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, ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. At the heart of the story of “Mack the Knife” is a great irony: a song about a cold-blooded serial murderer written ...
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 ...
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