The Ballad of Mac the Knife

~ Recording by Sting and Dominic Muldowney

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2The Ballad of Mac the Knife2:43Sting and Dominic MuldowneyLost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt WeillVarious ArtistsAlbum
A&M Records395 104-1
1.2The Ballad of Mac the Knife2:48Sting and Dominic MuldowneyLost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt WeillVarious ArtistsAlbum
A&M RecordsCD 5104
1.2The Ballad of Mac the Knife2:43StingMoon Over Bourbon Street / The Ballad of Mac the KnifeStingSingle
A&M Records392 080-1
Bootleg
1.17The Ballad of Mac the Knife2:50StingSongs From The Movies And RaritiesStingCompilation
A&M Records (bootleg version of the real A&M Records label)34133•1/2, 4607147916803
2.11The Ballad of Mack the Knife2:50StingB-Sides and RaritiesStingAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

additional recording engineer:Richard Lewsey
Hervé Marignac
recording engineer:Pete Smith (UK producer)
mixer:Clyde Kaplan
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:David Roach (UK saxophonist)
bandoneón:Juan José Mosalini
banjo:Mark Peru
piano:Kenny Kirkland
soprano saxophone:Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
synthesizer:Dominic Muldowney
tenor saxophone:John Marle
trombone and trumpet:Mike Zwerin
tuba:Kevin Morgan (tuba)
lead vocals:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:Dominic Muldowney
recording of:The Ballad of Mack the Knife (1976 Manheim/Willett translation) (cover)

The Ballad of Mack the Knife (1976 Manheim/Willett translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Ralph Manheim (translator of French and German to English) (in 1976)
John Willett (translator) (in 1976)
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer