Bobby darin - mack the knife

Mack the Knife

• Written by:  Kurt Weill/E. Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein
• Written in 1928 as “Moritat” or “Theme from the Threepenny Opera” aka “The Beggar’s Opera” and introduced in that production by Weill’s wife, Lotte Lenya
• Produced by:  Ahmet Ertegun/Nesuhi Ertegun/Jerry Wexler
• Arranged by:  Richard Wess
• Orchestra conducted by:  Richard Wess
• Appears on:  That’s All ~ The Bobby Darin Story ~ Darin at the Copa ~ The Legendary Bobby Darin ~ Something Special LPs
• A Side of:  “Was There a Call for Me”   
• Recorded:  December 19, 1958
• Released:  August 1959
• The #5 song of the 1955-59 Rock Era
• Was #1 for 9 weeks in 1959
• 14^th most popular single in Billboards HOT 100 History
• Bobby’s first (and only) number one song
• Won the Grammy for “Record of the Year” in 1959
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