Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Mack the Knife3:24Louis ArmstrongSwingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
Promotion
1.1Mack the Knife3:25Louis ArmstrongClassic Crooners: Volume 3 (Daily Express)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Daily Express (British newspaper)EX005

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