Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Turning_Grey_Over_You" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Turning Grey Over You">Blue Turning Grey Over You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blueberry_Hill_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blueberry Hill (song)">Blueberry Hill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/C%27est_si_bon" title="C'est si bon">C'est si bon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_We_Be_Friends%3F" title="Can't We Be Friends?">Can't We Be Friends?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek" title="Cheek to Cheek">Cheek to Cheek</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cold,_Cold_Heart" title="Cold, Cold Heart">Cold, Cold Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_Yule_(song)" title="Cool Yule (song)">Cool Yule</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dippermouth_Blues" title="Dippermouth Blues">Dippermouth Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_What_It_Means_to_Miss_New_Orleans%3F" title="Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?">Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_a_Little_Dream_of_Me" title="Dream a Little Dream of Me">Dream a Little Dream of Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/East_of_the_Sun_(and_West_of_the_Moon)" title="East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)">East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_Choclo" title="El Choclo">El Choclo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody_Loves_My_Baby" title="Everybody Loves My Baby">Everybody Loves My Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Frankie_and_Johnny_(song)" title="Frankie and Johnny (song)">Frankie and Johnny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" title="Georgia on My Mind">Georgia on My Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Together_(Youngbloods_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Get Together (Youngbloods song)">Get Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gone_Fishin%27_(song)" title="Gone Fishin' (song)">Gone Fishin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gypsy_in_My_Soul" title="The Gypsy in My Soul">The Gypsy in My Soul</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heebie_Jeebies_(composition)" title="Heebie Jeebies (composition)">Heebie Jeebies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" title="Hello, Dolly! (song)">Hello, Dolly!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Lawdy_Mama" title="Hey Lawdy Mama">Hey Lawdy Mama</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/High_Society_Calypso" title="High Society Calypso">High Society Calypso</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Get_Ideas" title="I Get Ideas">I Get Ideas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_(1944_song)" title="I Wonder (1944 song)">I Wonder</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Got_the_World_on_a_String" title="I've Got the World on a String">I've Got the World on a String</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Been_a_Long,_Long_Time" title="It's Been a Long, Long Time">It's Been a Long, Long Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_(song)" title="Jeepers Creepers (song)">Jeepers Creepers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Kiss_to_Build_a_Dream_On" title="A Kiss to Build a Dream On">A Kiss to Build a Dream On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Up_A)_Lazy_River" title="(Up A) Lazy River">(Up A) Lazy River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off" title="Let's Call the Whole Thing Off">Let's Call the Whole Thing Off</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Do_It,_Let%27s_Fall_in_Love" title="Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love">Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moon_River" title="Moon River">Moon River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moonlight_in_Vermont_(song)" title="Moonlight in Vermont (song)">Moonlight in Vermont</a>"</li> <li>"Muggles"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Muskrat_Ramble" title="Muskrat Ramble">Muskrat Ramble</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nobody_Knows_the_Trouble_I%27ve_Seen" title="Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen">Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Now_You_Has_Jazz" title="Now You Has Jazz">Now You Has Jazz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_a_Little_Bamboo_Bridge" title="On a Little Bamboo Bridge">On a Little Bamboo Bridge</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_My_Way_(Louis_Armstrong_song)" title="On My Way (Louis Armstrong song)">On My Way</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street" title="On the Sunny Side of the Street">On the Sunny Side of the Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pennies_from_Heaven_(song)" title="Pennies from Heaven (song)">Pennies from Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Potato_Head_Blues" title="Potato Head Blues">Potato Head Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Sails_in_the_Sunset_(song)" title="Red Sails in the Sunset (song)">Red Sails in the Sunset</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Chair_(1929_song)" title="Rockin' Chair (1929 song)">Rockin' Chair</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Blues_(song)" title="Saint Louis Blues (song)">Saint Louis Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shine_(1910_song)" title="Shine (1910 song)">Shine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skokiaan" title="Skokiaan">Skokiaan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sometimes_I_Feel_Like_a_Motherless_Child" title="Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child">Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/St._James_Infirmary_Blues" title="St. James Infirmary Blues">St. James Infirmary Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Standing_on_the_Corner_(Blue_Yodel_No._9)" title="Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)">Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stardust_(1927_song)" title="Stardust (1927 song)">Stardust</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stars_Fell_on_Alabama" title="Stars Fell on Alabama">Stars Fell on Alabama</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Takes_Two_to_Tango_(song)" title="Takes Two to Tango (song)">Takes Two to Tango</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That_Lucky_Old_Sun" title="That Lucky Old Sun">That Lucky Old Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_My_Desire" title="That's My Desire">That's My Desire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_Must_Be_Somebody_Else" title="There Must Be Somebody Else">There Must Be Somebody Else</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/They_All_Laughed_(song)" title="They All Laughed (song)">They All Laughed</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Satchmo%27s_Lullaby" title="Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby">Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/La_Vie_en_rose" title="La Vie en rose">La Vie en rose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_It%27s_Sleepy_Time_Down_South" title="When It's