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Mack the Knife
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Bobby Darin
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Mack the Knife Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Calling Card
"Darin was one of the most exciting performers American showbiz has ever known, but it would be inappropriate to describe him as an original," writes Will Friedwald (Stardust Melodies 92). Bobby D...
Songwriting
The version of "Mack the Knife" that Bobby Darin sings is a relatively late translation by Marc Blitzstein. Blitzstein's English version of Die Dreigroschenoper hit the stage off-Broadway in 1954...
