Loose Talk (song)

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"Loose Talk" is a 1954 song written by Hardy Turner and Freddie Hart (who also recorded it on Capitol, but it did not chart) and recorded by Carl Smith. It was Smith's final number one, staying at the top spot of the Billboard country and western chart for seven weeks and spending a total of 32 weeks on the chart.^[1] The B-side was "More Than Anything Else in the World," which peaked at number five on the same chart.

• The song was covered in 1960 by Duet of Buck Owens and Rose Maddox and reached No. 4 On the country charts as a B-side to song "Mental Cruelty".
• The song was covered by Patsy Cline on radio program Country Style, USA program number 246 and released on an EP in 1960.
• The song was covered by John Prine and Connie Smith on his 1999 duet record In Spite of Ourselves.

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