Sleepy Time Down South">When It's Sleepy Time Down South</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You%27re_Smiling" title="When You're Smiling">When You're Smiling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Willow_Weep_for_Me" title="Willow Weep for Me">Willow Weep for Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" title="Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah">Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_Hot_Five_and_Hot_Seven_Sessions" title="Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions">Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–28)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_House" title="Louis Armstrong House">Louis Armstrong House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_Stadium" title="Louis Armstrong Stadium">Louis Armstrong Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_New_Orleans_International_Airport" title="Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport">Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satchmo_the_Great" title="Satchmo the Great">Satchmo the Great</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Louis_Armstrong_albums" title="Category:Louis Armstrong albums">Discography</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Jazz" title="Portal:Jazz">Jazz Portal</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Bobby_Darin" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bobby_Darin" title="Template:Bobby Darin"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bobby_Darin" title="Template talk:Bobby Darin"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bobby_Darin" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bobby Darin"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bobby_Darin" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_(album)" title="Bobby Darin (album)">Bobby Darin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_All_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="That's All (Bobby Darin album)">That's All</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Darin" title="This Is Darin">This Is Darin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Teenagers_Only" title="For Teenagers Only">For Teenagers Only</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Day_of_December" title="The 25th Day of December">The 25th Day of December</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_of_a_Kind_(Bobby_Darin_and_Johnny_Mercer_album)" title="Two of a Kind (Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer album)">Two of a Kind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Swings" title="Love Swings">Love Swings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twist_with_Bobby_Darin" title="Twist with Bobby Darin">Twist with Bobby Darin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_Sings_Ray_Charles" title="Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles">Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Things_and_Other_Things" title="Things and Other Things">Things and Other Things</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh!_Look_at_Me_Now_(album)" title="Oh! Look at Me Now (album)">Oh! Look at Me Now</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Reason_I%27m_Living_(album)" title="You're the Reason I'm Living (album)">You're the Reason I'm Living</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_You_or_No_One" title="It's You or No One">It's You or No One</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/18_Yellow_Roses" title="18 Yellow Roses">18 Yellow Roses</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earthy!" title="Earthy!">Earthy!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Folk_Hits" title="Golden Folk Hits">Golden Folk Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winners_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="Winners (Bobby Darin album)">Winners</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Hello_Dolly_to_Goodbye_Charlie" title="From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie">From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Venice_Blue" title="Venice Blue">Venice Blue</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_Sings_The_Shadow_of_Your_Smile" title="Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile">Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_a_Broadway_Bag_(Mame)" title="In a Broadway Bag (Mame)">In a Broadway Bag (Mame)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Carpenter_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="If I Were a Carpenter (Bobby Darin album)">If I Were a Carpenter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Out_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="Inside Out (Bobby Darin album)">Inside Out</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_Sings_Doctor_Dolittle" title="Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle">Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_Born_Walden_Robert_Cassotto" title="Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto">Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commitment_(Bobby_Darin_album)" title="Commitment (Bobby Darin album)">Commitment</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Darin_at_the_Copa" title="Darin at the Copa">Darin at the Copa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Desert_Inn" title="Live at the Desert Inn">Live at the Desert Inn</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bobby_Darin_Story" title="The Bobby Darin Story">The Bobby Darin Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aces_Back_to_Back_(album)" title="Aces Back to Back (album)">Aces Back to Back</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Splish_Splash_(song)" title="Splish Splash (song)">Splish Splash</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Early_in_the_Morning_(Bobby_Darin_song)" title="Early in the Morning (Bobby Darin song)">Early in the Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Queen_of_the_Hop" title="Queen of the Hop">Queen of the Hop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Lover" title="Dream Lover">Dream Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mack the Knife</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(song)" title="Beyond the Sea (song)">Beyond the Sea</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Won%27t_You_Come_Home)_Bill_Bailey" title="(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey">Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beachcomber_(song)" title="Beachcomber (song)">Beachcomber</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Artificial_Flowers_(song)" title="Artificial Flowers (song)">Artificial Flowers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Must_Have_Been_a_Beautiful_Baby" title="You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby">You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Multiplication_(song)" title="Multiplication (song)">Multiplication</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27d_I_Say" title="What'd I Say">What'd I Say</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Things_(Bobby_Darin_song)" title="Things (Bobby Darin song)">Things</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Reason_I%27m_Living" title="You're