28K views · 73 reactions | It's been a while since we posted some Louis Armstrong. "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack The Knife" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for "Threepenny Opera." It premiered in 1928. | American Lindy Hop Championships | Facebook

Track title: Mack the Knife performed by #RufusWainwright 🎙️ 📆 Song released: 31 August 1928 ✍️ Written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht 🎭 For the 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera 📖 The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named Macheath 📍Full show streaming now through the On Air website, mobile and TV apps - Rufus Wainwright 'Does Weill' | On Air