The Cheat Sheet: Ella Fitzgerald Forgot the Lyrics to ‘Mack the Knife’ and It Became a Grammy-Winning Performance
Ella Fitzgerald Forgot the Lyrics to ‘Mack the Knife’ and It Became a Grammy-Winning Performance
But let’s be fair: Fitzgerald didn’t write “Mack the Knife,” making her mistake more understandable. Bobby Darrin and Louis Armstrong first sang the song, according to The Kids Should See This. Still, ...
Tom Randle plays Macheath, or “Mack the Knife,” in a production of Benjamin Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera. Robbie Jack/Corbis There’s nothing more American than Bobby Darin’s swingin’ version of “Mack ...
The Brecht/Weill song Mack The Knife first appeared in The Threepenny Opera in Berlin in 1928. Sung about the criminal MacHeath, the 'play with music' is based on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, who ...
American Songwriter: Behind the Violent Origins and Chart-Topping Success of “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin
The song “Mack the Knife” dates back to 1928, when it was written for a German play. It was first known as “Theme from The Threepenny Opera” or “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer,” which is German for ...
Behind the Violent Origins and Chart-Topping Success of “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. At the heart of the story of “Mack the Knife” is a great irony: a song about a cold-blooded serial ...
Andy Serkis takes a look at Mack The Knife, the second track under the spotlight in Radio 2's Song Stories. It's catchy, it swings and it's instantly hummable. Few could mistake the opening notes of ...