the Reason I'm Living">You're the Reason I'm Living</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/18_Yellow_Roses_(song)" title="18 Yellow Roses (song)">18 Yellow Roses</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Carpenter_(song)" title="If I Were a Carpenter (song)">If I Were a Carpenter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Darlin%27_Be_Home_Soon" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlin' Be Home Soon">Darlin' Be Home Soon</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin_discography" title="Bobby Darin discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(2004_film)" title="Beyond the Sea (2004 film)"><i>Beyond the Sea</i> (film)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Lover:_The_Bobby_Darin_Musical" title="Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical">Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Bobby_Darin" title="Category:Bobby Darin">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Lotte_Lenya" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lotte_Lenya" title="Template:Lotte Lenya"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lotte_Lenya" title="Template talk:Lotte Lenya"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lotte_Lenya" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lotte Lenya"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Lotte_Lenya" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Lenya" title="Lotte Lenya">Lotte Lenya</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Alabama_Song" title="Alabama Song">Alabama Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mack the Knife</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Ship" title="My Ship">My Ship</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pirate_Jenny" title="Pirate Jenny">Pirate Jenny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_of_Jenny" title="The Saga of Jenny">The Saga of Jenny</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/September_Song" title="September Song">September Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speak_Low" title="Speak Low">Speak Low</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Klebb" title="Rosa Klebb">Rosa Klebb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(editor)" title="George Davis (editor)">George Davis</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lal%C3%A9na" title="Laléna">Laléna</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LoveMusik" title="LoveMusik">LoveMusik</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51801270#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/work/b85bbbc9-54f2-3aab-8b27-fb1d510c6e15">MusicBrainz work</a></span></span><ul><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The Threepenny Opera: The Ballad of Mack the Knife"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/work/468446f7-1ccc-4f55-a9b6-51eb0d307a24">2</a></span></span></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&oldid=1258961531">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&oldid=1258961531</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1928_songs" title="Category:1928 songs">1928 songs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1920s_jazz_standards" title="Category:1920s jazz standards">1920s jazz standards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1955_singles" title="Category:1955 singles">1955 singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1959_singles" title="Category:1959 singles">1959 singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_with_music_by_Kurt_Weill" title="Category:Songs with music by Kurt Weill">Songs with music by Kurt Weill</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_with_lyrics_by_Bertolt_Brecht" title="Category:Songs with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht">Songs with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_with_lyrics_by_Marc_Blitzstein" title="Category:Songs with lyrics by Marc Blitzstein">Songs with lyrics by Marc Blitzstein</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Opera_excerpts" title="Category:Opera excerpts">Opera excerpts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Murder_ballads" title="Category:Murder ballads">Murder ballads</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_from_musicals" title="Category:Songs from musicals">Songs from musicals</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Louis_Armstrong_songs" title="Category:Louis Armstrong songs">Louis Armstrong songs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bobby_Darin_songs" title="Category:Bobby Darin songs">Bobby Darin songs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles" title="Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles">Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cashbox_number-one_singles" title="Category:Cashbox number-one singles">Cashbox number-one singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:UK_singles_chart_number-one_singles" title="Category:UK singles chart number-one singles">UK singles chart number-one singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Columbia_Records_singles" title="Category:Columbia Records singles">Columbia Records singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Atco_Records_singles" title="Category:Atco Records singles">Atco Records singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:London_Records_singles" title="Category:London Records singles">London Records singles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award_recipients" title="Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients">Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Category:Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Grammy Award for Record of the Year</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" title="Category:Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pop_standards" title="Category:Pop standards">Pop standards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_National_Recording_Registry_recordings" title="Category:United States National Recording Registry recordings">United States National Recording Registry recordings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Jazz_songs" title="Category:Jazz songs">Jazz songs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_about_criminals" title="Category:Songs about criminals">Songs about criminals</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_bare_URLs_for_citations" title="Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations">All articles with bare URLs for citations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_bare_URLs_for_citations_from_August_2024" title="Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024">Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_German-language_sources_(de)" title="Category:Articles with German-language sources (de)">Articles with German-language sources (de)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_August_2024" title="Category:Use dmy dates from August 2024">Use dmy dates from August 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_German-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing German-language text">Articles containing