C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1226772 By Elvis Presley. By Ben Weisman, Bert Kaempfert, Fred Wise, and Kay Twomey. Arranged by Leo Silva. Multicultural,Pop,Rock,World. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #822775. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1226772). Wooden Heart is a pop song recorded by Elvis Presley. The composition is based on a German folk song Muss i denn (I must then) and was featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film GI Blues. The song was a hit single for Presley on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number one for six weeks in March and April 1961, it was released in November 1964 as the B-side to Blue Christmas.A cover version by Joe Dowell on the Smash Records label reached No. 1 in the US in late August 1961, knocking Bobby Lewis's Tossin' and Turnin' off the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after seven weeks. Dowell's version also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart.