7.6K views · 388 reactions | The Doors Mack The Knife Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) AudioLive at "Konserthuset" Stockholm Sweden 1968 | L. A. Woman Live | 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

1.9K views · 35 reactions | Track title: Mack the Knife performed by #RufusWainwright ️  Song released: 31 August 1928 ✍️ Written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht  For the 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera  The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named Macheath Full show streaming now through the On Air website, mobile and TV apps - Rufus Wainwright 'Does Weill' | On Air | Facebook