Billboard Top Country Singles of 1966

Last updated

This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1966. [1]

Contents

"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard ranked as the year's No. 1 single, despite its having peaked at No. 5 on the weekly charts.

"Almost Persuaded" by David Houston, which spent a record nine weeks in the No. 1 spot, ranked as the year's No.2 single.

RankPeak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
11"Swinging Doors" Merle Haggard Capitol
21"Almost Persuaded" David Houston Epic
34"I Love You Drops" Bill Anderson Decca
42"You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" Loretta Lynn Decca
51"Think of Me" Buck Owens Capitol
62"Tippy Toeing" The Harden Trio Columbia
71"Take Good Care of Her" Sonny James Capitol
82"Don't Touch Me" Jeannie Seely Monument
91"Distant Drums" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
105"Would You Hold It Against Me" Dottie West RCA Victor
112"A Million and One" Billy Walker Monument
121"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" Buck Owens Capitol
131"I Want to Go with You" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
141"Blue Side of Lonesome"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
152"Room in Your Heart" Sonny James Capitol
165"Streets of Baltimore" Bobby Bare RCA Victor
172"The One on the Right Is on the Left" Johnny Cash Columbia
181"Giddyup Go" Red Sovine Starday
195"Evil on Your Mind" Jan Howard Decca
202"Snowflake"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
215"Standing in the Shadows" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M
228"The Lovin' Machine" Johnny Paycheck Little Darlin
233"Talkin' to the Wall" Warner Mack Decca
243"The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot Tonight" Marty Robbins Columbia
251"Open Up Your Heart"Buck OwensCapitol
263"The Bottle Let Me Down"Merle HaggardCapitol
271"I Get the Fever"Bill AndersonDecca
282"Ain't Had No Lovin' Connie Smith RCA Victor
296"Put It Off Until Tomorrow" Bill Phillips Decca
307"A Way to Survive" Ray Price Columbia
314"Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)"Connie SmithRCA Victor
322"The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
336"I'm a People" George Jones Musicor
343"True Love's a Blessing"Sonny JamesCapitol
356"(Yes) I'm Hurting" Don Gibson RCA Victor
363"Skid Row Joe" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor
378"Someone Before Me The Wilburn Brothers Decca
383"The Tip of My Fingers"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
397"Baby" Wilma Burgess Decca
408"The Company You Keep" Bill Phillips Decca
4112"Don't Touch Me"Wilma BurgessDecca
4210"If Teardrops Were Silver" Jean Shepard Capitol
432"History Repeats Itself" Buddy Starcher Boone
444"It Takes a Lot of Money" Warner Mack Decca
457"Walking on New Grass" Kenny Price Boone
464"What Kinda Deal Is This" Bill Carlisle Hickory
472"Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers Columbia
489"I'm Living in Two Worlds" Bonnie Guitar Dot
494"Dear Uncle Sam"Loretta LynnDecca
505"Four-O-Thirty-Three"George JonesMusicor
512"The Ballad of the Green Berets" Barry Sadler RCA Victor
525"Husbands and Wives" Roger Miller Smash
539"(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor
5410"Back Pocket Money" Jimmy C. Newman Decca
5513"At Ease Heart" Ernest Ashworth Hickory
564"Sweet Thang" Nat Stuckey Paula
57"Make the World Go Away"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
589"Early Morning Rain" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
5910"The World Is Round" Roy Drusky Mercury
609"I'll Take the Dog" Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow Capitol
6115"Steel Rail Blues" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
6213"Many Happy Hangovers to You" Jean Shepard Capitol
636"Almost Persuaded No. 2" Ben Colder M-G-M
64"Born to Be in Love with You" Van Trevor Band Box
6515"Stop the Start (Of Tears in My Heart)" Johnny Dollar Columbia
667"If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl" Tommy Collins Columbia
673"Sittin' On a Rock (Crying in a Creek)"Warner MackDecca
6811"Golden Guitar Bill AndersonDecca
69"It's Only Love"Jeannie SeelyMonument
7012"Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
7113"I Can't Keep Away from You"The Wilburn BrothersDecca
7213"Lonelyville" Dave Dudley Mercury
734"What We're Fighting For"Dave DudleyMercury
7417"Time to Bum Again" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor
75"Anita You're Dreaming"Waylon JenningsRCA Victor
7614"It's All Over (But the Crying)"Kitty WellsDecca
773"England Swings"Roger MillerSmash
7810"Giddyup Go – Answer" Minnie Pearl Starday
7912"A Born Loser"Don GibsonRCA Victor
8020"Rainbows and Roses"Roy DruskyMercury
8115"A Woman Half My Age"Kitty WellsDecca
8212"Viet Nam Blues"Dave DudleyMercury
838"Take Me"George JonesMusicor
8413"Catch a Little Raindrop" Claude King Columbia
8518"I've Cried a Mile"Hank SnowRCA Victor
8616"I'd Just Be Fool Enough" The Browns RCA Victor
8710"Bad Seed"Jan HowardDecca
88"I Just Came to Smell the Flowers"Porter WagonerRCA Victor
8915"Baby Ain't That Fine" Gene Pitney and Melba Montgomery Musicor
9014"Count Me Out" Marty Robbins Columbia
919"Women Do Funny Things to Me" Del Reeves United Artists
92"Touch My Heart"Ray PriceColumbia
9311"Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"Ray PriceColumbia
9415"Long Time Gone"Dave DudleyMercury
951"Somebody Like Me"Eddy ArnoldCapitol
9614"Day for Decision" Johnny Sea Warner Bros.
9718"I'm a Nut" Leroy Pullins Kapp
9817"The Twelfth of Never" Slim Whitman Imperial
9917"I Hear Little Rock Calling"Ferlin HuskyCapitol
10018"Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart" Conway Twitty Decca

See also

Notes

  1. This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

  1. "Top Country Singles" (PDF). The Billboard. December 24, 1966. p. 35.
  2. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.