When Lloyd Price’s version of “Stagger Lee” hit #1 earlier in 1959, it must’ve been something of a shock: A genuine murder ballad, performed with a getting-away-with-it sense of glee and enthusiasm, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. At the heart of the story of “Mack the Knife” is a great irony: a song about a cold-blooded serial ...

Andy Serkis takes a look at Mack The Knife, the second track under the spotlight in Radio 2's Song Stories. It's catchy, it swings and it's instantly hummable. Few could mistake the opening notes of ...

Suzi Quatro and Lenny Kaye discuss the famous Brecht/Weill song written in 1928 for The Threepenny Opera. From 2015. Show more The Brecht/Weill song Mack The Knife first appeared in The Threepenny ...

The Brecht/Weill song Mack The Knife first appeared in The Threepenny Opera in Berlin in 1928. Sung about the criminal MacHeath, the 'play with music' is based on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, who ...