"Loose Talk" was a 1954 song written by Freddie Hart

Freddie Hart (musician)

Frederick Segrest , known professionally as Freddie Hart, is an American country musician and songwriter best-known for his No. 1 hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972....

 (who also recorded it on Capitol, but didn't chart) and recorded by Carl Smith

Carl Smith (country musician)

Carl Milton Smith was an American country music singer. Known as "Mister Country," Smith was the husband of June Carter and Goldie Hill, the drinking companion of Johnny Cash, and the father of Carlene Carter...

 and was his last number one. It was at the top spot of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country and western chart for seven weeks and had a total of thirty-two weeks listed there. The B-side was More Than Anything Else in the World: it peaked at number fifteen in the same chart.

The song was covered in 1960 by Duet of Buck Owens

Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...

 and Rose Maddox

Rose Maddox

Roselea Maddox , better known as Rose Maddox, was an American country singer-songwriter and fiddle player.Born in Boaz, Alabama, Maddox was the singer in the Maddox Brothers and Rose....

and Reached No. 4 On the country charts as a B-side to song "Mental Cruelty".