The CASH BOX Top 100 Country
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending MAY 27, 1978
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
    Statler Brothers (Mercury 55022)
  2  5  811
  2GEORGIA ON MY MIND
    Willie Nelson (Columbia 10704)
  3  6  910
  3NIGHT TIME MAGIC
    Larry Gatlin (Monument 249)
  5  915  7
  4NO, NO, NO (I’d Rather Be Free)
    Rex Allen, Jr. (Warner Bros. 8541)
  4  71010
  5PUTTIN’ IN OVERTIME AT HOME
    Charlie Rich (United Artists 1193)
  71012  8
  6TWO MORE BOTTLES OF WINE
    Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 8553)
  91722  7
  7RED WINE AND BLUE MEMORIES
    Joe Stampley (Epic 50517)
13141711
  8IF YOU CAN TOUCH HER AT ALL
    Willie Nelson (RCA 11235)
10121411
  9COWBOYS DON’T GET LUCKY ALL THE TIME
    Gene Watson (Capitol 4556)
111621  8
10GOTTA’ QUIT LOOKIN’ AT YOU BABY
    Dave & Sugar (RCA 11251)
121518  8
11GEORGIA IN A JUG / ME AND THE I.R.S.
    Johnny Paycheck (Epic 50539)
142024  7
12I CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER
    Bill Anderson (MCA 40893)
182835  5
13I’M ALWAYS ON A MOUNTAIN WHEN I FALL
    Merle Haggard (MCA 40869)
  1  3  411
14I WISH I LOVED SOMEBODY ELSE
    Tom T. Hall (RCA 11253)
162123  8
15IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE
    Margo Smith (Warner Bros. 8555)
202737  5
16I’M GONNA LOVE YOU ANYWAY
    Cristy Lane (LS 156)
17181910
17I’LL BE TRUE TO YOU
    Oak Ridge Boys (ABC 12350)
212633  7
18I BELIEVE IN YOU
    Mel Tillis (MCA 40900)
2945  3
19NOW YOU SEE ’EM, NOW YOU DON’T
    Roy Head (ABC 12346)
222930  9
20I’VE GOT TO GO
    Billie Jo Spears (United Artists 1190)
253134  7
21SLOW AND EASY
    Randy Barlow (Republic 017)
263438  9
22THERE AIN’T NO GOOD CHAIN GANG
    Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings (Columbia 10742)
  1
23DIRTY WORK
    Sterling Whipple (Warner Bros. 8552)
283540  7
24HERE COMES THE REASON I LIVE
    Ronnie McDowell (Scorpion 159)
313848  5
25IT’S A HEARTACHE
    Bonnie Tyler (RCA 11249)
344046  7
26IT’S ALL WRONG, BUT IT’S ALL RIGHT
    Dolly Parton (RCA 11240)
  6  2  111
27LET ME BE YOUR BABY
    Charly McClain (Epic 50525)
323739  9
28SHADY REST
    Mel Street (Polydor 14468)
333944  6
29I LIKE LADIES IN LONG BLACK DRESSES
    Bobby Borchers (Playboy 5827)
303031  8
30I’D LIKE TO SEE JESUS (On The Midnight Special)
    Tammy Wynette (Epic 50538)
354147  6
31SHE CAN PUT HER SHOES UNDER MY BED (Anytime)
    Johnny Duncan (Columbia 10694)
  8  1  212
32THE POWER OF POSITIVE DRINKIN’
    Mickey Gilley (Playboy 5826)
15  4  511
33ONLY YOU
    Freddie Hart (Capitol 4561)
384458  6
34BABY, I’M YOURS
    Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 8554)
394665  5
35UNCHAINED MELODY / SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU
    Elvis Presley (RCA 11212)
27  8  710
36COUNTRY LOVIN’
    Eddy Arnold (RCA 11257)
415366  6
37RISING ABOVE IT ALL
    Lynn Anderson (Columbia 10721)
424861  6
38WEEK-END FRIEND
    Con Hunley (Warner Bros. 8572)
4957  3
39TONIGHT
    Barbara Mandrell (ABC 12362)
52  2
40TOO MANY NIGHTS ALONE
    Bobby Bare (Columbia 10690)
475867  6
41SLIPPIN’ AWAY
    Bellamy Brothers (Warner Bros. 8558)
516080  5
42I NEVER WILL MARRY
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45479)
5477  3
43THINK I’LL GO SOMEWHERE (And Cry Myself To Sleep)
    Billy “Crash” Craddock (ABC 12357)
485976  4
44IT JUST WON’T FEEL LIKE CHEATING (With You)
    Sammi Smith (Elektra 45476)
464963  5
45THE LOSER
    Kenny Dale (Capitol 4570)
506184  4
46SPRING FEVER
    Loretta Lynn (MCA 40910)
  1
47NEVER MY LOVE
    Vern Gosdin (Elektra 45483)
5369  3
48EVERY TIME TWO FOOLS COLLIDE
    Kenny Rogers & Dottie West (United Artists 1137)
4025  315
49I’LL NEVER BE FREE
    Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (RCA 11220)
