| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 2, 1961 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42175) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| 3 | CRAZY Patsy Cline (Decca 31317) | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | |
| 4 | SOFT RAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 5 | WALKING THE STREETS Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 6 | BACKTRACK Faron Young (Capitol 4616) | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | |
| 7 | UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE Buck Owens (Capitol 4602) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| 8 | HOW DO YOU TALK TO A BABY Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |
| 9 | TENDER YEARS George Jones (Mercury 71804) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | |
| 10 | IT’S YOUR WORLD Marty Robbins (Columbia 42065) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |
| 11 | THROUGH THAT DOOR Ernest Tubb (Decca 31300) | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | |
| 12 | TO YOU AND YOURS (From Me And Mine) George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-7934) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | |
| 13 | YOU’RE THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Crest 1075) Joe South (Fairlane 21006) Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7921) | 12 | 10 | 9 | 15 | |
| 14 | THE OUTSIDER Bill Phillips (Columbia 42158) | 16 | 23 | 22 | 8 | |
| 15 | LOSING YOUR LOVE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 18 | 30 | 45 | 5 | |
| 16 | THE RESTLESS ONE Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-7933) | 19 | 21 | 23 | 7 | |
| 17 | DAY INTO NIGHT Kitty Wells (Decca 31313) | 17 | 20 | 21 | 6 | |
| 18 | THE COMANCHEROS Claude King (Columbia 42196) | 20 | 25 | 33 | 5 | |
| 19 | BIG, BIG LOVE Wynn Stewart (Challenge 9121) | 22 | 27 | 31 | 5 | |
| 20 | I WENT OUT OF MY WAY Roy Drusky (Decca 31297) | 13 | 15 | 19 | 11 | |
| 21 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7921) | 15 | 13 | 17 | 12 | |
| 22 | FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Billy Walker (Columbia 42050) | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | |
| 23 | IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4635) | 32 | 36 | 38 | 6 | |
| 24 | OPTIMISTIC Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7928) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 8 | |
| 25 | ONE GRAIN OF SAND Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-7926) | 24 | 16 | 14 | 11 | |
| 26 | OUR MANSION IS A PRISON NOW Kitty Wells (Decca 31313) | 33 | 38 | 50 | 7 | |
| 27 | SWEETHEARTS AGAIN Bob Gallion (Hickory 1154) | 25 | 26 | 32 | 9 | |
| 28 | SEA OF HEARTBREAK Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7890) | 26 | 22 | 13 | 25 | |
| 29 | WHAT A LAUGH! Freddie Hart (Columbia 42146) | 28 | 29 | 36 | 9 | |
| 30 | THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL Slim Whitman (Imperial 5778) | 31 | 33 | 39 | 7 | |
| 31 | DEAR OKIE Johnny & Jonie Mosby (Toppa 1047) | 35 | 41 | 43 | 5 | |
| 32 | WHY I’M WALKING Warren Smith & Shirley Collie (Liberty 55361) | 29 | 17 | 20 | 13 | |
| 33 | HERE WE ARE AGAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 40 | 49 | 40 | 9 | |
| 34 | SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED Cowboy Copas (Starday 559) | 37 | 39 | 41 | 5 | |
| 35 | TENNESSEE FLAT-TOP BOX Johnny Cash (Columbia 42147) | 41 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | PO’ FOLKS Bill Anderson (Decca 31262) | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | |
| 37 | I KNOW Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-7933) | 39 | 42 | — | 5 | |
| 38 | SAME OLD TROUBLE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | WE’RE PROUND TO CALL HIM SON Harlan Howard (Capitol 4612) | 45 | 44 | 46 | 4 | |
| 40 | BE MINE AGAIN Ernest Ashworth (Decca 31292) | 34 | 31 | 25 | 11 | |
| 41 | ANYWHERE THERE’S PEOPLE Lawton Williams (Mercury 71867) | 43 | 43 | 44 | 5 | |
| 42 | (How Can I Write On Paper) WHAT I FEEL IN MY HEART Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | HANGOVER TAVERN Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4605) | 36 | 34 | 27 | 15 | |
| 44 | CALL OF THE WILD Warren Smith (Liberty 55336) | 27 | 18 | 16 | 19 | |
| 45 | HIT AND RUN Jerry Reed (Columbia 42183) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | IT HURTS ME MORE (The Second Time Around) Louvin Brothers (Capitol 4628) | 48 | — | — | 4 | |
| 47 | LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | AIR MAIL TO HEAVEN Carl Smith (Columbia 42222) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | COZY INN Leon McAuliff (Cimarron 4050) | 44 | 45 | 48 | 17 | |
| 50 | AIN’T GONNA DRINK NO MORE Clyde Beavers (Decca 31314) | 47 | 46 | 47 | 5 | |
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