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~ Mack the Knife Chorus Line
Views: 56388 |  |  |  |  | Another of my favorite songs, Mack the Knife is about a criminal who kills rich people and takes their money. It was originally composed by Kurt Weill and written by Bertolt Brecht for a German musical drama called Die Dreigroschenoper, or, The Threepenny ...More Opera. The song became a popular American swing standard when it was translated by Marc Blitzstein in 1954 and subsequently made popular by Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong. To date, dozens (probably over a hundred) of different versions have been recorded. I present you here with a small portion. 1. Bobby Darin - 1959 2. Duke Ellington - 1966(?) 3. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - 2000 4. Michael Bublé - 2004 5. Louis Armstrong - 1956 6. Robbie Williams - 2001 7. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin - ? According to the British show "Desert Island Discs", Simon Cowell considers Mack the Knife the greatest song ever written. Please enjoy and comment! English Lyrics: Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it ... ah ... out of sight. Ya know when that shark bites, with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, wears old MacHeath, babe So there's nevah, nevah a trace of red. Now on the sidewalk ... uuh, huh ... whoo ... sunny mornin' ... uuh, huh Lies a body just oozin' life ... eeek! And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner Could that someone be Mack the Knife? A-there's a tugboat ... huh, huh, huh ... down by the river ... |
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~ Bobby Darin sings "Mack the Knife"
Views: 1234955 |  |  |  |  | Available Now @ HyenaRecords.com! Bobby Darin performs his classic hit, "Mack The Knife," to a live audience. Performance clip taken from Bobby Darin "Seeing Is Believing" (DVD). DVD available everywhere at Record Stores and DVD Retailers. Order direct on ...More line from HYENA RECORDS @ www.HyenaRecords.com. |
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~ C2C's Tribute to Mr.Armstrong
Views: 182656 |  |  |  |  | L'hommage des 4 DJ de C2C, quadruple champion du monde DMC, à Louis Armstrong! 20Syl (mc d'hocus pocus / C2C) Greem ( dj d'hocus pocus / C2C) Pfel ( Beat torrent / Beat assailant / C2C) Atom ( Beat torrent / C2C) www.myspace.com www.myspace.com www.onando ...More n-records.com Click the link to see how an 19 year old makes over $728 per day through the internet..... tinyurl.com |
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~ Mina & Ella - Mack the Knife -- Mina50
Views: 33831 |  |  |  |  | Mina e Ella cantano dal vivo "Mack the knife" o "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", in origine "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", canzone composta da Kurt Well su testo di Bertold Brecht per lo spettacolo "Die Dreigroschenoper", in italiano "L'opera da tre sold ...More i", rappresentata a Berlino il 1928. Questa "song" ha avuto molti interpreti da Frank Sinatra a Bobby Darin e in italiano Milva e Milly. Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear And he shows em, pearly white Just a jack knife has macheath dear And he keeps it way out of sight When that shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows begin to spread Fancy gloves though has macheath dear So theres never, never a trace of red On the sidewalk, one sunday morning Lies a body, oozin life Someones sneaking round the corner Could that someone be mack the knife From a tugboat, on the river going slow A cement bag is dropping on down You know that cement is for the weight dear You can make a large bet mackies back in town My man louis miller, he split the scene babe After drawing out all the bread from his stash Now macheath spends like a sailor Do you suppose our boy, hes done something rash Old satchmo, louis armstrong, bobby darrin Did this song nice, lady ella too They all sang it, with so much feeling That old blue eyes, he aint gonna add nothing new But with this big band, jumping behind me Swinging hard, jack, I now I cant lose When I tell you, all about mack the knife babe Its an offer, you can never refuse We got patrick ... |
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~ Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong- Live In '59 Preview
Views: 26081 |  |  |  |  | Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong is one of the only known complete Armstrong concerts from the 1950s to be captured on film. This 55-minute set, filmed in Belgium in 1959, features many of Satchmo's greatest songs including "Mack The Knife", "When It's Sleepy ...More Time Down South" and "Stompin' At The Savoy," backed by his stellar band the All-Stars, featuring Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Danny Barcelona and Mort Herbert. |
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~ Die Moritat von Mackie Messer Chorus Line
Views: 51741 |  |  |  |  | A sequel to the Mack the Knife Chorus Line, featuring some versions of the original German song. A moritat was a medieval murder ballad sung by German minstrels. The German version of the song is darker than its English counterpart, describing Macheath as ...More not only a murderer and robber, but a rapist and an arsonist as well. 1. Slut - 2006? 2. The Doors - 1968 (the only part of their version of Mack the Knife that had anything to do with the actual song was the part I included) 3. Lotte Lenya - 1928 (the wife of composer Kurt Weill, her name is included in the English lyrics as one of Macheath's victims) 4. Olmalandro - ? (it's in Portuguese) 5. Liberace - ? (a strange gay piano player) 6. Blake Lewis - 2007 (American Idol runner-up) 7. Kevin Spacey - 2004 (I know he's an actor, not a singer, but he sang the song for a movie he did about Bobby Darin) 8. Wayne Newton - ? 9. Frank Sinatra again 10. Westlife - 2004 Please enjoy and comment! German Lyrics: Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne Und die trägt er im Gesicht Und Macheath, der hat ein Messer Doch das Messer sieht man nicht An 'nem schönen blauen Sonntag Liegt ein toter Mann am Strand Und ein Mensch geht um die Ecke, Den man Mackie Messer nennt Und Schmul Meier bleibt verschwunden Und so mancher reiche Mann Und sein Geld hat Mackie Messer Dem man nichts beweisen kann Jenny Towler ward gefunden Mit 'nem Messer in der Brust Und am Kai geht Mackie Messer, Der von allem nichts gewußt Und die minderjährige Witwe Deren Namen ... |
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~ Mack the Knife in honor of Frank Sinatra by Robbie B
Views: 35396 |  |  |  |  | The Ole Crooner himself, Robbie B. pays tribute to Bobby Darin's version of Mack the Knife that reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 and number six on the Black Singles chart. Dick Clark had advised Darin not to record the song because of the percept ...More ion that, having come from an opera, it wouldn't appeal to the rock & roll audience. To this day, Clark recounts the story with good humor. Frank Sinatra, who recorded the song with Dean Martin, called Darin's the "definitive" version. On Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, pop mogul Simon Cowell named "Mack the Knife" the best song ever written. In 2003, the Darin version was ranked #251 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Ella Fitzgerald made a famous live recording in 1960 (released on Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife) in which, after forgetting the lyrics after the first verse, she successfully improvised new lyrics in a performance that earned her a Grammy. Robbie Williams also recorded the song on his 2001 album Swing When You're Winning. Other notable versions of "Mack the Knife" include performances by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Tony Bennett, Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave, Emma Pask and James Morrison, Brian Setzer, Westlife, Merrill Osmond, Kenny Garrett, Kevin Spacey and Michael Bublé. |
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