36111113
50YOU NEEDED ME
    Anne Murray (Capitol 4574)
5571  3
51DON’T MAKE NO PROMISES (You Can’t Keep)
    Don King (Con Brio 133)
5968  3
52THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND
    Jacky Ward & Reba McEntire (Mercury 55026)
6176  3
53I CAN’T GET UP BY MYSELF
    Brenda Kaye Perry (MRC 1013)
577278  6
54YOU’LL BE BACK (Every Night In My Dreams)
    Johnny Russell (Polydor 14475)
6280  3
55THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKE BOX PLAY
    Moe Bandy (Columbia 10735)
63  2
56(The Truth Is) WE’RE LIVIN’ A LIE
    R.C. Bannon (Columbia 10714)
587377  6
57WHEN CAN WE DO THIS AGAIN
    T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 8593)
  1
58PITTSBURGH STEALERS
    Kendalls (Ovation 1109)
69  2
59RAGAMUFFIN MAN
    Donna Fargo (Warner Bros. 8578)
  1
60IF THERE’S ONE ANGEL MISSING (She’s Here In My Arms Tonight)
    Billy Parker (SCR 157)
606471  6
61THIS IS THE LOVE
    Sonny James (Columbia 10703)
19192011
62THERE’LL NEVER BE ANOTHER FOR ME
    Connie Smith (Monument 252)
73  2
63I’VE BEEN TOO LONG LONELY BABY
    Billy “Crash” Craddock (Capitol 4575)
70  2
64I’M ALREADY TAKEN
    Steve Wariner (RCA 11173)
687579  5
65WHEN THE FIRE GETS HOT
    Zella Lehr (RCA 11265)
71  2
66THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MORNING
    Barbara Fairchild (Columbia 10607)
67  2
67WHEN I NEED YOU
    Lois Johnson (Polydor 14476)
72  2
68BROTHER
    Dewayne Orender (Nu-Trayl 920)
7582  3
69ROSE COLORED GLASSES
    John Conlee (ABC 12356)
81  2
70FOUR LITTLE LETTERS
    Stella Parton (Elektra 45468)
23232610
71JUST ANOTHER RHINESTONE
    Don Drumm (Churchill 7710)
82  2
72I WANT A LITTLE COWBOY
    Jerry Abbott (Churchill 7712)
798491  4
73PLEASE HELP ME, I’M FALLING (In Love With You)
    Janie Fricke (Columbia 10743)
  1
74THE WEEDS OUTLIVED THE ROSES
    Darrell McCall (Columbia 10723)
767883  4
75MAN MADE OF GLASS
    Ed Bruce (Epic 50544)
777982  4
76WAYS OF A WOMAN IN LOVE
    Tom Bresh (ABC 12352)
788187  6
77BORN TO BE WITH YOU
    Sandy Posey (Warner Bros. 8540)
24242512
78THE FARM
    Mel McDaniel (Capitol 4569)
80  2
79WHISKEY TRIP
    Gary Stewart (RCA 11224)
37131312
80MAYBE BABY
    Susie Allanson (Warner/Curb 8534)
4333  613
81RAG MOP
    Drifting Cowboys (Epic 50543)
848689  5
82THE GAMBLER
    Don Schlitz (Capitol 4576)
83  2
83WE DON’T LIVE HERE, WE JUST LOVE HERE
    Big Ben Atkins (GRT 161)
8799  3
84LET’S TRY TO REMEMBER
    David Rogers (Republic 020)
  1
85I DON’T BELIEVE I’LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY
    Gilbert Ortega (Ortega 1051)
858892  4
86RAVE ON
    Jerry Naylor (MC 5010)
9093  3
87I HEAR YOU COMING BACK
    Brent Burns (Pantheon Desert 79)
929495  4
88(There’s Nothing Like The Love) BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A MAN
    Linda Cassady & Bobby Spears (Cin-Kay 129)
889294  6
89DON’T YOU THINK IT’S TIME
    Tommy Jennings (Monument 248)
899088  5
90HELLO, THIS IS JOANNIE (The Telephone Answering Machine Song)
    Paul Evans (Spring 183)
  1
91WHEN I GET YOU ALONE
    Mundo Earwood (MPB 102)
939799  4
92IF I EVER NEED A LADY
    Claude Gray (Granny White 10006)
949697  4
93WRONG ROAD AGAIN
    Allen Reynolds (Triple I 496)
959598  4
94YOU LOVE THE THUNDER
    Hank Williams, Jr. (Warner/Curb 8564)
  1
95HONKY TONK MASQUERADE
    Joe Ely (MCA 40906)
  1
96DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE AND LOUD LOUD MUSIC
    Colleen Peterson (Capitol 4567)
97100   3
97THE DAYS OF ME AND YOU
    Red Sovine (Gusto 188)
  1
98DANCE WITH ME MOLLY
    Roger Bowling (Louisiana Hayride 783)
  1
99THE IN CROWD
    Tommy Cash (Monument 250)
  1
100 #1 WITH A HEARTACHE
    La Costa (Capitol 4577)
  1
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