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4 days ago · “Mack the Knife,” featured as track 6 on the Deluxe Edition, restores Sinatra’s original 1984 session vocal making it available for the first time anywhere since the album’s original release. Long-time Sinatra engineer Larry Walsh created new mixes for this release.
5 days ago · 1. Mack the Knife (1959) Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife” is one of his most iconic songs, released in 1959. Originally composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for the 1928 German play The Threepenny Opera, Darin’s version transformed the song into a jazz-infused, swinging masterpiece.
4 days ago · Is My Lady hit the Billboard Top 200 and Top 10 on the Jazz chart, with the title song capturing the essence of Sinatra’s enduring connection with Los Angeles. A music video for the track featured cameos by many celebrities, including Nancy Sinatra, Dean Martin, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Donna Summer, Jane Fonda, and Tommy Lasorda, and ...
4 days ago · “Mack the Knife,” track six on the Deluxe Edition, restores Sinatra’s original 1984 session vocal which listeners will be able to hear for the first time since the album’s original release.
6 days ago · In 1959, in response to a wave of stabbings, New York radio station WCBS stopped playing all versions of "Mack the Knife," including Bobby Darin's, which was on its way to the top of the charts. In 1962, "The Beatles" held their first proper recording session in London for EMI's Parlophone label.
5 days ago · On Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin, the 43-year-old Ella rolls through her typical routine in feisty fashion on this 1960 recording, which documents the opening show of her European tour.
1 day ago · Country rocker Hank Williams Jr. was the original performer of the Monday Night Football theme song. In 1989, ABC debuted the singer's reworked version of his single "All My Rowdy Friends Are ...
