| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending JANUARY 27, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | CRAZY Patsy Cline (Decca 31317) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 3 | LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |
| 4 | LOSING YOUR LOVE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | TENNESSEE FLAT-TOP BOX Johnny Cash (Columbia 42147) | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | |
| 6 | THAT’S MY PA Sheb Wooley (MGM 13046) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | |
| 7 | THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4650) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
| 8 | THE COMANCHEROS Claude King (Columbia 42196) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 9 | A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (Decca 31330) Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4681) | 11 | 13 | 29 | 4 1 | |
| 10 | AIR MAIL TO HEAVEN Carl Smith (Columbia 42222) | 16 | 20 | 19 | 10 | |
| 11 | BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42175) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 12 | MISERY LOVES COMPANY Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7967) | 14 | 16 | 23 | 6 | |
| 13 | DEAR IVAN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42259) | 19 | 25 | 50 | 4 | |
| 14 | LET’S END IT BEFORE IT BEGINS Claude Gray (Mercury 71898) | 17 | 26 | 39 | 7 | |
| 15 | (How Can I Write On Paper) WHAT I FEEL IN MY HEART Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | |
| 16 | SOFT RAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| 17 | TWENTY MILES FROM SHORE Hawkshaw Hawkins (Columbia 42223) | 18 | 24 | 25 | 8 | |
| 18 | THE OUTSIDER Bill Phillips (Columbia 42158) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16 | |
| 19 | ALLIGATOR MAN Jimmy Newman (Decca 31324) | 20 | 22 | 27 | 8 | |
| 20 | GO ON HOME Marion Worth (Columbia 42184) | 24 | 36 | 46 | 4 | |
| 21 | UNLOVED UNWANTED Kitty Wells (Decca 31349) | 40 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | ALLA MY LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 23 | HAPPY JOURNEY Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7965) | 26 | 28 | 22 | 7 | |
| 24 | A WOUND TIME CAN’T ERASE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | 32 | — | — | 2 | |
| 25 | BIG, BIG LOVE Wynn Stewart (Challenge 9121) | 25 | 23 | 28 | 13 | |
| 26 | SAL Cowboy Copas (Starday 573) | 27 | 29 | 34 | 4 | |
| 27 | LOVE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Billy Deaton (Smash 1714) | 29 | 34 | 44 | 7 | |
| 28 | ANYWHERE THERE’S PEOPLE Lawton Williams (Mercury 71867) | 33 | 37 | 43 | 13 | |
| 29 | ACHING, BREAKING HEART George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | NOBODY’S FOOL BUT YOURS Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | YOU ARE MY LIFE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | I TOLD THE BROOK Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 35 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | WHERE I OUGHT TO BE Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7979) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 34 | SOMETIMES I’M TEMPTED Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | BACKTRACK Faron Young (Capitol 4616) | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 | |
| 36 | THE CAJUN QUEEN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) Red Sovine (RCA Victor 47-7981) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | DAY INTO NIGHT Kitty Wells (Decca 31313) | 22 | 19 | 18 | 14 | |
| 38 | MR. RECORD MAN Willie Nelson (Liberty 55386) | 45 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | FAIR SWISS MAIDEN Roger Miller (RCA Victor 47-7958) | 34 | 35 | 35 | 8 | |
| 40 | WALKING THE STREETS Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 15 | 11 | 8 | 20 | |
| 41 | SECOND CHOICE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | THERE AIN’T NO LOVE Rose Maddox (Capitol 4651) | 43 | 49 | 47 | 5 | |
| 43 | BLUE HOUSE PAINTED WHITE Sonny Burns (United Artists 395) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | THROUGH THAT DOOR Ernest Tubb (Decca 31300) | 31 | 27 | 21 | 16 | |
| 45 | IT SURE LOOKS LONESOME OUTSIDE Slim Whitman (Imperial 5791) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | SHE’S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (Decca 31354) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | HOW DO YOU TALK TO A BABY Webb Pierce (Decca 31298) | 23 | 15 | 11 | 19 | |
| 48 | IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4635) | 37 | 33 | 24 | 14 | |
| 49 | YOU’RE THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Crest 1075) | 36 | 32 | 30 | 23 | |
| 50 | GO HOME Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia 42141) | 38 | 38 | 33 | 13 | |
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