| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 21, 1961 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | TENDER YEARS George Jones (Mercury 71804) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 2 | UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE Buck Owens (Capitol 4602) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 4 | IT’S YOUR WORLD Marty Robbins (Columbia 42065) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | WALKING THE STREETS Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | |
| 6 | YOU’RE THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Crest 1075) Joe South (Fairlane 21006) Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7921) | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | |
| 7 | SEA OF HEARTBREAK Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7890) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| 8 | SOFT RAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 11 | 21 | 30 | 6 | |
| 9 | MY EARS SHOULD BURN (When Fools Are Talked About) Claude Gray (Mercury 71826) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |
| 10 | DIGGY LIGGY LO Rusty & Doug (Hickory 1151) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | BACKTRACK Faron Young (Capitol 4616) | 13 | 23 | 37 | 4 | |
| 12 | PO’ FOLKS Bill Anderson (Decca 31262) | 12 | 15 | 9 | 18 | |
| 13 | I WENT OUT OF MY WAY Roy Drusky (Decca 31297) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 | |
| 14 | CALL OF THE WILD Warren Smith (Liberty 55336) | 14 | 16 | 17 | 13 | |
| 15 | BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42175) | 30 | — | — | 2 | |
| 16 | WHY I’M WALKING Warren Smith & Shirley Collie (Liberty 55361) | 19 | 25 | 31 | 7 | |
| 17 | HANGOVER TAVERN Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4605) | 17 | 14 | 18 | 9 | |
| 18 | HOW DO YOU TALK TO A BABY Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 16 | 33 | 39 | 5 | |
| 19 | FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Billy Walker (Columbia 42050) | 18 | 19 | 25 | 13 | |
| 20 | HERE WE ARE AGAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 23 | 32 | 35 | 4 | |
| 21 | I FALL TO PIECES Patsy Cline (Decca 31205) | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 | |
| 22 | HELLO FOOL Ralph Emery (Liberty 55352) | 21 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |
| 23 | BIG RIVER, BIG MAN Claude King (Columbia 42043) | 22 | 18 | 16 | 15 | |
| 24 | I DREAMED OF A HILL-BILLY HEAVEN Tex Ritter (Capitol 4567) | 20 | 13 | 8 | 17 | |
| 25 | TO YOU AND YOURS (From Me And Mine) George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-7934) | 35 | — | — | 2 | |
| 26 | ONE GRAIN OF SAND Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-7926) | 29 | 35 | 40 | 5 | |
| 27 | STAND AT YOUR WINDOW Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7905) | 26 | 24 | 13 | 15 | |
| 28 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7921) | 24 | 20 | 26 | 6 | |
| 29 | TWO HEARTS ARE BROKEN Ray Sanders (Liberty 55348) | 37 | 45 | 50 | 4 | |
| 30 | THROUGH THAT DOOR Ernest Tubb (Decca 31300) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | BAD BAD DREAM Buck Owens (Capitol 4602) | 31 | 26 | 27 | 5 | |
| 32 | BE MINE AGAIN Ernest Ashworth (Decca 31292) | 40 | 43 | 38 | 5 | |
| 33 | DID I EVER TELL YOU George Jones & Margie Singleton (Mercury 71856) | 28 | 30 | 36 | 5 | |
| 34 | WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7905) | 32 | 27 | 21 | 15 | |
| 35 | SWEETHEARTS AGAIN Bob Gallion (Hickory 1154) | 39 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Roger Miller (RCA Victor 47-7878) | 25 | 17 | 15 | 22 | |
| 37 | COZY INN Leon McAuliff (Cimarron 4050) | 27 | 22 | 23 | 11 | |
| 38 | THE OUTSIDER Bill Phillips (Columbia 42158) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | LONELY STREET Rose Maddox (Capitol 4598) | 36 | 41 | 46 | 6 | |
| 40 | OPTIMISTIC Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7928) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | WHAT A LAUGH! Freddie Hart (Columbia 42146) | 47 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | CRAZY Patsy Cline (Decca 31317) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | BIG MAMOU Jimmy Newman (Decca 31281) | 34 | 28 | 24 | 10 | |
| 44 | GO HOME Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia 42141) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | HEARTBREAK U.S.A. Kitty Wells (Decca 31246) | 41 | 38 | 28 | 21 | |
| 46 | THE RESTLESS ONE Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-7933) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | NOT EVEN FRIENDS George Jones & Margie Singleton (Mercury 71856) | — | — | 48 | 2 | |
| 48 | OUR MANSION IS A PRISON NOW Kitty Wells (Decca 31313) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL Slim Whitman (Imperial 5778) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | I’VE GOT SOME Roy Drusky (Decca 31297) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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