German-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_multiple_image_with_auto_scaled_images" title="Category:Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images">Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_French-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing French-language text">Articles containing French-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_hAudio_microformats" title="Category:Articles with hAudio microformats">Articles with hAudio microformats</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Dutch100" title="Category:Single chart usages for Dutch100">Single chart usages for Dutch100</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_UKsinglesbyname" title="Category:Single chart usages for UKsinglesbyname">Single chart usages for UKsinglesbyname</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_called_without_song" title="Category:Single chart called without song">Single chart called without song</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_making_named_ref" title="Category:Single chart making named ref">Single chart making named ref</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Flanders" title="Category:Single chart usages for Flanders">Single chart usages for Flanders</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Wallonia" title="Category:Single chart usages for Wallonia">Single chart usages for Wallonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Norway" title="Category:Single chart usages for Norway">Single chart usages for Norway</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Billboardhot100" title="Category:Single chart usages for Billboardhot100">Single chart usages for Billboardhot100</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_West_Germany" title="Category:Single chart usages for West Germany">Single chart usages for West Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Certification_Table_Entry_usages_for_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom">Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_certification_Table_Entry_with_streaming_figures" title="Category:Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures">Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Certification_Table_Entry_usages_for_United_States" title="Category:Certification Table Entry usages for United States">Certification Table Entry usages for United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_certification_Table_Entry_with_streaming_footnote" title="Category:Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote">Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Single_chart_usages_for_Billboardrandbhiphop" title="Category:Single chart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop">Single chart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Portuguese-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Portuguese-language text">Articles containing Portuguese-language text</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 November 2024, at 16:09<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mack_the_Knife&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-mf4nx","wgBackendResponseTime":146,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.355","walltime":"1.633","ppvisitednodes":{"value":12671,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":240475,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":39439,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":21,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":6,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":273256,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1432.850 1 -total"," 25.65% 367.468 1 Template:Reflist"," 18.09% 259.202 4 Template:Infobox"," 14.05% 201.253 29 Template:Cite_web"," 11.63% 166.637 2 Template:Certification_Table_Entry"," 11.60% 166.249 1 Template:Infobox_musical_composition"," 8.77% 125.598 12 Template:Lang"," 8.42% 120.670 3 Template:Infobox_song"," 8.00% 114.571 2 Template:Certification_Cite_Ref"," 7.38% 105.713 2 Template:Cite_certification"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.728","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":16736490,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"anchor_id_list = table#1 {\n [\"CITEREFBambarger1997\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBernard_N._Lee_Jr2017\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBurke1998\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFCheal2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFCollier1983\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFarneth2000\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFriedwald2002\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFGioia2021\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFGleason2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFGordon1989\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFJohnson2010\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFJos_Willems2006\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMcDowell2024\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMcLamore2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFNicholson2014\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPerone2016\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPollack2012\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFStarr2011\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFThe_Kurt_Weill_Foundation_for_Music2021\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWhitburn2013\"] = 1,\n [\"Manheim-Willett\"] = 1,\n}\ntemplate_list = table#1 {\n [\"!\"] = 2,\n [\"'\"] = 3,\n [\"AllMusic\"] = 4,\n [\"Anchor\"] = 1,\n [\"Authority control\"] = 1,\n [\"Bare URL inline\"] = 1,\n [\"Bobby Darin\"] = 1,\n [\"Certification Table Bottom\"] = 1,\n [\"Certification Table Entry\"] = 2,\n [\"Certification Table Top\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite book\"] = 16,\n [\"Cite journal\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite magazine\"] = 9,\n [\"Cite news\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite web\"] = 27,\n [\"Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960s\"] = 1,\n [\"Harvnb\"] = 1,\n [\"IBDB show\"] = 1,\n [\"Infobox musical composition\"] = 1,\n [\"Infobox song\"] = 3,\n [\"Lang\"] = 11,\n [\"Langx\"] = 2,\n [\"Lotte Lenya\"] = 1,\n [\"Louis Armstrong\"] = 1,\n [\"Multiple image\"] = 1,\n [\"Navboxes\"] = 1,\n [\"Other uses\"] = 1,\n [\"Quote\"] = 1,\n [\"Reflist\"] = 1,\n [\"Sfn\"] = 3,\n [\"Short description\"] = 1,\n [\"Singlechart\"] = 12,\n [\"Start date\"] = 1,\n [\"The Threepenny Opera\"] = 1,\n [\"Use dmy dates\"] = 1,\n [\"Verse translation\"] = 2,\n [\"YouTube\"] = 3,\n}\narticle_whitelist = table#1 {\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-7cbn4","timestamp":"20241130110200","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Mack the Knife","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mack_the_Knife","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q51801270","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q51801270","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2003-07-31T19:32:29Z","dateModified":"2024-11-22T16:09:45Z","headline":"translated song; 1954 English-language version of \"Mackie Messer\", lyrics adapted by Marc Blitzstein"}</script> </body> </html>