| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending AUGUST 7, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | STOP THE WORLD (And Let Me Off) Donny King (Warner Bros. 8229) | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | I NEVER MET A GIRL I DIDN’T LIKE Jim Mundy (ABC/Dot 17638) | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | WHISPERS AND GRINS David Rogers (Republic 256) | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ Olivia Newton-John (MCA 40600) | — | 1 |
| 5 | PEANUTS AND DIAMONDS Bill Anderson (MCA 40595) | — | 1 |
| 6 | THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT (The Cowboy Tune) Amazing Rhythm Aces (ABC 12202) | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | WHISKEY TALKIN’ Joe Stampley (Epic 50259) | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | BROTHER SHELTON Brenda Lee (MCA 40584) | 21 | 5 |
| 9 | TEARDROPS IN MY HEART Rex Allen, Jr. (Warner Bros. 8236) | — | 1 |
| 10 | EMMYLOU Brush Arbor (Monument 8702) | — | 1 |
| 11 | I BEEN TO GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol 4285) | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | LOVE IS THIN ICE Barbara Mandrell (ABC/Dot 17644) | — | 1 |
| 13 | SUNDAY AFTERNOON BOATRIDE IN THE PARK ON THE LAKE
R.W. Blackwood & Blackwood Singers (Capitol 4302) | — | 1 |
| 14 | ONE MORE TIME (Karneval) Crystal Gayle (United Artists 838) | — | 1 |
| 15 | CABIN HIGH (In The Blue Ridge Mountains) Don King (Con Brio 112) | — | 1 |
| 16 | THE CURSE OF A WOMAN Eddy Raven (ABC/Dot 17646) | — | 1 |
| 17 | (The Great American) CLASSIC COWBOY Penny DeHaven (Starcrest 066) | — | 1 |
| 18 | HONKY TONK WALTZ Ray Stevens (Warner Bros. 8237) | — | 1 |
| 19 | SUMMERTIME LOVIN’ Layng Martine, Jr. (Playboy 6081) | — | 1 |
| 20 | I’VE BEEN THERE TOO Kenny Seratt (Hitsville 6039) | — | 1 |
| 21 | I’LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN Sue Richards (ABC/Dot 17645) | — | 1 |
| 22 | 38 AND LONELY Dave Dudley (United Artists 836) | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | TRAGEDY Ronnie Dove (Hitsville 6038) | — | 1 |
| 24 | HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN Connie Cato (Capitol 4303) | 25 | 2 |
| 25 | WABASH CANNONBALL Charlie McCoy (Monument 8703) | 24 | 4 |
| Note: Records are numbered in the order they appeared on the “Looking Ahead To Country Top 100” list of songs, which were not numbered but were listed in rank order. |
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