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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)
Engineered by Rudy van Gelder, also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), First Light (Freddie Hubbard) and Blue Train (John Coltrane)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, also Blue Train (John Coltrane), I’m Old Fashioned (John Coltrane) and Lazy Bird (John Coltrane)
Released on Prestige, also Vierd Blues (Miles Davis), Airegin (Miles Davis Quintet) and Blues by Five (Miles Davis Quintet)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Rudy van Gelder engineered 1208 songs on fono, the 7th most of any engineer
289 other songs on fono were recorded at Van Gelder Studio, by John Coltrane and Miles Davis Quintet and others
Rudy van Gelder engineered 7 of Sonny Rollins’s top 10 songs
Kurt Weill wrote 90 songs on fono
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- Performed by
- Doug Watkins, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins and Tommy Flanagan
- Engineered by
- Rudy van Gelder
- Part of
- Saxophone Colossus
- Recorded at
- Van Gelder Studio
- Released on
- Prestige
- Written by
- Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- Performed by
- Doug Watkins, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins and Tommy Flanagan
- Engineered by
- Rudy van Gelder
- Part of
- Saxophone Colossus
- Recorded at
- Van Gelder Studio
- Released on
- Prestige
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Kurt Weill
Same engineer: Rudy van Gelder
Same writer: Bertolt Brecht
Same studio: Van Gelder Studio
Same label: Prestige
Same release: Saxophone Colossus
Same engineer: Rudy van Gelder
Same writer: Bertolt Brecht
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Doug Watkins
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Doug Watkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Max Roach
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Max Roach
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Sonny Rollins
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Sonny Rollins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Tommy Flanagan
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was performed by Tommy Flanagan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was written by Bertolt Brecht
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was written by Bertolt Brecht
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was written by Kurt Weill
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was written by Kurt Weill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” is part of the release Saxophone Colossus
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” is part of the release Saxophone Colossus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was recorded at Van Gelder Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Prestige is the label of the song Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera”
Prestige is the label of the song Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera”
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was engineered by Rudy van Gelder
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was engineered by Rudy van Gelder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was released on 1957-04-27
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) A Theme From “The Threepenny Opera” was released on 1957-04-27
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026