Wooden Heart

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"Wooden Heart"
Muss i denn muss i denn Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley German single.png
Picture sleeve for one of 1961 German singles
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album G.I. Blues
A-side "Blue Christmas" (USA 1964)
B-side "Tonight is So Right for Love" (UK 1961)
Released
  • 23 September 1960 (1960-09-23) ( G.I. Blues album)
  • 10 March 1961 (1961-03-10) (UK single)
  • November 1964 (1964-11) (single)
Recorded28 April 1960
Genre
Length2:03
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey, Bert Kaempfert [1]
Producer(s) Steve Sholes [1]
Elvis Presley USAsingles chronology
"Ask Me"
(1964)		"Wooden Heart"
(1964)		"Do the Clam"
(1965)
Elvis Presley UKsingles chronology
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
(1960)		"Wooden Heart"
(1961)		"Surrender"
(1961)

Sales

Sales for Wooden Heart
RegionSales
Europe1,000,000 [19]
Germany600,000 [20]
Netherlands90,000 [21]

Joe Dowell

Gus Backus

Chart (1960)Peak
position
West Germany (GfK) [26] 2
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 [14] 102

Editions

Other versions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 56. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 122–3. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 82.
  4. ↑ ""Lili Marlene" Philips issue". Discogs . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. 1 2 "Australian Chart Books". Archive.today. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Wooden Heart". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)". VG-lista.
  13. 1 2 "South Africa Top 40 Singles". 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. 1 2 3 Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  15. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 40, 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  16. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)" (in French). Les classement single.
  17. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (muss i denn...)". Singles Top 100.
  18. ↑ "Sixties City - Pop Music Charts - Every Week Of The Sixties". Sixtiescity.net. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 145. ISBN   0668064595. Wooden Heart - Elvis's 31st million seller achieved a seven-figure sale in Europe alone ...
  20. ↑ "Cash Box - Germany" (PDF). Cash Box . March 4, 1961. p. 44. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  21. ↑ Wapperom, Hemmy J.S. (June 26, 1961). "Connie Froboes Set For Festival". Billboard . p. 41. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Google Books.
  22. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  23. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 9/09/61". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  24. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1961/Top 100 Songs of 1961". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  25. ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1961". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  26. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Gus Backus – Wooden Heart (Muß i denn zum Städtele hinaus)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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