| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending MARCH 17, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | A WOUND TIME CAN’T ERASE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | MISERY LOVES COMPANY Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7967) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| 3 | ALLA MY LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 4 | SHE’S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (Decca 31354) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | |
| 5 | NOBODY’S FOOL BUT YOURS Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 6 | UNLOVED UNWANTED Kitty Wells (Decca 31349) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| 7 | A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (Decca 31330) Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4681) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 8 | |
| 8 | ACHING, BREAKING HEART George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| 9 | TEARS BROKE OUT ON ME Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-7984) | 14 | 29 | 39 | 4 | |
| 10 | CHARLIE’S SHOES Billy Walker (Columbia 42287) | 19 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 12 | THAT’S MY PA Sheb Wooley (MGM 13046) | 10 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |
| 13 | LOSING YOUR LOVE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 20 | |
| 14 | TWENTY MILES FROM SHORE Hawkshaw Hawkins (Columbia 42223) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| 15 | THREE DAYS Faron Young (Capitol 4696) | 28 | 42 | 46 | 4 | |
| 16 | YOU ARE MY LIFE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 9 | |
| 17 | WHERE I OUGHT TO BE Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7979) | 21 | 24 | 23 | 8 | |
| 18 | IT SURE LOOKS LONESOME OUTSIDE Slim Whitman (Imperial 5791) | 18 | 20 | 22 | 9 | |
| 19 | THE CAJUN QUEEN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) Red Sovine (RCA Victor 47-7981) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 8 | |
| 20 | BAD NEWS GETS AROUND Warren Smith (Liberty 55409) | 30 | 38 | 42 | 4 | |
| 21 | IF A WOMAN ANSWERS (Hang Up The Phone) Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71926) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 22 | GO ON HOME Marion Worth (Columbia 42184) Patti Page (Mercury 71906) | 22 | 21 | 25 | 11 3 | |
| 23 | THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4650) | 20 | 18 | 20 | 15 | |
| 24 | AIR MAIL TO HEAVEN Carl Smith (Columbia 42222) | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | |
| 25 | MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 27 | 33 | 35 | 6 | |
| 26 | JUST AIN’T Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia 42280) | 29 | 32 | 36 | 6 | |
| 27 | SOMETIMES I’M TEMPTED Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 26 | 19 | 19 | 9 | |
| 28 | BLUE HOUSE PAINTED WHITE Sonny Burns (United Artists 395) | 25 | 26 | 29 | 9 | |
| 29 | HAPPY JOURNEY Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7965) | 24 | 27 | 31 | 14 | |
| 30 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 16 | 13 | 12 | 30 | |
| 31 | TENNESSEE FLAT-TOP BOX Johnny Cash (Columbia 42147) | 23 | 16 | 15 | 18 | |
| 32 | WHAT’S THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Capitol 4674) | 35 | 39 | 45 | 7 | |
| 33 | GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR HANDS Bill Anderson (Decca 31358) | 40 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | WILLINGLY Shirley Collie & Willie Nelson (Liberty 55403) | 33 | 37 | 33 | 7 | |
| 35 | SAL Cowboy Copas (Starday 573) | 31 | 23 | 17 | 11 | |
| 36 | LET’S END IT BEFORE IT BEGINS Claude Gray (Mercury 71898) | 32 | 22 | 21 | 14 | |
| 37 | HAS ANYBODY SEEN ME LATELY Hank Cochran (Liberty 55402) | 38 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
| 38 | YOU TAKE THE TABLE (And I’ll Take The Chairs) Claude Gray (Mercury 71936) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | MY NAME IS MUD James O’Gwynn (Mercury 71935) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) | 37 | 34 | 32 | 6 | |
| 41 | SOME DO, SOME DON’T, SOME WILL, SOME WON’T Freddie Hart (Columbia 42285) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | 42 IN CHICAGO Merle Kilgore (Mercury 71918) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | THE BIG BATTLE Johnny Cash (Columbia 42301) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | YOUR LETTER’S OVERDUE Bill Mack (MGM 13055) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | EAST OF WEST BERLIN Red Sovine (Starday 579) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | (The Legend Of) BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT Sonny James (RCA Victor 47-7998) Tommy Faile (Choice 6504) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | I’LL JUST WALK ON BY Margie Singleton (Mercury 71928) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | HONKY-TONK MAN Johnny Horton (Columbia 42302) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | NEW FRONTIER Jim Nesbitt (Rush 1746) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | SMALL TOWN GIRL Bob Gallion (Hickory 1164) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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