Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy Buffett

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-11-15
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C2 7243 8 28103 2 2
1.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-01-05
DCC Compact ClassicsGZS-1073

Relationships

co-producer:Hank Cattaneo
producer:Phil Ramone
assistant mixer:Sean Chambers (American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter)
Dennis Cordero
mixer:Eric Schilling
vocals:Jimmy Buffett (from 1993 until 1994)
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (from 1993 until 1994)
arranger:Frank Foster (saxophonist)
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
mixed at:Crescent Moon Studios in Miami
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (cover)

Related works

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated parody versions:Mondsüchtig
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer