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Many of the great jazz singers have performed ‘Mack The Knife’ as the song lends itself to be uniquely vocalised and Frank Sinatra owns one of the best version. He never attacked the music as some of his colleagues did, but his adaption oozed with the cool that only Sinatra could squeeze.
His effortless glide over the song captures the sleek murderous personality of ‘Mack’. The lyrics are quite a gruesome warning that the star of the song is back, with tales of his former victims while the music bounces along with the bass playing a more prominent role in this issue than others.
The Story
‘Mack The Knife’ finds its origins in Berlin, where it was called ‘Die Moritat von Mackie Messer’ as part of the musical play Die Dreigroschenoper (or The Threepenny Opera in English) written by Kurt Weill and the sordid playwright Bertold Brecht.
Louie Armstrong was the first American artist to perform the track as a pop song in 1956 but Bobby Darrin’s version is the most popular, released three years later.
Since then it has been done by many famous artists including Frank Sinatra and more recently Robbie Williams and Michael Buble.
His effortless glide over the song captures the sleek murderous personality of ‘Mack’. The lyrics are quite a gruesome warning that the star of the song is back, with tales of his former victims while the music bounces along with the bass playing a more prominent role in this issue than others.
WATCH // 'Mack the Knife'
The Story
‘Mack The Knife’ finds its origins in Berlin, where it was called ‘Die Moritat von Mackie Messer’ as part of the musical play Die Dreigroschenoper (or The Threepenny Opera in English) written by Kurt Weill and the sordid playwright Bertold Brecht.
Louie Armstrong was the first American artist to perform the track as a pop song in 1956 but Bobby Darrin’s version is the most popular, released three years later.
Since then it has been done by many famous artists including Frank Sinatra and more recently Robbie Williams and Michael Buble.
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