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Are You Teasing Me

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"Are You Teasing Me"
Single by Carl Smith
from the album Sentimental Songs
B-side"It's a Lovely, Lovely World"
Released1952
Recorded1952
StudioCastle Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length2:56
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
Carl Smith singles chronology
"Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way"
(1951)
"Are You Teasing Me"
(1952)
"It's a Lovely, Lovely World"
(1952)

"Are You Teasing Me" is a song written by the Louvin Brothers (Charlie and Ira), sung by Carl Smith, and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 20922). In May 1952, it peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's country and western jockey chart (No. 2 best seller and juke box).[1] It spent 19 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 11 on Billboard's 1952 year-end country and western juke box chart and No. 14 on the year-end best seller chart.[2]

The song was also performed by the Louvin Brothers on their 1958 album Ira and Charlie.

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References

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 294. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. ^ "1952's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 27, 1952. p. 19.