| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending DECEMBER 18, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | IF LOVE WAS A BOTTLE OF WINE Tommy Overstreet (ABC/Dot 17672) | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | MOODY BLUE Elvis Presley (RCA 10857) | — | 1 |
| 3 | THE CLOSEST THING TO YOU Jerry Lee Lewis (Mercury 73872) | — | 1 |
| 4 | HER L-O-V-E’S GONE Red Steagall (ABC/Dot 17670) | — | 1 |
| 5 | I HAVE A DREAM, I HAVE A DREAM Roy Clark (ABC/Dot 17667) | — | 1 |
| 6 | ANGEL WITH A BROKEN WING Roy Head (ABC/Dot 17669) | — | 1 |
| 7 | LOVELIGHT COMES A SHINING Pat Boone (Hitsville 6047) | 13 | 3 |
| 8 | MAY I SPEND EVERY NEW YEARS WITH YOU T.G. Sheppard (Hitsville 6048) | — | 1 |
| 9 | AFTER THE LOVIN’ Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic 50270) | 24 | 2 |
| 10 | IN THE MOOD Henhouse Five Plus Too (Warner Bros. 8301) | — | 1 |
| 11 | NEON WOMEN Carmol Taylor & Stella Parton (Elektra 45367) | — | 1 |
| 12 | SAY YOU’LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW Tom Jones (Epic 50308) | — | 1 |
| 13 | PURE GOLD Jeannie C. Riley (Warner Bros. 8290) | — | 1 |
| 14 | GOOD ’N’ COUNTRY Kathy Barnes (Republic 338) | — | 1 |
| 15 | VEGAS Bobby & Jeannie Bare (RCA 10852) | — | 1 |
| 16 | IF YOU DON’T LIKE HANK WILLIAMS Rayburn Anthony (Polydor 14367) | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | HONKY TONK FOOL Ben Reece (Polydor 14356) | 17 | 5 |
| 18 | BACK SIDE OF THIRTY John Conlee (ABC/Dot 17671) | — | 1 |
| 19 | THEY’VE GOT MILLIONS IN MILWAUKEE Larry Cheshier (Warner Bros. 8298) | 12 | 2 |
| 20 | TAKE TIME TO KNOW HIM Sherri King (United Artists 902) | 25 | 2 |
| 21 | I WENT TO BED LOVING YOU (And Woke Up With Her On My Mind)
Glenn Barber (Casino 089) | 20 | 3 |
| 22 | SOUVENIRS Colleen Peterson (Capitol 4349) | 21 | 4 |
| 23 | TURN LOOSE OF MY LEG Jim Stafford (Warner/Curb 8299) | — | 1 |
| 24 | HELLO ATLANTA Chip Taylor (with Ghost Train) (Columbia 10446) | 14 | 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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