| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 17, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (Decca 31330) Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4681) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 4 | |
| 3 | MISERY LOVES COMPANY Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7967) | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 4 | THAT’S MY PA Sheb Wooley (MGM 13046) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| 5 | LOSING YOUR LOVE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| 6 | ALLA MY LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 9 | 13 | 22 | 5 | |
| 7 | A WOUND TIME CAN’T ERASE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | 15 | 17 | 24 | 5 | |
| 8 | ACHING, BREAKING HEART George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 16 | 18 | 29 | 5 | |
| 9 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | |
| 10 | NOBODY’S FOOL BUT YOURS Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 17 | 21 | 30 | 5 | |
| 11 | UNLOVED UNWANTED Kitty Wells (Decca 31349) | 14 | 15 | 21 | 6 | |
| 12 | TENNESSEE FLAT-TOP BOX Johnny Cash (Columbia 42147) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 14 | |
| 13 | TWENTY MILES FROM SHORE Hawkshaw Hawkins (Columbia 42223) | 13 | 16 | 17 | 11 | |
| 14 | SHE’S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (Decca 31354) | 27 | 37 | 46 | 4 | |
| 15 | THE CAJUN QUEEN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) Red Sovine (RCA Victor 47-7981) | 19 | 27 | 36 | 4 | |
| 16 | AIR MAIL TO HEAVEN Carl Smith (Columbia 42222) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | |
| 17 | THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4650) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |
| 18 | SAL Cowboy Copas (Starday 573) | 20 | 23 | 26 | 7 | |
| 19 | LET’S END IT BEFORE IT BEGINS Claude Gray (Mercury 71898) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | |
| 20 | YOU ARE MY LIFE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 23 | 25 | 31 | 5 | |
| 21 | CRAZY Patsy Cline (Decca 31317) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 22 | WHERE I OUGHT TO BE Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7979) | 25 | 31 | 33 | 4 | |
| 23 | SOMETIMES I’M TEMPTED Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 30 | 30 | 34 | 5 | |
| 24 | DEAR IVAN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42259) | 21 | 11 | 13 | 7 | |
| 25 | GO ON HOME Marion Worth (Columbia 42184) | 18 | 19 | 20 | 7 | |
| 26 | SOFT RAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 22 | 20 | 16 | 23 | |
| 27 | LOVE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Billy Deaton (Smash 1714) | 26 | 24 | 27 | 10 | |
| 28 | IT SURE LOOKS LONESOME OUTSIDE Slim Whitman (Imperial 5791) | 31 | 39 | 45 | 5 | |
| 29 | ALLIGATOR MAN Jimmy Newman (Decca 31324) | 28 | 26 | 19 | 11 | |
| 30 | MR. RECORD MAN Willie Nelson (Liberty 55386) | 34 | 35 | 38 | 6 | |
| 31 | BLUE HOUSE PAINTED WHITE Sonny Burns (United Artists 395) | 39 | 40 | 43 | 5 | |
| 32 | THE COMANCHEROS Claude King (Columbia 42196) | 24 | 14 | 8 | 16 | |
| 33 | BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42175) | 29 | 22 | 11 | 19 | |
| 34 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) | 38 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | SAME OLD TOWN Skeets McDonald (Columbia 42252) | 41 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | WILLINGLY Shirley Collie & Willie Nelson (Liberty 55403) | 40 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | HAPPY JOURNEY Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7965) | 35 | 33 | 23 | 10 | |
| 38 | I TOLD THE BROOK Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 33 | 32 | 32 | 6 | |
| 39 | THE OUTSIDER Bill Phillips (Columbia 42158) | 36 | 34 | 18 | 19 | |
| 40 | WHEN MY HEART HURTS NO MORE George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 43 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | ANYWHERE THERE’S PEOPLE Lawton Williams (Mercury 71867) | 32 | 28 | 28 | 16 | |
| 42 | (How Can I Write On Paper) WHAT I FEEL IN MY HEART Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 37 | 29 | 15 | 13 | |
| 43 | BIG DREAMS Red Sovine (RCA Victor 47-7981) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | BIG, BIG LOVE Wynn Stewart (Challenge 9121) | 46 | 36 | 25 | 16 | |
| 46 | I FEEL SORRY FOR ME Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 42253) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | JUST AIN’T Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia 42280) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | WHAT’S THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Capitol 4674) | 42 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 49 | SECOND CHOICE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | 44 | 38 | 41 | 4 | |
| 50 | FIVE MINUTES OF THE LATEST BLUES Warren Smith (Liberty 55409) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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