​“You Talk Too Much” is a 1960 single by Joe Jones. It was written by Fats Domino’s brother-in-law, Reginald Hall, but Domino actually turned down the song. Jones’s version peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Joseph Charles “Joe” Jones (August 12, 1926 – November 27, 2005)[1] was an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones is also generally credited with discovering the Dixie Cups. He also worked with B.B. King.[2] As a singer, Jones had his greatest hit in the form of the Top Five 1960 R&B hit “You Talk Too Much”, which also reached #3 on the pop chart.

Career

Jones served in the U.S. Navy, where he played piano in a band, before studying music at the Juilliard Conservatory of Music. He formed a band, Joe Jones and his Atomic Rebops, in the late 1940s; band members…