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Mack the Knife Technique

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. (Source, 92) Bobby Da...

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...