| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending APRIL 2, 1966 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE Buck Owens (Capitol 5566) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS SSgt. Barry Sadler (RCA Victor 47-8739) | 2 | 5 | 14 | 6 | |
| 3 | I WANT TO GO WITH YOU Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8749) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| 4 | THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE LEFT Johnny Cash (Columbia 43496) | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | |
| 5 | TIPPY TOEING Harden Trio (Columbia 43463) | 9 | 14 | 25 | 7 | |
| 6 | SNOW FLAKE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8719) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| 7 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES Roger Miller (Smash 2024) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | |
| 8 | DEAR UNCLE SAM Loretta Lynn (Decca 31893) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | |
| 9 | IF YOU CAN’T BITE, DON’T GROWL Tommy Collins (Columbia 43489) | 12 | 21 | 27 | 8 | |
| 10 | GIDDY UP GO Red Sovine (Starday 737) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
| 11 | SKID ROW JOE Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8723) | 10 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |
| 12 | COUNT ME OUT Marty Robbins (Columbia 43500) | 14 | 18 | 26 | 6 | |
| 13 | NOBODY BUT A FOOL (Would Love You) Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8746) | 15 | 17 | 20 | 7 | |
| 14 | SOMEONE BEFORE ME Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31894) | 19 | 23 | 30 | 8 | |
| 15 | I LOVE YOU DROPS Bill Anderson (Decca 31890) | 23 | 29 | 36 | 6 | |
| 16 | GOLDEN GUITAR Bill Anderson (Decca 31890) | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
| 17 | GIDDYUP GO – ANSWER Minnie Pearl (Starday 754) | 24 | 36 | 43 | 4 | |
| 18 | I KNOW YOU’RE MARRIED (But I Love You Still) Bill Anderson & Jan Howard (Decca 31884) | 18 | 22 | 28 | 6 | |
| 19 | TRUE LOVE’S A BLESSING Sonny James (Capitol 5536) | 13 | 11 | 5 | 17 | |
| 20 | WHAT KINDA DEAL IS THIS Bill Carlisle (Hickory 1348) | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16 | |
| 21 | WHEN THE SHIP HIT THE SAND “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia 43514) | 22 | 25 | 32 | 5 | |
| 22 | I’M A PEOPLE George Jones (Musicor 1143) | 33 | 37 | 44 | 5 | |
| 23 | I’VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN’ (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone) Roger Miller (Smash 2024) | 30 | 35 | 40 | 5 | |
| 24 | RAINBOWS AND ROSES Roy Drusky (Mercury 72532) | 27 | 34 | 41 | 4 | |
| 25 | UP THIS HILL AND DOWN Osborne Brothers (Decca 31886) | 26 | 31 | 35 | 8 | |
| 26 | CATCH A LITTLE RAINDROP Claude King (Columbia 43510) | 35 | 42 | 46 | 5 | |
| 27 | BABY Wilma Burgess (Decca 31862) | 17 | 13 | 6 | 15 | |
| 28 | A BORN LOSER Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-8732) | 20 | 15 | 9 | 12 | |
| 29 | STOP THE START (Of Tears In My Heart) Johnny Dollar (Columbia 43537) | 36 | 40 | 47 | 4 | |
| 30 | VIET NAM BLUES Dave Dudley (Mercury 72550) | 37 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | THE TWELFTH OF NEVER Slim Whitman (Imperial 66153) | 40 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8770) | 38 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | I WISH Ernie Ashworth (Hickory 1358) | 25 | 27 | 31 | 10 | |
| 34 | MY DARLING HILDEGARDE Statler Brothers (Columbia 43526) | 29 | 32 | 37 | 5 | |
| 35 | MANY HAPPY HANGOVERS TO YOU Jean Shepard (Capitol 5585) | 41 | 46 | 50 | 4 | |
| 36 | BABY AIN’T THAT FINE Gene Pitney & Melba Montgomery (Musicor 1135) | 21 | 16 | 16 | 10 | |
| 37 | COMMON COLDS AND BROKEN HEARTS Ray Pillow (Capitol 5587) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | A WOMAN HALF MY AGE Kitty Wells (Decca 31881) | 28 | 19 | 19 | 10 | |
| 39 | I’M LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Bonnie Guitar (Dot 16811) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF Buddy Starcher (Boone 1038) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | TIME OUT Bill Anderson & Jan Howard (Decca 31884) | 43 | — | — | 5 | |
| 42 | TALKIN’ TO THE WALL Warner Mack (Decca 31911) | 45 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 43 | BACK POCKET MONEY Jimmy Newman (Decca 31916) | 48 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | SAMMY David Houston (Epic 9884) | 47 | 49 | 49 | 5 | |
| 45 | PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW Bill Phillips (Decca 31901) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8789) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | TO TELL THE TRUTH (I Told A Lie) Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5606) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | ANGELS DON’T LIE Wynn Stewart (Capitol 5593) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | TILL MY GETUP HAS GOTUP AND GONE Ernest Tubb (Decca 31908) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | THE MINUTE MEN (Are Turning In Their Graves) Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43552) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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