Surrender
"Surrender" is a contemporary re-arrangement by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman of a 1902 Italian ballad by Giambattista and Ernesto de Curtis entitled "Torna a Surriento" ("Come Back to Sorrento").
It first became a US #1 hit for Elvis Presley in 1961 (2 weeks, March-April) and when released in UK, it topped the charts for 3 weeks in June 1961.
Wooden Heart
"Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)" is a song best known for featuring in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues. The song was a hit for Presley in the UK, topping the charts for 3 weeks (March - April 1961).
"Wooden Heart", created by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey and German bandleader Bert Kaempfert, was based on a German folk song, "Muß i' denn zum Städtele hinaus". "Wooden Heart" features several lines from the original folk song.
In the US, Joe Dowell's cover version, made #1 for a week in September 1961.
The song was also covered by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1993.
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