Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Bing Crosby, Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Mack the Knife3:56Bing Crosby with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz BandBing With a BeatBing Crosby with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz BandAlbum
RCA VictorLPM 1473, LPM-1473
1.1Mack the Knife?:??Bing Crosby With Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz BandBing With a Beat, Vol. IIIBing Crosby With Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz BandEP
RCA VictorEPA 3-1473
1.8Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyThe Best of Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyAlbum + Compilation
The Entertainers (Italian)CD 0248
1.3Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyStereoplay Spezial CD 28: EntertainmentVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplayCD 697 028
1.7Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyJust Mackie Messer …und der Haifisch, der hat ZähneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Classic Hits01616-2
1.10Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyBing With a Beat (Bluebird First Editions)Bing CrosbyAlbum
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), RCA Victor Group (was a unit under BMG), RCA Victor82876-60142-2, LPM-1476
1.13Mack the Knife3:54Bing CrosbyNight & Day: American StandardsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations)
2.6Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyKurt Weill’s SongsKurt WeillAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5695
1.3Mack the Knife3:53Bing CrosbyMusic around the World by Bing Crosby and FriendsBing CrosbyAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023
Sunny Side of the Street
1.10Mack the Knife3:57Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyBing CrosbyAlbumRCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)BPCD 5092
1.10Mack the Knife3:56Bing CrosbyBing With A BeatBing CrosbyAlbumRCA Bluebird
1.1Mack the Knife?:??Bing Crosby With Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz BandBing With A Beat, Vol. 3Bing Crosby With Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz BandEPRCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead)EPC-1473-3
(unknown)
1.5Mack the Knife3:58Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyBing CrosbyAlbum + Compilation
Bella MusicaBMCD 89921

Relationships

bass:Red Callender (on 1957-02-20)
clarinet:Matty Matlock (on 1957-02-20)
drums (drum set):Nick Fatool (on 1957-02-20)
guitar:Clancy Hayes (on 1957-02-20)
piano:Ralph Sutton (stride pianist) (on 1957-02-20)
tenor saxophone:Dave Harris (tenor saxo) (on 1957-02-20)
trombone:Abe Lincoln (jazz trombonist) (on 1957-02-20)
trumpet:Frank Beach (trombone, trumpet) (on 1957-02-20)
Bob Scobey (on 1957-02-20)
vocals:Bing Crosby (on 1957-02-20)
performer:Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band (on 1957-02-20)
arranger:Matty Matlock
recorded at:Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1957-02-20)
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1957-02-20)

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer