Alabama. Selective list of recorded versions The song has been covered often: Jazz musicians Eric Dolphy and John Lewis recorded Mack the Knife and Other Berlin Theatre Songs of Kurt Weill, an album of Kurt Weill tunes in 1964. "Alabama Song" was performed by a band consisting of Dolphy on bass clarinet, Lewis on piano, Nick Travis on trumpet, Mike Zwerin on trombone, Richard Davis on double bass, and Connie Kay on drums. The solo order is trombone, piano, and bass clarinet. Zwerin asked Dolphy to "play what [he] felt about Alabama". The Mitchell Trio on The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio in 1964 Dave Van Ronk (of the Greenwich Village folk movement), in 1964 and 1992. Jacques Higelin, a French singer, covered the song with Catherine Sauvage, on his LP devoted to Boris Vian in 1966 (French lyrics by Boris Vian) Mike Westbrook featured the song in performances of his Brass Band in the 1970s, with lyrics by his wife Kate. Bette Midler. The song was included in a medley in her 1977 live show and double album Live at Last. Abwärts, the song featured in the 1980 EP Computerstaat the German punk band. Dalida, the song was covered by the French chanteuse in English during the 1980s. She changed the lyrics in verses to "Show me the way to the next little dollar" and "For if we don't find the next petit dollar." Električni Orgazam recorded a version on their 1982 album Lisce Prekriva Lisabon. Nina Simone, on her 1987 album Live At Ronnie Scott's, recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in 1984. It was covered by Ralph Schuckett with Richard Butler, Bob Dorough, Ellen Shipley and John Petersen on the tribute album Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill. Moni Ovadia, the Italo-Bulgarian actor, in 1997, included the song in his album Ballata di fine millennio Ute Lemper in 1991: Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill The Young Gods covered it on their 1991 release The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill, with the lyrics "Show us the way to the next little girl". Big John Bates covered it as a duet on their 2019 Skinners Cage LP with upright bass, violin, guitar and drums, omitting "show us the way to the next little girl" to reflect the change in modern sensibilities. Marianne Faithfull performed this song (along with several other Brecht/Weill songs) live on her