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Artist: Lotte Lenya & Irene Eden
Author: Berthold Brecht/Kurt Weill
Label: Ultraphon
Year: 1927
At the Baden-Baden Festival in Das Songspiel Mahagonny as Jessie and Bessie respectively. Das Songspiel Mahagonny's success inspired the authors to expand the formula, recycling the songs in full opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1930). Lotte Lenya was coauthor Kurt Weill's widow. Her first recording was with the Theo Mackeben Jazz Orchestra in February 1930 for Ultraphon; the following month recut for Homocord.
Covers:
Marek Weber Orch. [instrumental for Electrola]
Mali Trummer [the Jenny in the musical's 'Uraufführung']
Catherine Sauvage [translated by Boris Vian]
Primitives Group [pre Plastic People Of The Universe]
Esther Ofarim [as Moon Of Alabama]
Milva [idem]
Dagmar Krause [in film Supply And Demand]
Wild Billy Childish & The Black Hands [ska version]
Dee Dee Bridgewater [incorporating a piece of Blues March (Art Blakey)]
This song had English lyrics since day one (by Elisabeth Hauptmann), with a few translated lines in German. They were first published in Bert Brecht's Hauspostille (1927). Elisabeth should share credits.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)