Let's Live a Little | |
Cover: | Let's Live a Little (song).png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Carl Smith |
Album: | Let's Live a Little |
B-Side: | There's Nothing as Sweet as My Baby |
Released: | 1951 |
Recorded: | 1951 |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 2:49 |
Label: | Columbia |
Prev Title: | I Overlooked an Orchid (While Searching for a Rose) |
Prev Year: | 1950 |
Next Title: | There's Nothing as Sweet as My Baby |
Next Year: | 1951 |
"Let's Live a Little" is a country music song written by Ruth E. Coletharp, recorded by Carl Smith, and released on the Columbia label. In June 1951, it reached No. 2 on the country charts. It spent 20 weeks on the charts and was the No. 9 country record of 1951 based on juke box plays.[1] [2]
The song has been covered by artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Tommy Collins, Jimmy Wakely, and Tex Williams.