| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 20, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL Buck Owens (Capitol 5336) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2 | YOU’RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW Sonny James (Capitol 5280) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| 3 | KING OF THE ROAD Roger Miller (Smash 1965) | 5 | 17 | 28 | 4 | |
| 4 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY Loretta Lynn (Decca 31707) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 5 | (From Now On All Of My Friends Are Gonna Be) STRANGERS Roy Drusky (Mercury 72376) Merle Haggard (Tally 179) | 9 | 13 | 20 | 7 6 | |
| 6 | DO WHAT YOU DO DO WELL Ned Miller (Fabor 137) | 8 | 19 | 32 | 5 | |
| 7 | PASS THE BOOZE Ernest Tubb (Decca 31706) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |
| 8 | ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Johnny Cash (Columbia 43206) | 11 | 21 | 36 | 4 | |
| 9 | ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK OUT BACK Billy Edd Wheeler (Kapp 617) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 10 | THEN AND ONLY THEN Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8489) | 20 | 26 | 39 | 4 | |
| 11 | A THING CALLED SADNESS Ray Price (Columbia 43162) | 12 | 14 | 19 | 6 | |
| 12 | SITTIN’ IN AN ALL NITE CAFE Warner Mack (Decca 31684) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | |
| 13 | 10 LITTLE BOTTLES Johnny Bond (Starday 704) | 22 | 35 | 43 | 4 | |
| 14 | A TEAR DROPPED BY Jean Shepard (Capitol 5304) | 10 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| 15 | ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 72360) | 17 | 24 | 26 | 6 | |
| 16 | I’M GONNA TIE ONE ON TONIGHT Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31674) | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| 17 | LEAST OF ALL George Jones (United Artists 804) | 25 | 34 | — | 3 | |
| 18 | LESS AND LESS Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5296) | 14 | 15 | 17 | 10 | |
| 19 | WALK TALL Faron Young (Mercury 72375) | 30 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
| 20 | ONCE A DAY Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8416) | 15 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |
| 21 | I’LL REPOSSESS MY HEART Kitty Wells (Decca 31705) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 13 | |
| 22 | WHAT MAKES A MAN WANDER? Jan Howard (Decca 31701) | 29 | 37 | 42 | 5 | |
| 23 | A TIGER IN MY TANK Jim Nesbitt (Chart 1165) | 38 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | THAT’S WHERE MY MONEY GOES Webb Pierce (Decca 31704) | 33 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | TRUCK DRIVING MAN George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8462) | 19 | 16 | 8 | 11 | |
| 26 | IT AIN’T ME, BABE Johnny Cash (Columbia 43145) | 23 | 18 | 11 | 16 | |
| 27 | I DON’T CARE (Just As Long As You Love Me) Buck Owens (Capitol 5240) | 24 | 20 | 15 | 26 | |
| 28 | SWEET, SWEET JUDY David Houston (Epic 9746) | 35 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | MULTIPLY THE HEARTACHES George Jones & Melba Montgomery (United Artists 784) | 21 | 12 | 14 | 10 | |
| 30 | HALF OF THIS, HALF OF THAT Wynn Stewart (Capitol 5271) | 16 | 10 | 10 | 17 | |
| 31 | I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43197) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | WHAT I NEED MOST Hugh X. Lewis (Kapp 622) | 27 | 31 | 34 | 8 | |
| 33 | BILLY BROKE MY HEART AT WALGREENS (I Cried All The Way To Sears) Ruby Wright (RIC 145-64) | 37 | 39 | 45 | 5 | |
| 34 | ENDLESS SLEEP Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM 13278) | 26 | 22 | 16 | 12 | |
| 35 | TINY BLUE TRANSISTOR RADIO Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8489) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | DIDN’T I Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8467) | 28 | 23 | 18 | 9 | |
| 37 | I’LL WANDER BACK TO YOU Earl Scott (Decca 31693) | 42 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
| 38 | THE WISHING WELL (Down In The Well) Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8488) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | I WON’T FORGET YOU Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8461) | 31 | 25 | 23 | 12 | |
| 40 | I STILL MISS SOMEONE Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (Columbia 43204) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | THE LUMBERJACK Hal Willis (Sims 207) | 32 | 27 | 21 | 18 | |
| 42 | BIG CITY Margie Bowes (Decca 31708) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF MY HEART Ray Pillow (Capitol 5323) | 47 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | TWO SIX PACKS AWAY Dave Dudley (Mercury 72384) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | CLOSE ALL THE HONKY TONKS Charlie Walker (Epic 9727) | 34 | 28 | 24 | 15 | |
| 46 | BLAZING SMOKESTACK Willis Brothers (Starday 703) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | THREE A.M. Bill Anderson (Decca 31681) | 36 | 29 | 25 | 17 | |
| 48 | A DEAR JOHN LETTER Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8496) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | HONKY TONK SONG Charlie Walker (Epic 9759) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | I THANK MY LUCKY STARS Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8445) | 41 | 33 | 29 | 15 | |
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