Wooden Heart "Dinner At Eight". A cover version by Joe Dowell on the Smash Records label made it to number one in the US at the end of August 1961, knocking Bobby Lewis' "Tossin' and Turnin'" off the number-one spot of the "Billboard" Hot 100 after seven weeks. Dowell's version also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart. "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", originating from the Rems Valley in Württemberg, southwest Germany. "Wooden Heart" features
Opus No. 1 a big hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1944. Opus No. 1 Opus No. 1 may refer to at least 2 distinctly different pieces of music. The 1943 Sy Oliver piece is spoken of below but it is also the title of the standard on hold music for Cisco phone systems composed by Tim Carleton and Darrick Deel. These are different pieces of music. "Opus No. 1" is a popular song, composed in 1943 by Sy Oliver, with lyrics by Sid Garris. The tune is often titled "Opus One", or "Opus #1". It has become a standard song in