Alabama Song (from the songspiel “Mahagonny” & opera “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”)

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lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Elisabeth Hauptmann
publisher:Harms Co.
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-doors-alabama-song-whisky-bar-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/566 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=225 [info]
Wikidata:Q1633771 [info]
later translated versions:Alabama song (French version)
Song o Alabamie
translated version of:Alabama Song (from “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny”)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1928-03Alabama-SonginstrumentalMarek Weber und sein Orchester, Marek Weber2:57
1930-02-24Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama SongLotte Lenya, The Three Admirals, Theo Mackeben Jazzband, Theo Mackeben2:58
1930-02-24Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song (alternate take)Lotte Lenya, The Three Admirals, Theo Mackeben Jazzband, Theo Mackeben3:00
1930Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song (1930)Lotte Lenya mit Ensemble und Orchesterbegleitung2:51
1955-07-05 – 1955-07-07Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama-SongLotte Lenya, Roger Bean und sein Orchester4:08
1964-01-10Alabama SonginstrumentalSextet of Orchestra U.S.A.5:25
1966-09Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (original mono studio mix)coverThe Doors3:20
1966-09Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (original stereo studio mix)coverThe Doors3:20
1967-03-07Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)cover and liveThe Doors3:39
1967-03-07Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1967‐03‐07: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors4:03
1967-03-07Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1967‐03‐07: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:52
1967-03-10Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1967‐03‐10: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:16
1967-03Alabama Song (live, 1967-03: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:41
1967-12-16Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)cover and liveThe Doors3:30
1968-07-05Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1968‐07‐05: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:33
1968-09-20Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (live, 1968‐09‐20, late show: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden)cover and liveThe Doors1:24
1968-09-20Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1968‐09‐20: late show, Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden)cover and liveThe Doors3:07
1968-09-20Mack the Knife / Alabama Song (live, 1968‐09‐20, late show: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden)cover, live and medleyThe Doors3:32
1968Alabama Song (Live in Europe: 1968)cover and liveThe Doors2:47
1968 – 1970Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)cover and liveThe Doors1:51
1969-04-28Alabama Song (live Critique PBS broadcast USA 1969)cover and liveThe Doors1:42
1969-07-21 – 1970-05-08Medley: Alabama Song / Backdoor Man / Love Hides / Five to Onecover, live and medleyThe Doors10:18
1969-08 – 1970-06Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:51
1969-08 – 1970-06Medley: Alabama Song / Back Door Man / Love Hides / Five to One (live, 1969–70: USA)cover and liveThe Doors10:39
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-17: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:50
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-17: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:51
1970-01-17Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (New York)cover and liveThe Doors1:55
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors2:01
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:59
1970-01-18Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (false start) (live, 1970-01-18: Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Gardens, NY, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:24
1970-04-10Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970‐04‐10, late show: Boston Arena, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:40
1970-04-10Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970‐04‐10, early show: Boston Arena, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors2:02
1970-05-08Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (live, 1970‐05‐08: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:55
1970-06-06Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (live in Vancouver 1970)cover and liveThe Doors2:02
1970-08-21Medley: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) / Back Door Man / Five to Onecover, live and medleyThe Doors12:42
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Song (live, 1978-04-28 – 1978-05-06: “Stage”, USA)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:56
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:00
1978-04-29 – 1978-05-06Alabama Song (5.1 mix) (live, 1978-04-28/29: The Spectrum, Philadelpha, PA, USA)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:53
1978-05-16Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:03
1978-05-21 – 1978-05-30Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie4:01
1978-06-04Moon of Alabama (live, 1978-06-04: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:58
1978-06-05Alabama Song (live, 1978-06-05: Ekeberghallen, Oslo, Norway)cover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1978-06-30 – 1978-07-01Alabama Song (live, 1978‐06‐30/07‐01: Earls Court, London, UK)cover and liveDavid Bowie3:58
1978-07-01Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1978-07-02Alabama Song (UK single A-side, 1979)coverDavid Bowie3:51
1978-11-11Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1980Alabama Song (version en anglais)Dalida4:18
1984-11-17I Loves You, Porgy / The Other Woman / Mississippi Goddam / Moon over Alabama (Live) (live, 1984‐11‐17: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, UK)cover and liveNina Simone13:15
1984-11-17Mississippi Goddam / Moon Over Alabama (live, 1984‐11‐17: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England)liveNina Simone6:42
1984-11-17Moon of Alabama (live, 1984‐11‐17: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England)cover and liveNina Simone5:10
1984-11-17Moon Over Alabama (live, 1984‐11‐17: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England)liveNina Simone4:52
1988-08Alabama‐SongUte Lemper4:39
1990-03-04Alabama Song (live, 1990-03-04: Colisée de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:26
1990-03-13Alabama Song (live, 1990‐03‐13: Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada)cover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1990-03-26Moon of Alabama (live, 1990‐03‐26: Docklands Arena, London, UK)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:12
1990-04-03Moon of Alabama (live, 1990‐04‐03: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:18
1990-04-03Moon of Alabamacover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
1991-02Alabama Song (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)Angelina Réaux3:06
1993-02-26Alabama-Songcover and liveAnna Prucnal3:45
1998-06Alabama SongPeter Nordahl Trio7:27
2002-09-18Alabama Songcover and liveDavid Bowie5:08
2002-09-18Alabama Song (live, 2002‐09‐18: BBC Studio 3, Maida Vale, London, UK)cover and liveDavid Bowie?:??
2002-09-25Alabama Song (live, 2002‐09‐25: Le Zénith, Paris, France)cover and liveDavid Bowie4:38
2005-06-13Alabama SonginstrumentalRuss Lossing6:15
2006Alabama Song (live, 2006: Spectrum, Montreal, Canada)liveArthur H?:??
2006Alabama Song (live, 2006: Spectrum, Montreal, Canada)cover and liveArthur H8:41
2007-11Moon of Alabama (live, 2007-11: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveMax Raabe & Palast Orchester3:21
2013-07-04Alabama Song (live, 2013-07-04: P.P.C., Graz, Austria)cover and liveAmanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra5:05
2014-06Alabama SonginstrumentalJulia Hülsmann Quartet w/ Theo Bleckmann4:07
AlabamaElektrični orgazam1:51
Alabama songcoverMelina Mercouri4:09
Alabama Song (live, 1968‐04‐19: Westbury Music Fair, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:57
Alabama SongRalph Schuckett with Richard Butler4:26
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:26
Alabama Song (live, 1967-03-07: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)coverThe Doors4:32
Alabama SongLotte Lenya4:14
Alabama Song (live, 1967-03-07: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:48
Alabama Song (live, 1967-03-10: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:30
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:32
Alabama Song (live)cover and liveThe Doors3:32
Alabama Song (live, 1968-09-18: Television-Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark)cover and liveThe Doors1:39
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:40
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors1:41
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors?:??
Alabama Song (live, 1970-05-08: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:55
Alabama SongDalida5:39
Alabama SongThe Long Tall Texans4:11
Alabama SongDave Van Ronk5:13
Alabama Songcover and liveThe Doors3:48
Alabama Song (live, 1967-03: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors3:36
Alabama Song (live, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveThe Doors1:35
Alabama SongDave Van Ronk5:19
Alabama SongDavid Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Bob Dorough & Ralph Schuckett4:32
Alabama SongeX-Girl3:52
Alabama SongLesley Garrett2:44
Alabama SongDee Dee Bridgewater5:39
Alabama SongBruce Lash4:18
Alabama SongThe Bobs2:58
Alabama SongCluster5:41
Alabama SongGianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia5:39
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