| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending OCTOBER 12, 1974 |
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | DAYLIGHT LOSING TIME
Larry Steele (Air Stream 004) | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | GONE
Nancy Wayne (20th Century 2124) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | FINE AS WINE
Billy Walker (MGM 14742) | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | JUST ANOTHER COWBOY SONG
Doyle Holly (Barnaby 605) | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | LOVING YOU
Guy & Ralna (Ranwood 1000) | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | WELCOME BACK TO MY WORLD
Carl Belew (MCA 40276) | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | JUKEBOX
Jack Reno (United Artists 502) | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | ANOTHER WORD FOR YOU
Kenny Vernon (Capitol 3925) | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | ROLLER COASTER RIDE
Tommy Cash (Epic 11148) | 12 | 5 |
| 10 | MAMA LOU
Rita Coolidge (A&M 1545) | 13 | 4 |
| 11 | GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON
Dickey Lee (RCA Victor 10014) | 14 | 11 |
| 12 | PLAIN VANILLA
Jeannie C. Riley & Red River Symphony (Mercury 73616) | 17 | 2 |
| 13 | LUCKY ARMS
Lefty Frizzell (ABC 12023) | 18 | 2 |
| 14 | MAKE IT FEEL LIKE LOVE AGAIN
Bobby G. Rice (GRT 009) | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | DOWN TO THE END OF THE WINE
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Epic 50023) | 20 | 2 |
| 16 | BABY’S GONE
Bobby Wright (ABC 12028) | — | 1 |
| 17 | EVERY TIME I TURN THE RADIO ON
Bill Anderson (MCA 40304) | — | 1 |
| 18 | A HABIT I CAN’T BREAK
Nick Nixon (Mercury 73506) | — | 1 |
| 19 | SCARLET WATER
Johnny Duncan (Columbia 10007) | — | 1 |
| 20 | MONTGOMERY MABEL
Merle Kilgore (Warner Bros. 7831) | 15 | 11 |