Talking Army Blues was a hit for Josh McCrae, written by Ewan McVicar (no stranger to Mudcat).

Ewan wrote (with just a hint of irritation) in his book "One Singer, One Song" that "Talking Army Blues" was a hit in the main UK record charts of the time, except *the* one which was eventually chosen as the official chart listing. The result being that "Talking Army Blues" disappeared from the historical record of Top Twenty Hits.