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, ...

Bobby Darin (1936-1973), US singer and actor, wearing a dark blue pin-striped jacket, a light blue shirt and dark blue bowtie in a studio portrait, against a blue background, circa 1965. (Photo by ...

In Hamburg, Germany, anyone can dial 4166 and hear hit records of the week. Most startling selection: Louis Armstrong playing and croaking a catchy 4/4 time ditty called Mack the Knife: Oh the shark ...

Saturday night saw the continuance of the KC Lyric Opera's "Explorations" series with "Mack the Knife is The Man I Love", a musical entertainment featuring the music of the Gershwins & Kurt Weill. The ...

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Elliot Zwiebach was 62 years old when he sang in front of a live audience for the first time. The retired reporter had always loved show tunes, but he’d never considered singing in public before. “I ...

Lots of people know the song “Mack the Knife” from Bobby Darin’s famous rendition, or perhaps from the brilliant if not totally accurate live performance by Ella Fitzgerald where she forgot the lyrics ...