| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending JANUARY 19, 1974 |
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | HAPPY HOUR
Tony Booth (Capitol 3795) | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | DADDY NUMBER TWO
Glenn Barber (Hickory/MGM 311) | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | HEAVEN, HELL OR HOUSTON
Hugh X. Lewis (Fantasy 707) | — | 3 |
| 4 | WAKE ME INTO LOVE
Bud Logan & Wilma Burgess (Shannon 816) | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | CHIP CHIP
Patsy Sledd (Mega 203) | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | IF THE WORLD RAN OUT OF DIESEL
Red Simpson (Capitol 3807) | — | 1 |
| 7 | TWENTIETH CENTURY DRIFTER
Marty Robbins (MCA 40172) | — | 1 |
| 8 | HOUSTON (I’m Comin’ To See You)
Glen Campbell (Capitol 3808) | — | 1 |
| 9 | THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY
Rex Allen, Jr. (Warner Bros. 7753) | — | 1 |
| 10 | WHEN SHE’S GOOD SHE’S REALLY GOOD
Hugh King (Hickory/MGM 307) | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN?
Kenny Vernon (Capitol 3785) | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | HOW CAN I TELL HER
Earl Richards (Ace Of Hearts 0477) | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | JULY YOU’RE A WOMAN
Red, White & Blue (GRC 1009) | 8 | 4 |
| 14 | THINGS MONEY WON’T DO
Larry Steel (Air Stream 101) | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | TRUCKER AND THE U.F.O.
Brush Arbor (Capitol 3774) | 11 | 9 |
| 16 | LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 11026) | — | 1 |
| 17 | LISTEN / SHE KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE ON MY MIND
Wayne Kemp (MCA 40176) | — | 1 |
| 18 | DADDY BLUEGRASS
Stoney Edwards (Capitol 3766) | 16 | 7 |
| 19 | TRACES OF LIFE
Lonzo & Oscar (GRC 1006) | — | 1 |
| 20 | MARLENA
Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 371) | — | 1 |