Must i then, must i then go to the town (Muss i denn, muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus (auch Muß i denn zum Städtele ’naus) is a German and Swabian folk song adapted by Friedrich Silcher and first published in 1827, which was supplemented by two English-language adaptations under the title Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley in 1960 and Joe Dowell in 1961 each experienced worldwide distribution as a million seller and thus became one of the internationally best-known German folk tunes.
Elvis Presley became aware of "Must i denn..." while he was in the army in Germany. The film Café Europa, shot after his military service, is a reminiscence of this time, the first musical homage was the song Frankfurt Special, recorded on April 27, 1960. The following day he then sang Wooden Heart with English lyrics and some German-language ones under his house producer Steve Sholes Passages accompanied by tuba and organ. Fred Wise and Ben Weisman[3] as authors of the English-language text Kay Twomey and Bert Kaempfert are registered as composers for this revision, because the original composition was no longer subject to copyright protection as traditional or public domain.
Played here by the Wilhelmshaven Navy Music Corps under the conduction of Lt. Commander Matthias Prock. Thank you very much!
The ship in the background is the task force suppy ship "Bonn", a Berlin-class EGV 702 vessel.
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11 апр 2023
