"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera. The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named Macheath, the "Mack the Knife" of the title. Record of the Year at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards, November 29, 1959 — hosted by Meredith Willson at Various (including Beverly Hilton Hotel). Wiki link Wiki link