“Mack the Knife” was composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht in 1928 for The Threepenny Opera, where it was introduced as “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer.” The song entered popular music through early German stage recordings and became widely known in English after Louis Armstrong’s 1956 recording, followed by Bobby Darin’s 1959 version which became a major hit, with later notable interpretations by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Robbie Williams. If you enjoyed this, please shar