Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife

[avacados12]

Her voice is as sweet and smooth as melted chocolate <3 I love her

[ray123ification]

As far as I am concerned this is the definitive version.

[OrganicPanicMOB]

I was born in the wrong era :/

[hollygrace93]

@OrganicPanicMOB I think that all the time! haha :)

[greenlicksoup]

@OrganicPanicMOB you can say that again

[eckythimble]

The one time in her life she lost the script, Ella loosens up her unrivalled, perfectly timbred voice, transcends herself and touches the plane of rawness of Billie and Sarah. The result: her greatest performance!

[TarsTarkasEff]

Ella  was a bloody genius.

[travelfoto]

Had to get out of my seat & do a little dance when she began to scat. Impossible to sit still.

[reedforcongress]

One person disliked this??? WHO ARE YOU?!!

[dizzyloo]

Not just a voice. An instrument. Any-one who can flub a song this damn good deserves a Long-Standing Ovation... BRAVO!

[Geotubest]

Only legends can pull it off.

[TheWye]

Ella doesn't follow lyrics... Lyrics follow Ella!

[joanscone]

i heard this on my jazz station while driving to work today, It made me so happy to hear how she improvised what talent

[joanscone]

i heard this on my jazz station while driving to work today, It made me so happy to hear how she improvised what talent

[vontay09]

TAYLOR GANG OR ....ooops sorry wrong page

[beigecamouflage]

Wiki says: "Ella Fitzgerald made a famous live recording in 1960 (released on Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife) in which, after forgetting the lyrics after the first verse, she improvised new lyrics in a performance that earned her a Grammy Award." I'm delighted to find this classic on Youtube!

[HERBLANDZ]

She did what people try to write in a movie .She was the real deal yet no one wants to make a movie about the LADY OF SONG.

[raspberrybaggio]

Musical morphine :D

[philipwilliamson]

One person was singing along.



[rabi19610921]

Incredibly exciting performance

[177coc]

WONDERFUL ELLA !

[ilovekelly75]

"You won't recognize it"

[shayrivera2114]

Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. Gotta love her creativity!!!! And now Ella, Ella and her fellas made a beautiful version of Mack the Knife.

[shayrivera2114]

Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. Gotta love her creativity!!!!

[Samburger13]

im supposing the one person who disliked this meant to press thumbs up but accidentally pressed thumbs down.. thats the only explanation :P

[ddsharper]

she did that (pretended she forgot the verse) with every single performance around the world, even in the south of france in 1968. it was a part of her version.

[raynorman]

umm... umm... something.... mack the knife.... ummm.... doo-baah dooooo-baaaah....

haha brilliant!

[roxmyworld04]

Amazing!

[MsNostalgicDi]

I heard this on a flight yesterday, I couldn't restrain my laughter. Ella...is makin' a wreck..of..Mack the Knife..

[Jezeroth]

This performance is legendary. Just amazing.

[FlyingMonkeyDogCat]

hahahahaha

[OFreddieBoy]

I love her.

[ReachForTheStars8]

sheer brilliance!

[skumers]

oh my god the greatest thing ive ever heard fucking gangster

[firstchoice1956]

Smooth...Smooth

[jennifer92ful]

She is beautiful with her talent and all !!!

[zappasaurus]

Too bad talent like this is no longer appreciated. What a gift. I have loved this performance the first time I heard it decades after the fact. Something about that big band style.

[Snippit]

She was amazing! No one can scat like her! Her scatting in "How High The Moon" is incredible!!

[minorcampa]

It's very good. that´s all

[emoaddicted2anime]

whoah gd improvisation

[pusaterimoney]

omg her voice is soooo damn classy!

[rosepetal108]

HAHAHA!!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!! This is the first time I listened to this. Unbelievable! AWESOME!!!!!

What a talent! Pity I missed these awesome live performances by Ella.

[Sooze55]

shes so cool when she covers her forgetfulness!

[MirroredHorizon]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG IMPRESSION #FTW @ 3:10

[odysseetheater]

it is like to DIE on stage if you have no lyrics. OMG.. i can imagine how she felt. the way she drifted the song ahead is genius. she is was and will be forever the best....... my inspiration forever

[trl614]

This is talent. This days so call artists should take note. This was sang live in Berlin the fist time she did Mack The Knife.

[Jeannenyc57]

Does anyone know the name of this album? I have been looking for it for years. Thanks, Jeanne

[ToastTeddy]

@Jeannenyc57 The album is called "Ella in Berlin" :D

[TheBoomhahaha]

i really do love her lol

[jerramy]

ALWAYS BRILLIANT

[TheQueenAretha]

It is very clever how she improvised like that. It was brilliant!

[MrPianoplayer10]

I've been listening to her smooth voice for over a year, and she is AWESOME!

[babamari]

.........wow......

[cybergonz]

god, just her voice gives me goosebumps .. so damn talented. and genius!

[Autumn82]

I have one word for this...GENIUS!!!

[craigcom11]

Mmm, she forgot a chorus the song ain't got!

[AgilysChii]

"Oooh Louie Miller... Oooooh something about the cash !!" XD

[italian0dyme]

hahaha . . . "it's a surprise hit!" =D

[lexiconlover]

Thank you,my mother owns an album with this track and I used to listen to it a lot.

[oosdadaddy]

Love this track from the album 'Live in Berlin'. Brings back many memories of jazz clubs in London back in the 80's. There is a particular incident arising from this track at a nightclub that I would love to relate to you all, but unfortunately I am too much of a gentleman to disclose the details. Susan, if you are reading this. I bet you are smiling!!

[fairfaced]

Brilliant!!

[PTfan54]

Thanks, been trying to find this version for ages!

[vinylsingleman]

Thanks for posting this! Cool version. I'm sure the forgetting the words was actually intentional, though, to give this a unique quality.

[shawnbeemer]

ella was a genuis