The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers
Week ending DECEMBER 24, 1955
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LWWKS
  1SIXTEEN TONS
    “Tennessee” Ernie Ford (Capitol 3262)
  1  6
  2LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
    Webb Pierce (Decca 29662)
  213
  3JUST CALL ME LONESOME
    Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-6198)
  317
  4I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET
    Elvis Presley (Sun 223 / RCA Victor 47-6357)
  411
  5EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (Tomorrow You’ll Cry)
    Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6289)
  6  3
  6I DON’T CARE
    Webb Pierce (Decca 29480)
  527
  7DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON ME
    Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3275)
  1
  8WHY BABY WHY
    George Jones (Starday 202)
    Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739)
11
 
  6
  1
  9BEAUTIFUL LIES
    Jean Shepard (Capitol 3222)
  7  5
10A SATISFIED MIND
    Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6105)
    Red Foley & Betty Foley (Decca 29526)
  8
 
30
26
11I THOUGHT OF YOU
    Jean Shepard (Capitol 3222)
  5
12ALL RIGHT
    Faron Young (Capitol 3169)
1222
13YONDER COMES A SUCKER
    Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-6200)
1511
14THE RICHEST MAN (In The World)
    Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra (RCA Victor 47-6290)
  4
15IT’S A GREAT LIFE (If You Don’t Weaken)
    Faron Young (Capitol 3258)
10  8
15LONELY SIDE OF TOWN
    Kitty Wells (Decca 29728)
  1
15MAINLINER (The Hawk With Silver Wings)
    Hank Snow & Rainbow Ranch Boys (RCA Victor 47-6269)
13  7
15IF YOU WERE ME
    Webb Pierce (Decca 29662)
1412
NOTE: On the original published chart, Cash Box appended five additional positions to its Top 10 Country Best Sellers chart, but included only the titles of those additional records. Artists/labels listed above in positions 11 through 15 are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 10 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard Country charts.
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