Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Mack the Knife3:24Louis Armstrong & the All‐StarsGoldLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-09-19
Hip‐O RecordsGFN B000735702

Relationships

clarinet:Edmund Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1955-09-28)
double bass:Arvell Shaw (on 1955-09-28)
drums (drum set):Barnett Deems (on 1955-09-28)
piano:Billy Kyle (on 1955-09-28)
trombone:Trummy Young (on 1955-09-28)
trumpet and lead vocals:Louis Armstrong (on 1955-09-28)
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1955-09-28)

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