| CASH BOX Country Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending DECEMBER 25, 1976 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist–Label | LW | WKS |
| 1 | IF LOVE WAS A BOTTLE OF WINE Tommy Overstreet (ABC/Dot 17672) | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | LOVELIGHT COMES A SHINING Pat Boone (Hitsville 6047) | 7 | 4 |
| 3 | VEGAS Bobby & Jeannie Bare (RCA 10852) | 15 | 2 |
| 4 | SAY YOU’LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW Tom Jones (Epic 50308) | 12 | 2 |
| 5 | NEON WOMEN Carmol Taylor & Stella Parton (Elektra 45367) | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | PURE GOLD Jeannie C. Riley (Warner Bros. 8290) | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | GOOD ’N’ COUNTRY Kathy Barnes (Republic 338) | 14 | 2 |
| 8 | IF YOU DON’T LIKE HANK WILLIAMS Rayburn Anthony (Polydor 14367) | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | LOVIN’ YOU, LOVIN’ ME Sonny Throckmorton (Starcrest 094) | — | 1 |
| 10 | IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASY Patti Leatherwood (Epic 50303) | — | 1 |
| 11 | TURN LOOSE OF MY LEG Jim Stafford (Warner/Curb 8299) | 23 | 2 |
| 12 | MY MOUNTAIN DEW Charlie Rich (RCA 10859) | — | 1 |
| 13 | HONKY TONK GIRL Hank Thompson (ABC/Dot 17673) | — | 1 |
| 14 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (Do You Know Where Your Baby Is?)
Sandy Posey (Warner Bros. 8289) | — | 1 |
| 15 | A WAY WITH WORDS Carl Smith (ABC/Hickory 54004) | — | 1 |
| 16 | JESUS IS THE SAME IN CALIFORNIA Lloyd Goodson (United Artists 891) | — | 1 |
| 17 | TAKE TIME TO KNOW HIM Sherri King (United Artists 902) | 20 | 3 |
| 18 | HONKY TONK FOOL Ben Reece (Polydor 14356) | 17 | 6 |
| 19 | I WENT TO BED LOVING YOU (And Woke Up With Her On My Mind)
Glenn Barber (Casino 089) | 21 | 4 |
| 20 | SOUVENIRS Colleen Peterson (Capitol 4349) | 22 | 5 |
| 21 | HELLO ATLANTA Chip Taylor (with Ghost Train) (Columbia 10446) | 24 | 5 |
| 22 | LAST GOODBYE Red Sovine (Starday 147) | — | 1 |
| 23 | GOIN’ SKINNY DIPPIN’ Mayf Nutter (GNP Crescendo 809) | — | 1 |
| 24 | MOST OF ALL Linda Hargrove (Capitol 4355) | — | 1 |
| 25 | GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON Jesseca James (MCA 40660) | — | 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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