| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1961 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 30, 1961, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | I FALL TO PIECES – Patsy Cline (Decca) |
| 2 | WINGS OF A DOVE – Ferlin Husky (Capitol) |
| 3 | THE WINDOW UP ABOVE – George Jones (Mercury) |
| 4 | FOOLIN’ AROUND – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 5 | HELLO WALLS – Faron Young (Capitol) |
| 6 | NORTH TO ALASKA – Johnny Horton (Columbia) |
| 7 | I’LL JUST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE (Then I’ll Go) – Claude Gray (Mercury) |
| 8 | HEART OVER MIND – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 9 | TENDER YEARS – George Jones (Mercury) |
| 10 | I MISSED ME – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 11 | SWEET LIPS – Webb Pierce (Decca) |
| 12 | SEA OF HEARTBREAK – Don Gibson (RCA Victor) |
| 13 | DON’T WORRY – Marty Robbins (Columbia) |
| 14 | THREE HEARTS IN A TANGLE – Roy Drusky (Decca) |
| 15 | FALLEN ANGEL – Webb Pierce (Decca) |
| 16 | MY EARS SHOULD BURN (When Fools Are Talked About) – Claude Gray (Mercury) |
| 17 | EXCUSE ME (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 18 | HEARTBREAK U.S.A. – Kitty Wells (Decca) |
| 19 | LOVING YOU (Was Worth This Broken Heart) – Bob Gallion (Hickory) |
| 20 | THE BLIZZARD – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 21 | I DREAMED OF A HILL-BILLY HEAVEN – Tex Ritter (Capitol) |
| 22 | LET FORGIVENESS IN – Webb Pierce (Decca) |
| 23 | BEGGAR TO A KING – Hank Snow (RCA Victor) |
| 24 | LOUISIANA MAN – Rusty & Doug (Hickory) |
| 25 | YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS – Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor) |
| 26 | WALK OUT BACKWARDS – Bill Anderson (Decca) |
| 27 | WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE – Roger Miller (RCA Victor) |
| 28 | PO’ FOLKS – Bill Anderson (Decca 31262) |
| 29 | BEFORE THIS DAY ENDS – George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount) |
| 30 | UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 31 | LOOSE TALK – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox (Capitol) |
| 32 | ALABAM – Cowboy Copas (Starday) |
| 33 | SWEET DREAMS – Don Gibson (RCA Victor) |
| 34 | ODDS AND ENDS (Bits And Pieces) – Warren Smith (Liberty) |
| 35 | MENTAL CRUELTY – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox (Capitol) |
| 36 | THREE STEPS TO THE PHONE (Millions Of Miles) – George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor) |
| 37 | YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE – Roger Miller (RCA Victor) |
| 38 | MY LAST DATE (With You) – Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor) |
| 39 | I WISH I COULD FALL IN LOVE TODAY – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 40 | BIG RIVER, BIG MAN – Claude King (Columbia) |
| 41 | IT’S YOUR WORLD – Marty Robbins (Columbia) |
| 42 | YOU CAN’T PICK A ROSE IN DECEMBER – Ernest Ashworth (Decca) |
| 43 | THE OTHER CHEEK – Kitty Wells (Decca) |
| 44 | A WORLD SO FULL OF LOVE – Ray Sanders (Liberty) |
| 45 | POLKA ON A BANJO – Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia) |
| 46 | ONE WAY STREET – Bob Gallion (Hickory) |
| 47 | WALK ON BY – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury) |
| 48 | I DON’T BELIEVE I’LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY – Warren Smith (Liberty) |
| 49 | THIS OLD HEART – Skeets McDonald (Columbia) |
| 50 | AM I LOSING YOU – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |