"Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" was originally published in Bertolt Brecht's 1927 collection of poems, "Hauspostille". It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 mini-opera (or Songspiel) "Mahagonny". It was used again in Weill and Brecht's controversial 1930 full opera "Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny." The song was covered by The Doors for their 1967 debut album.
Here is Lotte Lenya (Kurt Weill's wife) singing Alabama Song in 1958
The Doors (1967)
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