Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9119 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=564 [info]
Wikidata:Q51801270 [info]
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1955-09-28Mack the KnifecoverLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:24
1955-09-28Mack the Knife (studio, 1955-09-28; Columbia matrix # CO 53818)coverLouis Armstrong3:24
1955-09-28Mack the Knife (live, 1955-09-28: Switzerland)liveLouis Armstrong4:12
1955-09-28The Threepenny Opera: Mack The KnifecoverLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:23
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the KnifeLouis Armstrong & His All-Stars with Lotte Lenya3:13
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the KnifeLouis Armstrong & His All-Stars3:26
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (-1)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars3:49
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (-3 & Inserts #1)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars4:19
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (-7)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars3:34
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (BDs and inserts)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars with Lotte Lenya8:36
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (Moritat) (instrumental)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars1:56
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (reh #2 & voice tracks)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars2:43
1955-09-28 – 1955-09-29Mack the Knife (rehearsal #1)Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars4:22
1956-03-17Mack the Knife Carnegie HallliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars4:09
1956-06-01Mack the Knife (live, 1956-06-01: Medina Temple, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveLouis Armstrong3:36
1956-06-01Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:47
1956-06-22Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera”cover and instrumentalSonny Rollins10:06
1956-07-06Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:54
1956-07-14Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:43
1957-02-20Mack the KnifecoverBing Crosby, Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band3:56
1957-09-07Mack the Knife (live, 1957-09-07: Orpheum Theater, Seattle, WA, USA)coverLouis Armstrong3:24
1958-07-06Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:25
1958-10-03Mack the Knifecover and liveLouis Armstrong3:23
1959-01-16Mack the Knife (live, 1959-01-16: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden)coverLouis Armstrong3:17
1959-04-20Mack the Knife (stereo)coverWilbur De Paris And His New New Orleans Jazz?:??
1959-04Mack the KnifecoverAnita O’Day3:06
1959-05-17Mack the Knife (live, 1959-05-17: Ljubljana, Slovenia)liveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:50
1959-06-02Mack the KnifeNat Gonella and his Strong Arm Men?:??
1959-07-30Mack the KnifecoverRosemary Clooney2:01
1959-07-30 – 1959-08-15Mack the KnifecoverRosemary Clooney & Pérez Prado1:59
1959-10-11Mack the KnifeinstrumentalWayne Shorter6:18
1959-10-31Mack the KnifeinstrumentalLou Donaldson5:18
1959-11-02Mack the KnifeinstrumentalThe Poll Winners3:53
1959-11-10Mack the Knifecover and instrumentalWayne Shorter6:26
1959-11-10Mack the KnifeinstrumentalWayne Shorter6:24
1959-11-10Mack the Knifecover and instrumentalWayne Shorter4:27
1959-11-13Mack the KnifeinstrumentalKenny Dorham3:01
1960-01-04Mack the KnifeinstrumentalJimmy Smith4:59
1960-02-13Mack the Knifecover and liveElla Fitzgerald and The Paul Smith Quartet4:40
1960-02-13Mack the Knifecover and liveElla Fitzgerald and The Paul Smith Quartet5:13
1960-02-13Mack the KnifeliveElla Fitzgerald5:04
1960-02-13Mack the KnifecoverElla Fitzgerald5:09
1960-04-04Mack the KnifecoverThe Zeniths2:37
1960-06Mack the Knifecover and liveBobby Darin2:59
1960-07-01Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:24
1960Mack the Knife (live in Berlin)cover and liveElla Fitzgerald4:59
1961-02-11Mack the Knifecover and liveElla Fitzgerald3:30
1961-02-18Mack the Knife (live, 1961-02-18: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveElla Fitzgerald3:54
1961-11-09Mack the Knife (stereo)coverSlide Hampton3:00
