{"id":895,"date":"2026-06-01T16:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=895"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:03:41","slug":"mm-1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/06\/01\/mm-1928\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1928"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9fc74bbefe1de769c477bde24528975\">,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-896\" style=\"width:830px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9fc74bbefe1de769c477bde24528975\">,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (HD\/Lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LW4kbz-y4PU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9fc74bbefe1de769c477bde24528975\">,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Mack the Knife&#8221; or &#8220;The Ballad of Mack the Knife&#8221; (German:\u00a0&#8220;Die Moritat von Mackie Messer&#8221;) is a song composed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurt_Weill\">Kurt Weill<\/a>\u00a0with lyrics by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bertolt_Brecht\">Bertolt Brecht<\/a>\u00a0for their 1928 music drama\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Threepenny_Opera\">The Threepenny Opera<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(German:\u00a0<em>Die Dreigroschenoper<\/em>). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Macheath\">Macheath<\/a>, the &#8220;Mack the Knife&#8221; of the title.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The song has become a popular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_(music)\">standard<\/a>\u00a0recorded by many artists after it was recorded by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Armstrong\">Louis Armstrong<\/a>\u00a0in 1955 with translated lyrics by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Blitzstein\">Marc Blitzstein<\/a>. The most popular version of the song was by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Darin\">Bobby Darin<\/a>\u00a0in 1959, whose recording became a number one hit in the US and UK and earned him two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grammy_Awards\">Grammys<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards\">2nd Annual Grammy Awards<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ella_Fitzgerald\">Ella Fitzgerald<\/a>\u00a0also received a Grammy for her performance of the song in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards\">1961<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, , , &#8220;Mack the Knife&#8221; or &#8220;The Ballad of Mack the Knife&#8221; (German:\u00a0&#8220;Die Moritat von Mackie Messer&#8221;) is a song composed by\u00a0Kurt Weill\u00a0with lyrics by\u00a0Bertolt Brecht\u00a0for their 1928 music drama\u00a0The Threepenny Opera\u00a0(German:\u00a0Die Dreigroschenoper). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named\u00a0Macheath, the &#8220;Mack the Knife&#8221; of the title. 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