Song: The Ballad of Mack the Knife

Artist:	Gerald Price
Lyrics written by:	Marc Blitzstein
Original music written by:	Kurt Weill
Original lyrics written by:	Bertolt Brecht
First performance date:	March 10, 1954
Language:	English
Comments:	From "The Threepenny Opera", a translation of "Die Dreigroschen Oper".

Cover hierarchy

Moritat von Mackie Messer by Kurt Gerron (August 31, 1928)
- The Ballad of Mack the Knife by Gerald Price (March 10, 1954)
  - Mack the Knife by Dick Hyman Trio (1956)
  - Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin (March 1959)
  - Mack the Knife by The Psychedelic Furs (June 1981)
  - Mack the Knife by Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones and Orchestra (August 1984)
  - The Ballad of Mack the Knife by Sting and Dominic Muldowney (1985)
  - Moritat by Lyle Lovett (1994)
  - Mack the Knife by Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett (November 15, 1994)
  - Mack the Knife by Marianne Faithfull (September 1996)
  - Mack the Knife by Jack Jones (1997)
  - Mack the Knife by Dee Dee Bridgewater (1997)
  - Mack the Knife by Lisa Stansfield (1999)
  - Mack the Knife by Jimmie Dale Gilmore (February 29, 2000)
  - Mack the Knife by Nicholas Payton (April 2001)
  - Mack the Knife by Robbie Williams (November 19, 2001)
  - The Ballad of Mack the Knife by Michael Bublé (March 30, 2004)
  - Mack the Knife by Westlife (November 8, 2004)
  - The Ballad of Mack the Knife by Ray Quinn (March 12, 2007)
  - Mack the Knife by Helmut Lotti (September 12, 2008)
- Mack the Knife by Lou Donaldson (1960)
- Mack the Knife by Slide Hampton (1962)
- Mack the Knife by Ray Conniff His Orchestra and Chorus (1962)
- Mack the Knife by Santo & Johnny (1962)
- Mack the Knife by Dick Hyman (1963)
- Mack the Knife by The Stuff Smith Quartet (1965)
- Mack the Knife by John Williams & The Boston Pops (1990)
- Mackie Messer by The Young Gods (April 1991)
- Mack the Knife by Johnny Costa (1992)
- Mack the Knife by The Ballroom Band (July 13, 1999)
- Mackie Messer by Helmut Lotti (September 12, 2008)

Added by Bastien on 2003-10-29
Modified by Bastien on 2008-09-25
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Did you know?

Killing an Arab by Riton was originally written by Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and performed by The Cure in 1978.

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