Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1A Theme from The Three Penny Opera (Mack the Knife)3:24Louis ArmstrongJazz Greats, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 13230
1.13Mack the Knife3:24Louis ArmstrongRoots of Rhythm: Super BadVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special MarketsOPCD-1893
Promotion
1.1A Theme From the Three Penny Opera (Mack the Knife)3:24Louis ArmstrongJazz Greats, Volume II (New Rhythms - 1995 VHA Leadership Conference)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 13230

Relationships

recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (cover)

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated parody versions:Mondsüchtig
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer