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

"Singer and actor Bobby Darin, who had skyrocketed to fame with his chart-topping hit Mack the Knife (1959), was photographed alongside his wife, actress Sandra Dee, at the 33rd Academy Awards in Santa Monica, California, in 1961." | History Through Time