Nanci Griffith - Wooden Heart - 1990

This song is performed by Nanci Griffith - with the Father's barber shop quartet, and appears on the album Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2003) Nanci Griffith (born July 6, 1953) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, reared in Austin, Texas, who currently lives in Nashville. Griffith's high school boyfriend, John, died in a motorcycle accident after taking her to the senior prom, and subsequently inspired many of her songs "Wooden Heart" ("Muss i denn" lit. Must I then) is a song best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues "Wooden Heart", created by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey and German bandleader Bert Kaempfert, was based on a German folk song by Friedrich Silcher, "Muss i' denn zum Städtele hinaus", originating from the Rems Valley in Württemberg, southwest Germany. Nanci Griffith (Austin (Texas), 6 juli 1953) is een Amerikaanse zangeres, gitariste en songwriter. Ze maakt vooral muziek in de genres country en folk.