1961-11-09Mack the Knife (mono)coverSlide Hampton3:00
1961-12-13Mack The KnifeinstrumentalFrank Capp, J.J. Johnston, Red Mitchell, André Previn4:58
1962-04-24Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars4:53
1962-05-17Mack the Knife (live, 1962-05-17: Palais des Exhibitions, Nice, France)cover and liveLouis Armstrong3:23
1962-05-17Mack The Knife (live, 1962-05-17: Palais des Expositions, Nice, France)cover and liveLouis Armstrong3:26
1962-08Mack the Knifeinstrumental and liveColeman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges8:29
1962-08Mack the Knifeinstrumental and liveColeman Hawkins8:30
1963-01-05Mack the Knife (stereo)Peggy Lee2:45
1963-12-15 – 1963-12-16Mack the KnifecoverShirley Horn3:04
1964-02-26Mack the Knifecover and instrumentalOscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry5:20
1965-01-30Mack the KnifeinstrumentalBen Webster5:11
1965-01-30Mack the KnifeinstrumentalBen Webster5:23
1965-03-18Mack the Knifeinstrumental and liveStuff Smith6:15
1965-03-20Mack The Knifeinstrumental and liveOscar Peterson6:43
1965-03Mack the Knife (live, 1965-03: Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czechia)cover and liveLouis Armstrong3:57
1965Mack the KnifecoverThe Four Seasons3:33
1965Mack the Knife (live)cover, instrumental and liveJimmy Smith5:20
1966-07-28Mack the KnifeliveElla Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra5:01
1966-07-29Mack the KnifeliveElla Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra5:36
1967-07-26Mack the Knife (live, 1967-07-26: Juan-les-pins, France)cover and liveLouis Armstrong3:23
1967-07Mack the Knifecover and liveLouis Armstrong & His All-Stars3:27
1967-07Mack The Knifecover and liveLouis Armstrong3:27
1968-07-02Mack the KnifeliveLouis Armstrong & His All‐Stars?:??
1969Mack the KnifeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra?:??
1972-11Mack the KnifeinstrumentalEarl Hines6:18
1974Mack the KnifecoverLou Christie3:39
1975-07-17Mack the Knifecover, instrumental and liveThe Milt Jackson Big 46:31
1975-11Mack the Knifeinstrumental and liveMary Lou Williams5:11
1977-03-13Mack the Knife (live, 1977-03-13: Palladium, London, United Kingdom)cover and livePeggy Lee3:30
1978-06Mack the KnifeElla Fitzgerald3:03
1983-09Mack the Knifeinstrumental and liveLes Brown & His Band of Renown Special Guest Georgie Auld / Buddy De Franco?:??
1985-04-26Mack the Knife (live, 1985-04-26: Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan)cover and liveFrank Sinatra4:26
1985-04-26Mack the Knife (live, 1985-04-26: Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan)cover and liveFrank Sinatra6:22
1986-10-30Mack the Knife (1986 original studio master)coverFrank Sinatra4:53
1986-12-08Mac the Knife (live, 1986-12-08, Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL)cover and liveLee Towers3:34
1987-08New York, New York Medley: For Me and My Gal / Mack the Knife / Birth of the Blues / Send a Little Love My Way / How High the Moon / New York, New Yorklive and medleyMel Tormé & George Shearing6:02
1987-10-24Mack the Knife (live, 1987‐10‐24: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and liveFrank Sinatra4:32
1990-06Mack the Knifecover and liveFrank Sinatra4:49
1990-09-12 – 1990-09-24Moritat (Mack the Knife)cover and instrumentalManhattan Jazz Orchestra9:15
1993-12-24 – 1993-12-25Mack the Knife (live, 1993-12-24/25: Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan)cover, instrumental and liveJimmy Smith Trio featuring Kenny Burrell7:42
1993-12Mack the Knife (live, 1993-12-24/25: Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan)instrumentalJimmy Smith Trio featuring Kenny Burrell7:42
1994-11-12Mack the Knifecover and liveThe Hangovers3:07
1994-12Mack the Knife (Funky Arrange)instrumentalBenny Golson Quintet5:39
1998-05-27Mack the KnifeinstrumentalJoey DeFrancesco3:39
1998-06-11 – 1998-06-13Mack the Knifecover and liveTom Burlinson4:44
2000-08-18Mack the KnifeinstrumentalHouston Person, Ron Carter4:04
2000-09-09 – 2000-10-02Mack the KnifecoverNicholas Payton2:54
2001-10-10Mack the Knife (live, 2001-10-10: Royal Albert Hall, London, England)cover and liveRobbie Williams4:10
2002-12Mack the KnifeinstrumentalRhoda Scott5:35
2004Mack the Knife (live, 2004)liveMichael Bublé?:??
2004Mack the Knife (live, 2004)cover and liveMichael Bublé3:25
See all 506 relationships