The CASH BOX Country Top 50
Week ending MAY 27, 1961
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1HELLO WALLS
    Faron Young (Capitol 4533)
  1  1  110
  2THE BLIZZARD
    Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7855)
  3  4  510
  3HEART OVER MIND
    Ray Price (Columbia 41947)
  4  3  313
  4FOOLIN’ AROUND
    Buck Owens (Capitol 4496)
  2  2  219
  5I FALL TO PIECES
    Patsy Cline (Decca 31205)
  5  610  9
  6LOUISIANA MAN
    Rusty & Doug (Hickory 1137)
  8101116
  7SLEEPY-EYED JOHN
    Johnny Horton (Columbia 41963)
111216  8
  8YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS
    Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7837)
  7  9  915
  9MENTAL CRUELTY
    Buck Owens & Rose Maddox (Capitol 4550)
121830  4
10THREE HEARTS IN A TANGLE
    Roy Drusky (Decca 31193)
  9  7  617
11DON’T WORRY
    Marty Robbins (Columbia 41922)
  6  5  418
12I’LL JUST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE (Then I’ll Go)
    Claude Gray (Mercury 71732)
10  8  825
13THE TWENTY-FOURTH HOUR
    Ray Price (Columbia 41947)
181719  8
14SWEET LIPS
    Webb Pierce (Decca 31249)
2648  3
15LOOSE TALK
    Buck Owens & Rose Maddox (Capitol 4550)
202736  4
16THE WINDOW UP ABOVE
    George Jones (Mercury 71700)
1311  730
17THOUGHTS OF A FOOL
    Ernest Tubb (Decca 31241)
213145  5
18THE HAND YOU’RE HOLDING NOW
    Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7863)
232840  4
19ONE WAY STREET
    Bob Gallion (Hickory 1145)
243550  4
20EVERYBODY’S DYING FOR LOVE
    Jimmy Newman (Decca 31217)
16141512
21BEGGAR TO A KING
    Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-7869)
253848  4
22LONELYVILLE
    Ray Sanders (Liberty 55304)
15221813
23LET FORGIVENESS IN
    Webb Pierce (Decca 31197)
14131317
24ODDS AND ENDS (Bits And Pieces)
    Warren Smith (Liberty 55302)
17161416
25I LOVE YOU BEST OF ALL
    Louvin Brothers (Capitol 4506)
19191715
26COUNTRY MUSIC TIME
    Lonzo & Oscar (Starday 543)
3239  3
27(Jim) I WORE A TIE TODAY
    Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-7861)
222126  6
28JOHN AND MARY DOE
    Lawton Williams (Mercury 71780)
292020  8
29FROM HERE TO THERE TO YOU
    Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7871)
4547  3
30BEFORE I LOSE MY MIND
    Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4548)
333743  7
31SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP
    Connie Hall (Decca 31208)
272625  8
32THE LEGEND OF THE BIG RIVER TRAIN
    Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31214)
28151213
33ARE YOU TRUE TO ME
    Carl Smith (Columbia 41948)
30232213
34SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY
    Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7863)
384037  8
35FLAT TOP
    Cowboy Copas (Starday 542)
312428  7
36OKLAHOMA HILLS
    Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4556)
40  2
37FOREVER GONE
    Ernest Ashworth (Decca 31237)
44  2
38THERE’LL ALWAYS BE SADNESS
    Marion Worth (Columbia 41972)
414547  4
39BIG MAN IN A BIG HOUSE
    Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71779)
43413911
40DIME A DOZEN
    Shirley Collie (Liberty 55324)
48  2
41THE REBEL – JOHNNY YUMA
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 41995)
4650  3
42SIX PALLBEARERS
    Bob Gallion (Hickory 1145)
4946  3
43THE OTHER CHEEK
    Kitty Wells (Decca 31192)
36333118
44THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL (Is A Man)
    Jean Shepard (Capitol 4538)
373435  5
45I’D RATHER LOAN YOU OUT
    Roy Drusky (Decca 31193)
35252717
46LAST NIGHT
    Webb Pierce (Decca 31249)
  1
47THREE STEPS TO THE PHONE (Millions Of Miles)
    George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-7881)
  1
48AIN’T GONNA WORK TOMORROW
    Louvin Brothers (Capitol 4559)
  1
49WHERE YOUR ARMS USED TO BE
    Billy Strange (Liberty 55307)
  1
50WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
    Roger Miller (RCA Victor 47-7878)
  1
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