| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 18, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | LITTLE JOE Red Sovine (Starday 144) | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | LOVE IS A TWO-WAY STREET Dottsy (RCA 10766) | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | I THANK GOD SHE ISN’T MINE Mel McDaniels (Capitol 4324) | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | COME ON DOWN (To Our Favorite Forget-About-Her Place)
David Houston (Epic 50275) | 16 | 2 |
| 5 | OL’ MAN RIVER (I’ve Come To Talk Again) Shylo (Columbia 10398) | — | 1 |
| 6 | ROSIE (Do You Wanna Talk It Over) Red Steagall (ABC/Dot 17653) | 20 | 2 |
| 7 | WILLIE, WAYLON AND ME David Allan Coe (Columbia 10395) | — | 1 |
| 8 | HER BODY COULDN’T KEEP YOU (Off My Mind) Gene Watson (Capitol 4331) | — | 1 |
| 9 | FOR LOVE’S OWN SAKE Ed Bruce (United Artists 862) | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | FOR YOUR LOVE Bobby Lewis (RPA 7603) | — | 2 |
| 11 | SATIN SHEETS Bellamy Brothers (Warner/Curb 8248) | 17 | 4 |
| 12 | SHOPPING Waylors (RCA Victor 10738) | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | SOMEDAY SOON Kathy Barnes (Republic 293) | 19 | 2 |
| 14 | THE WAY I LOVED HER Rick Smith (Cin-Kay 110) | 22 | 5 |
| 15 | FORGIVE ME Hank Thompson (ABC/Dot 17649) | 18 | 3 |
| 16 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Casino 074) | — | 1 |
| 17 | MR. GUITAR Cates Sisters (Caprice 2024) | — | 1 |
| 18 | ALMOST PERSUADED Sherri King (United Artists 855) | — | 1 |
| 19 | THE BAD PART OF ME Jerry Naylor (Hitsville 6041) | — | 1 |
| 20 | HIGH STYLE WOMAN Dixon Steele (Elektra 45343) | — | 1 |
| 21 | CALIFORNIA OKIE Buck Owens (Warner Bros. 8255) | — | 1 |
| 22 | IF IT’S YOUR SONG YOU SING IT Linda Cassidy (Cin-Kay 111) | 23 | 4 |
| 23 | ROSIE Sonny Throckmorton (Starcrest 073) | — | 1 |
| 24 | IF THIS IS FREEDOM (I Want Out) Danny Wood (London 242) | — | 1 |
| 25 | LITTLE BROWN PAPER BAG BLUES Benny Barnes (Playboy 6084) | — | 1 |
| 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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