Written originally in 1927 as "Moritat," or "Theme from Threepenny Opera" by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)/E. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)/Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), "Mack the Knife" was done by Bobby Darin (1936-1973) in 1959, and won a Grammy. If you wanted to re-record "Mack the Knife" in 2005, you would have to compensate:

a. The current publisher for Bobby Darin only

b. The current publisher for Kurt Weill/E. Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein only

c. Both of these.

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