| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 16, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | IS IT REALLY OVER? Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8625) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | BEHIND THE TEAR Sonny James (Capitol 5454) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 3 | HELLO VIETNAM Johnny Wright (Decca 31821) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |
| 4 | ONLY YOU (Can Break My Heart) Buck Owens (Capitol 5465) | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | |
| 5 | TRUCK DRIVIN’ SON-OF-A-GUN Dave Dudley (Mercury 72442) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 14 | |
| 6 | YAKETY AXE Chet Atkins (RCA Victor 47-8590) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 7 | KANSAS CITY STAR Roger Miller (Smash 1998) | 11 | 15 | 18 | 5 | |
| 8 | GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8622) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 14 | |
| 9 | YES, MR. PETERS Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell (Mercury 72416) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
| 10 | THE BELLES OF SOUTHERN BELL Del Reeves (United Artists 890) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
| 11 | I’M LETTING YOU GO Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8632) | 12 | 24 | 34 | 5 | |
| 12 | THE FIRST THING EV’RY MORNING (And The Last Thing Ev’ry Night) Jimmy Dean (Columbia 43263) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 23 | |
| 13 | MEANWHILE, DOWN AT JOE’S Kitty Wells (Decca 31817) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | |
| 14 | THE DJ CRIED Ernest Ashworth (Hickory 1325) | 15 | 19 | 24 | 10 | |
| 15 | LOVE BUG George Jones (Musicor 1098) | 17 | 16 | 14 | 9 | |
| 16 | THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT Warner Mack (Decca 31774) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 22 | |
| 17 | I WOULDN’T BUY A USED CAR FROM HIM Norma Jean (RCA Victor 47-8623) | 21 | 21 | 17 | 13 | |
| 18 | TIGER WOMAN Claude King (Columbia 43298) | 14 | 10 | 10 | 17 | |
| 19 | LIVIN’ IN A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE David Houston (Epic 9831) | 23 | 22 | 27 | 7 | |
| 20 | IF I TALK TO HIM Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8663) | 30 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 21 | THE HOME YOU’RE TEARIN’ DOWN Loretta Lynn (Decca 31836) | 20 | 18 | 20 | 8 | |
| 22 | THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER Johnny Cash (Columbia 43342) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 9 | |
| 23 | CRYSTAL CHANDELIER Carl Belew (RCA Victor 47-8633) | 22 | 27 | 33 | 10 | |
| 24 | WHITE LIGHTNIN’ EXPRESS Roy Drusky (Mercury 72471) | 27 | 32 | 44 | 4 | |
| 25 | BRIGHT LIGHTS AND COUNTRY MUSIC Bill Anderson (Decca 31825) | 24 | 23 | 28 | 6 | |
| 26 | JUST TO SATISFY YOU Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8654) | 26 | 31 | 39 | 6 | |
| 27 | THE OTHER WOMAN Ray Price (Columbia 43264) | 19 | 11 | 11 | 25 | |
| 28 | HARVEST OF SUNSHINE Jimmy Dean (Columbia 43382) | 35 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | IF IT PLEASES YOU Billy Walker (Columbia 43327) | 28 | 34 | 46 | 5 | |
| 30 | HURRY, MR. PETERS Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann (RCA Victor 47-8659) | 40 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | OLD RED Marty Robbins (Columbia 43377) | 38 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | HONKY TONKIN’ AGAIN Buddy Cagle (Mercury 72452) | 29 | 26 | 26 | 8 | |
| 33 | IT’S ANOTHER WORLD Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31819) | 33 | 37 | 48 | 4 | |
| 34 | THINK I’LL GO SOMEWHERE AND CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5475) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | THE FRIENDLY UNDERTAKER Jim Nesbitt (Chart 1240) | 25 | 29 | 36 | 5 | |
| 36 | I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC Jack Barlow (Dial 4012) | 31 | 25 | 21 | 9 | |
| 37 | BIG TENNESSEE Tex Williams (Boone 1032) | 41 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | STOP THE WORLD (And Let Me Off) Waylon Jennings (RCA Victor 47-8652) | 32 | 33 | 42 | 7 | |
| 39 | GONNA HAVE LOVE Buck Owens (Capitol 5465) | 34 | 30 | 22 | 9 | |
| 40 | LIFE’S GONE AND SLIPPED AWAY Jerry Wallace (Mercury 72461) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia 43388) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8679) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | ’TATER RAISIN’ MAN Dick Curless (Tower 161) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | ARTIFICIAL ROSE Jimmy Newman (Decca 31841) | 46 | 45 | 47 | 4 | |
| 45 | A-11 Johnny Paycheck (Hilltop 3007) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | DIME Bobby Sykes (RIC 170) | 43 | 43 | 45 | 7 | |
| 47 | YOU’RE RUININ’ MY LIFE Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM 13392) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | GOLDEN GUITAR Curtis Leach (Longhorn 562) | 49 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 49 | HANK WILLIAMS’ GUITAR Freddie Hart (Kapp 694) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | THE GREAT FIGURE 8 RACE Johnny Bond (Starday 731) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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