This week in 1960 Bobby Darin's “Mack the Knife” was in its 22nd week on the Billboard Hot 100 resting at #13. The song had entered the charts on August 24th, 1959, and as the decade of the 50’s came to a close, Mack the Knife sometimes called The Ballad of Mack the Knife, spent 9 weeks at #1. The song was a departure for Bobby Darin. His previous hits had been aimed more directly at a teen audience…songs like “Queen of the Hop”, “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover”. The Ballad of Mack the Knife wa

25K views · 1.5K reactions | March 10 1956 Bobby Darin makes his first television appearance on The Stage Show, where he sings "Rock Island Line". It would take two more years before he had his first US Top 40 hit, "Splish Splash", which he would follow with twenty-one more. VIDEO FROM BOBBY DARIN SHOW 1973 " MAKE THE KNIFE " | Rockabilly Italia | Facebook