Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”)

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The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny. It was reused for the 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and has been recorded by the Doors and David Bowie.

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lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
additional translator:Elisabeth Hauptmann
publisher:Harms Co.
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-doors-alabama-song-whisky-bar-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/566 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=225 [info]
Wikidata:Q1633771 [info]
later translated versions:Alabama song (French version)
Song o Alabamie
arrangements:Alabama Song (for chamber ensemble, van Prooijen)
Alabama Song (from "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny")

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1928-03Alabama-SonginstrumentalMarek Weber und sein Orchester, Marek Weber2:57
1930-02-24Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama SongLotte Lenya, The Three Admirals, Theo Mackeben Jazzband, Theo Mackeben2:58
1930-02-24Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song (alternate take)Lotte Lenya, The Three Admirals, Theo Mackeben Jazzband, Theo Mackeben3:00
1930Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song (1930)Lotte Lenya mit Ensemble und Orchesterbegleitung2:51
1955-07-05 – 1955-07-07Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama-SongLotte Lenya, Roger Bean und sein Orchester4:08
1964-01-10Alabama SonginstrumentalSextet of Orchestra U.S.A.5:25
1966-09Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (original stereo studio mix)coverThe Doors3:20
1966-09Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (original mono studio mix)coverThe Doors3:20
1967-03-07Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Live at the Matrix, San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1967)cover and liveThe Doors4:03
1967-03-07Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live at the Matrix)cover and liveThe Doors3:16
1967-03Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:41
1967-03Alabama Song (live, 1967-03: The Matrix, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:41
1967-12-16Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)cover and liveThe Doors3:30
1968-07-05Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 1968)cover and liveThe Doors1:33
1968Alabama Song (Live in Europe: 1968)cover and liveThe Doors2:47
1968 – 1970Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)cover and liveThe Doors1:51
1969-07-21 – 1970-05-08Medley: Alabama Song / Backdoor Man / Love Hides / Five to Onecover, live and medleyThe Doors10:18
1969-08 – 1970-06Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:51
1969-08 – 1970-06Medley: Alabama Song / Back Door Man / Love Hides / Five to Onecover and liveThe Doors10:39
1969Alabama Song (live critique PBS broadcast USA 1969)liveThe Doors1:42
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-17: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:50
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-17: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:51
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (New York)cover and liveThe Doors1:55
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors2:01
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:59
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (False Start) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:24
1970-04-10Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live in Boston, 1970, first show)cover and liveThe Doors2:02
1970-04-10Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live in Boston, 1970, second show)cover and liveThe Doors1:40
1970-05-08Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-05-08: Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:55
1970-06-06Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (live in Vancouver 1970)cover and liveThe Doors2:02
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:00
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Song (live, 1978-04-28 – 1978-05-06: “Stage”, USA)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:56
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Song (5.1 mix) (live, 1978-04-28–29: The Spectrum, Philadelpha, PA, USA)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:53
1978-05-16Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:03
1978-05-21 – 1978-05-30Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:01
1978-06-04Moon of Alabama (live, 1978-06-04: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:58
1978-06-05Alabama Song (live, 1978-06-05: Ekeberghallen, Oslo, Norway)cover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1978-06-30 – 1978-07-01Alabama Song (live, 1978-06-30, 07-01: Earls Court, London, England)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:58
1978-07-01Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1978-07-02Alabama Song (UK single A-side, 1979)coverDavid Bowie3:51
1978-11-11Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1980Alabama Song (version en anglais)Dalida4:20
1988-08Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama-SongUte Lemper4:39
1990-03-04Alabama Song (live, 1990-03-04: Colisée de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:26
1990-03-13Alabama Song (live, 1990-03-13: Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada)cover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1990-03-26Moon of Alabama (live, 1990-03-26: Docklands Arena, London, England, UK)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:12
1990-04-03Moon of Alabama (live, 1990-04-03: Paris au Printemps, France)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:18
1990-04-03Moon of Alabamacover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1991-02Alabama Song (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)Angelina Réaux3:06
1993-02-26Alabama-Songcover and liveAnna Prucnal3:45
1998-06Alabama SongPeter Nordahl Trio7:27
2002-09-18Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
2002-09-18Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie5:08
2002-09-25Alabama Song (Le Zénith de Paris Sep 25, 2002)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:38
2005-06-13Alabama SonginstrumentalRuss Lossing6:15
2006Alabama Song (live, 2006: Spectrum, Montreal, Canada)cover and liveArthur H8:41
2006Alabama Song (live, 2006: Spectrum, Montreal, Canada)liveArthur H?:??
2007-11Moon of Alabama (live, 2007-11: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveMax Raabe & Palast Orchester3:21
2013-07-04Alabama Song (live, 2013-07-04: P.P.C., Graz, Austria)cover and liveAmanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra5:05
2014-06Alabama SonginstrumentalJulia Hülsmann Quartet w/ Theo Bleckmann4:07
AlabamaElektrični orgazam1:51
Alabama songcoverMelina Mercouri4:09
Alabama SongcoverStudio 993:17
Alabama SongDee Dee Bridgewater5:39
Alabama SongBruce Lash4:18
Alabama SongThe Bobs2:58
Alabama SongCluster5:41
Alabama SongGianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia5:39
Alabama SongeX-Girl3:52
Alabama SongMarianne Faithfull4:19
Alabama SongDavid Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Bob Dorough & Ralph Schuckett4:32
Alabama SongDave Van Ronk5:19
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:35
Alabama SongTim Fischer3:54
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:36
Alabama Songcover佐藤芳明4:09
Alabama Songcover, live and partialChiara2:05
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:48
Alabama SongLotte Lenya2:54
Alabama SongcoverNoga & Quartet4:24
Alabama SongDave Van Ronk5:13
Alabama SongThe Long Tall Texans4:11
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:42
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:42
Alabama SongDalida5:39
Alabama SongTethered Moon9:32
Alabama Songcover and liveWild Child3:39
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:55
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors?:??
Alabama SongcoverDavid Bowie3:50
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:41
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:40
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:39
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:32
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:32
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:30
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:48
Alabama SongLotte Lenya4:14
Alabama SongcoverDavid Bowie?:??
Alabama SongRobyn Archer, London Sinfonietta, Dominic Muldowney3:40
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