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Written by Kurt Weill, also September Song (Frank Sinatra), Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (The Doors) and My Ship (Miles Davis + 19)
Released on Deutsche Grammophon, also Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39: Presto con fuoco (Martha Argerich), Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning (Göteborgs Symfoniker) and Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60: Allegretto (Martha Argerich)
Recorded at World Broadcasting System Studios, also Hexapoda (5 Studies in Jitteroptera): Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes, Hexapoda (5 Studies in Jitteroptera): Gut-Bucket Gus and Hexapoda (5 Studies in Jitteroptera): Jane Shakes Her Hair
Part of It Ain’t Necessarily So: Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes, also An Outlandish Suite: No. 2. Florida Night Song, Dance no. 4 and Paraphrase on “Largo al factotum” from G. Rossini’s opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia”
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
21 other songs on fono were recorded at World Broadcasting System Studios, by Emanuel Bay and Milton Kaye and others
Kurt Weill wrote 90 songs on fono
Kurt Weill’s most frequent co-writer is Bertolt Brecht (42 songs together)
Kurt Weill first appears on fono in 1952, 54 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Kurt Weill
- Performed by
- Emanuel Bay and Jascha Heifetz
- Recorded at
- World Broadcasting System Studios
- Released on
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Written by
- Kurt Weill
- Performed by
- Emanuel Bay and Jascha Heifetz
- Recorded at
- World Broadcasting System Studios
- Released on
- Deutsche Grammophon
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Kurt Weill
Same label: Deutsche Grammophon
Same studio: World Broadcasting System Studios
Same release: It Ain’t Necessarily So: Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes
Same writer: Kurt Weill
Same label: Deutsche Grammophon
Same studio: World Broadcasting System Studios
Same release: It Ain’t Necessarily So: Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was performed by Emanuel Bay
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was performed by Emanuel Bay
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2MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was performed by Jascha Heifetz
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was performed by Jascha Heifetz
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3MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was written by Kurt Weill
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was written by Kurt Weill
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4MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera is part of the release It Ain’t Necessarily So: Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera is part of the release It Ain’t Necessarily So: Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes
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5MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was recorded at World Broadcasting System Studios
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was recorded at World Broadcasting System Studios
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6MusicBrainz Deutsche Grammophon is the label of the song The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera
Deutsche Grammophon is the label of the song The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera
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7MusicBrainz The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was released on 2006-09
The Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera was released on 2006-09
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