| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending JANUARY 2, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | ONCE A DAY Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8416) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| 2 | YOU’RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW Sonny James (Capitol 5280) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 3 | I DON’T CARE (Just As Long As You Love Me) Buck Owens (Capitol 5240) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| 4 | THE LUMBERJACK Hal Willis (Sims 207) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |
| 5 | IT AIN’T ME, BABE Johnny Cash (Columbia 43145) | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | |
| 6 | I WON’T FORGET YOU Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8461) | 10 | 14 | 20 | 5 | |
| 7 | THREE A.M. Bill Anderson (Decca 31681) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | |
| 8 | ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK OUT BACK Billy Edd Wheeler (Kapp 617) | 13 | 18 | 22 | 7 | |
| 9 | FOUR STRONG WINDS Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 8443) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 10 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY Loretta Lynn (Decca 31707) | 11 | 16 | 24 | 6 | |
| 11 | I’LL REPOSSESS MY HEART Kitty Wells (Decca 31705) | 14 | 19 | 27 | 6 | |
| 12 | I THANK MY LUCKY STARS Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8445) | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
| 13 | CLOSE ALL THE HONKY TONKS Charlie Walker (Epic 9727) | 15 | 15 | 17 | 8 | |
| 14 | THE RACE IS ON George Jones (United Artists 751) | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| 15 | TRUCK DRIVING MAN George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8462) | 21 | 31 | 38 | 4 | |
| 16 | I’M GONNA TIE ONE ON TONIGHT Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31674) | 17 | 20 | 25 | 12 | |
| 17 | I’LL GO DOWN SWINGING Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8432) | 12 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 18 | WHEN IT’S OVER Carl Smith (Columbia 43124) | 19 | 22 | 26 | 13 | |
| 19 | HALF OF THIS, HALF OF THAT Wynn Stewart (Capitol 5271) | 22 | 25 | 30 | 10 | |
| 20 | A TEAR DROPPED BY Jean Shepard (Capitol 5304) | 23 | 28 | 35 | 6 | |
| 21 | HERE COMES MY BABY Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8374) | 16 | 12 | 15 | 24 | |
| 22 | ENDLESS SLEEP Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM 13278) | 25 | 34 | 49 | 5 | |
| 23 | CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO Billy Walker (Columbia 43120) | 20 | 13 | 11 | 12 | |
| 24 | ANOTHER WOMAN’S MAN – ANOTHER MAN’S WOMAN Margie Singleton & Faron Young (Mercury 72312) | 27 | 32 | 42 | 4 | |
| 25 | MAD Dave Dudley (Mercury 72308) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 16 | |
| 26 | MULTIPLY THE HEARTACHES George Jones & Melba Montgomery (United Artists 784) | 29 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | PASS THE BOOZE Ernest Tubb (Decca 31706) | 31 | 41 | 45 | 4 | |
| 28 | CAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-8456) | 30 | 33 | 28 | 5 | |
| 29 | ONE OF THESE DAYS Marty Robbins (Columbia 43134) | 24 | 17 | 12 | 9 | |
| 30 | DO-WACKA-DO Roger Miller (Smash 1947) | 34 | 44 | 48 | 4 | |
| 31 | PUSHED IN A CORNER Ernest Ashworth (Hickory 1281) | 28 | 23 | 18 | 9 | |
| 32 | LESS AND LESS Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5296) | 37 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | SITTIN’ IN AN ALL NITE CAFE Warner Mack (Decca 31684) | 33 | 39 | 46 | 5 | |
| 34 | DIDN’T I Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8467) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | WHIRLPOOL (Of Your Love) Claude King (Columbia 43157) | 42 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | MISMATCH Bobby Barnett (Sims 198) | 35 | 36 | 44 | 6 | |
| 37 | EVERYBODY’S DARLIN’, PLUS MINE Browns (RCA Victor 47-8423) | 32 | 24 | 16 | 8 | |
| 38 | GIVE ME 40 ACRES (To Turn This Rig Around) Willis Brothers (Starday 681) | 26 | 21 | 14 | 17 | |
| 39 | CHUG-A-LUG Roger Miller (Smash 1926) | 36 | 26 | 19 | 17 | |
| 40 | WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-8450) | 38 | 27 | 29 | 7 | |
| 41 | SUMMER, WINTER, SPRING AND FALL Roy Drusky (Decca 31717) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | I CAN’T GET USED TO BEING LONELY Melba Montgomery (United Artists 803) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | HE CALLED ME BABY Patsy Cline (Decca 31671) | 39 | 29 | 21 | 13 | |
| 44 | ’GATOR HOLLOW Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 43169) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | FORBIDDEN STREET Carl Butler & Pearl (Columbia 43102) | 41 | 30 | 23 | 14 | |
| 46 | BROKEN ENGAGEMENT Webb Pierce (Decca 31704) | 49 | — | 40 | 4 | |
| 47 | I NEVER CARED FOR YOU Willie Nelson (Monument 855) | 44 | 38 | 32 | 10 | |
| 48 | I GUESS I’M CRAZY Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8383) | 43 | 35 | 31 | 25 | |
| 49 | WHAT I NEED MOST Hugh X. Lewis (Kapp 622) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | NINETY DAYS Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8437) | 45 | 42 | 34 | 7 | |
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