| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending OCTOBER 9, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | HILLBILLY HEART Johnny Rodriguez (Mercury 73855) | 23 | 2 |
| 2 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Mickey Gilley (Playboy 6089) | — | 1 |
| 3 | FOX ON THE RUN Tom T. Hall (Mercury 73850) | — | 1 |
| 4 | BROKEN DOWN IN TINY PIECES Billy “Crash” Craddock (ABC/Dot 17659) | — | 1 |
| 5 | IT’S ALL OVER Johnny Cash & Tennessee Three (Columbia 10424) | — | 1 |
| 6 | SHE NEVER KNEW ME Don Williams (ABC/Dot 17658) | — | 1 |
| 7 | JULY 12, 1939 Stoney Edwards (Capitol 4337) | — | 1 |
| 8 | NEVER DID LIKE WHISKEY Billie Jo Spears (United Artists 880) | — | 1 |
| 9 | I CAN SEE ME LOVIN’ YOU AGAIN Johnny Paycheck (Epic 50291) | — | 1 |
| 10 | DADDY HOW’M I DOIN’ Rick Smith (Cin-Kay 114) | — | 1 |
| 11 | I’VE RODE WITH THE BEST Jim Ed Brown (RCA 10786) | — | 1 |
| 12 | WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME Hank Williams (MGM 14849) | — | 1 |
| 13 | CLEAN YOUR OWN TABLES Vernon Oxford (RCA 10787) | — | 1 |
| 14 | WIGGLE WIGGLE Ronnie Sessions (MCA 40624) | — | 1 |
| 15 | OZARK MOUNTAIN LULLABY Susan Raye (United Artists 870) | — | 1 |
| 16 | ROOM 269 Freddy Weller (Columbia 10411) | 21 | 2 |
| 17 | OKLAHOMA SUNSHINE Pat Boone (Hitsville 6042) | 15 | 2 |
| 18 | (The Worst You Ever Gave Me Was) THE BEST I EVER HAD
Faron Young (Mercury 73847) | 22 | 2 |
| 19 | BABY BOY Mary Kay Place (Columbia 10422) | — | 1 |
| 20 | RYE WHISKEY Chuck Price (Playboy 6087) | 14 | 2 |
| 21 | SHOWBOAT GAMBLER Joel Sonnier (Mercury 73824) | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | JOHNNY ONE TIME Jesseca James (MCA 40613) | 4 | 3 |
| 23 | I CAME HOME TO FACE THE MUSIC Darrell McCall (Columbia 10410) | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Casino 074) | 7 | 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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