| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending OCTOBER 2, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | SHOWBOAT GAMBLER Joel Sonnier (Mercury 73824) | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | THE BAD PART OF ME Jerry Naylor (Hitsville 6041) | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | I CAME HOME TO FACE THE MUSIC Darrell McCall (Columbia 10410) | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | JOHNNY ONE TIME Jesseca James (MCA 40613) | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | BIG BIG WORLD Ronnie Prophet (RCA 50273) | — | 1 |
| 6 | DROPKICK ME, JESUS Bobby Bare (RCA 10790) | — | 1 |
| 7 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Casino 074) | 12 | 3 |
| 8 | THINKIN’ OF A RENDEZVOUS Johnny Duncan (Columbia 10417) | — | 1 |
| 9 | CRAZY AGAIN Rayburn Anthony (Polydor 14346) | — | 1 |
| 10 | LOVE IT AWAY Mary Lou Turner (MCA 40620) | 22 | 2 |
| 11 | REMEMBERING Jerry Reed (RCA 10784) | 24 | 2 |
| 12 | EVERY NOW AND THEN Mac Davis (Columbia 10418) | — | 1 |
| 13 | LAURA (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got?) Kenny Rogers (United Artists 868) | — | 1 |
| 14 | RYE WHISKEY Chuck Price (Playboy 6087) | — | 1 |
| 15 | OKLAHOMA SUNSHINE Pat Boone (Hitsville 6042) | — | 1 |
| 16 | HIGH STYLE WOMAN Dixon Steele (Elektra 45343) | 14 | 3 |
| 17 | ALMOST PERSUADED Sherri King (United Artists 855) | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL Roy Drusky (Scorpion 0515) | 21 | 2 |
| 19 | LAY DOWN Charly McClain (Epic 50285) | 25 | 2 |
| 20 | SOMEDAY SOON Kathy Barnes (Republic 293) | 16 | 4 |
| 21 | ROOM 269 Freddy Weller (Columbia 10411) | — | 1 |
| 22 | (The Worst You Ever Gave Me Was) THE BEST I EVER HAD
Faron Young (Mercury 73847) | — | 1 |
| 23 | HILLBILLY HEART Johnny Rodriguez (Mercury 73855) | — | 1 |
| 24 | IF IT’S YOUR SONG YOU SING IT Linda Cassidy (Cin-Kay 111) | 20 | 6 |
| 25 | THE WAY I LOVED HER Rick Smith (Cin-Kay 110) | 19 | 7 |
| 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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