28K views · 73 reactions | It's been a while since we posted some Louis Armstrong. "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack The Knife" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for "Threepenny Opera." It premiered in 1928. | American Lindy Hop Championships | Facebook

This week in 1960 Bobby Darin's “Mack the Knife” was in its 22nd week on the Billboard Hot 100 resting at #13. The song had entered the charts on August 24th, 1959, and as the decade of the 50’s came to a close, Mack the Knife sometimes called The Ballad of Mack the Knife, spent 9 weeks at #1. The song was a departure for Bobby Darin. His previous hits had been aimed more directly at a teen audience…songs like “Queen of the Hop”, “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover”. The Ballad of Mack the Knife wa

58K views · 3.8K reactions | Bobby Darin and "Mack the Knife" ("Die Moritat von Mackie Messer") (Music by Kurt Weill, Original German Lyrics by Bert Brecht, English Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein) | An Appreciation of Joey Heatherton and more | Facebook