| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending APRIL 9, 1966 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE Buck Owens (Capitol 5566) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | I WANT TO GO WITH YOU Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8749) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 3 | THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE LEFT Johnny Cash (Columbia 43496) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |
| 4 | TIPPY TOEING Harden Trio (Columbia 43463) | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | |
| 5 | THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS SSgt. Barry Sadler (RCA Victor 47-8739) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 6 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES Roger Miller (Smash 2024) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | IF YOU CAN’T BITE, DON’T GROWL Tommy Collins (Columbia 43489) | 9 | 12 | 21 | 9 | |
| 8 | SNOW FLAKE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8719) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| 9 | NOBODY BUT A FOOL (Would Love You) Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8746) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 8 | |
| 10 | DEAR UNCLE SAM Loretta Lynn (Decca 31893) | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |
| 11 | COUNT ME OUT Marty Robbins (Columbia 43500) | 12 | 14 | 18 | 7 | |
| 12 | I LOVE YOU DROPS Bill Anderson (Decca 31890) | 15 | 23 | 29 | 7 | |
| 13 | SOMEONE BEFORE ME Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31894) | 14 | 19 | 23 | 9 | |
| 14 | GIDDYUP GO – ANSWER Minnie Pearl (Starday 754) | 17 | 24 | 36 | 5 | |
| 15 | GIDDY UP GO Red Sovine (Starday 737) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | |
| 16 | GOLDEN GUITAR Bill Anderson (Decca 31890) | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 | |
| 17 | SKID ROW JOE Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8723) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 | |
| 18 | I’M A PEOPLE George Jones (Musicor 1143) | 22 | 33 | 37 | 6 | |
| 19 | I’VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN’ (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone) Roger Miller (Smash 2024) | 23 | 30 | 35 | 6 | |
| 20 | RAINBOWS AND ROSES Roy Drusky (Mercury 72532) | 24 | 27 | 34 | 5 | |
| 21 | CATCH A LITTLE RAINDROP Claude King (Columbia 43510) | 26 | 35 | 42 | 6 | |
| 22 | THE TWELFTH OF NEVER Slim Whitman (Imperial 66153) | 31 | 40 | 47 | 4 | |
| 23 | I KNOW YOU’RE MARRIED (But I Love You Still) Bill Anderson & Jan Howard (Decca 31884) | 18 | 18 | 22 | 7 | |
| 24 | STOP THE START (Of Tears In My Heart) Johnny Dollar (Columbia 43537) | 29 | 36 | 40 | 5 | |
| 25 | WHEN THE SHIP HIT THE SAND “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia 43514) | 21 | 22 | 25 | 6 | |
| 26 | WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8770) | 32 | 38 | 43 | 4 | |
| 27 | VIET NAM BLUES Dave Dudley (Mercury 72550) | 30 | 37 | 44 | 4 | |
| 28 | HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF Buddy Starcher (Boone 1038) | 40 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | UP THIS HILL AND DOWN Osborne Brothers (Decca 31886) | 25 | 26 | 31 | 9 | |
| 30 | I’M LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Bonnie Guitar (Dot 16811) | 39 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | MANY HAPPY HANGOVERS TO YOU Jean Shepard (Capitol 5585) | 35 | 41 | 46 | 5 | |
| 32 | COMMON COLDS AND BROKEN HEARTS Ray Pillow (Capitol 5587) | 37 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8789) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | TALKIN’ TO THE WALL Warner Mack (Decca 31911) | 42 | 45 | 48 | 4 | |
| 35 | TRUE LOVE’S A BLESSING Sonny James (Capitol 5536) | 19 | 13 | 11 | 18 | |
| 36 | BACK POCKET MONEY Jimmy Newman (Decca 31916) | 43 | 48 | 50 | 4 | |
| 37 | TO TELL THE TRUTH (I Told A Lie) Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5606) | 47 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | TILL MY GETUP HAS GOTUP AND GONE Ernest Tubb (Decca 31908) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW Bill Phillips (Decca 31901) | 45 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | TIME OUT Bill Anderson & Jan Howard (Decca 31884) | 41 | 43 | — | 6 | |
| 41 | A WOMAN HALF MY AGE Kitty Wells (Decca 31881) | 38 | 28 | 19 | 11 | |
| 42 | HIGHWAY MAN Dick Curless (Tower 219) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | THE MINUTE MEN (Are Turning In Their Graves) Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43552) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | GUESS MY EYES WERE BIGGER THAN MY HEART Conway Twitty (Decca 31897) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | ANGELS DON’T LIE Wynn Stewart (Capitol 5593) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | RHYTHM GUITAR Chet Atkins (RCA Victor 47-8781) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER Sonny James (Capitol 5612) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | INSURANCE Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-8783) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | OLD TIGE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8789) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN Hank Thompson (Capitol 5599) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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