The CASH BOX Top 100 Country
Green square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending APRIL 12, 1980
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1SUGAR DADDY
    Bellamy Brothers (Warner/Curb 49160)
  1  2  411
  2HONKY TONK BLUES
    Charley Pride (RCA 11912)
  3  610  9
  3IT’S LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOOBYE
    Crystal Gayle (Columbia 11198)
  5  81210
  4SHRINER’S CONVENTION
    Ray Stevens (RCA 11911)
  4  5  910
  5TWO STORY HOUSE
    George Jones & Tammy Wynette (Epic 50849)
  71013  7
  6I’D JUST LOVE TO LAY YOU DOWN
    Conway Twitty (MCA 41174)
  2  1  211
  7WOMEN I’VE NEVER HAD
    Hank Williams, Jr. (Elektra/Curb 46593)
  8111510
  8BENEATH STILL WATERS
    Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 49164)
  91216  7
  9A LESSON IN LEAVIN’
    Dottie West (United Artists 1339)
10141810
10GONE TOO FAR
    Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra 46613)
111826  5
11THE WAY I AM
    Merle Haggard (MCA 41200)
152232  5
12THE COWGIRL AND THE DANDY
    Brenda Lee (MCA 41187)
131521  9
13ARE YOU ON THE ROAD TO LOVIN’ ME AGAIN
    Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 49176)
141622  9
14TAKING SOMEBODY WITH ME WHEN I FALL
    Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers Band (Columbia 11219)
192841  6
15MORNING COMES TOO EARLY
    Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (RCA 11927)
182735  6
16COULDN’T DO NOTHIN’ RIGHT
    Rosanne Cash (Columbia 11188)
16171912
17MY HOME’S IN ALABAMA
    Alabama (MDJ 1002)
17212311
18STANDING TALL
    Billie Jo Spears (United Artists 1336)
202630  8
19STARTIN OVER AGAIN
    Dolly Parton (RCA 11926)
243544  4
20LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY
    Charlie Daniels Band (Epic 50845)
212529  8
21GOOD OLE BOYS LIKE ME
    Don Williams (MCA 41205)
2842  3
22TEMPORARILY YOURS
    Jeanne Pruett (IBC 0008)
293750  5
23LET’S GET IT WHILE THE GETTIN’S GOOD
    Eddy Arnold (RCA 11918)
263243  6
24PREGNANT AGAIN
    Loretta Lynn (MCA 41185)
252934  7
25PERFECT STRANGERS
    John Wesley Ryles (MCA 41184)
273340  8
26I JUST HAD YOU ON MY MIND
    Billy “Crash” Craddock (Capitol 4838)
333948  5
27DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER
    Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes (United Artists 1345)
37  2
28YOU LAY A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE ON ME
    Con Hunley (Warner Bros. 49187)
323845  6
29SHE JUST STARTED LIKING CHEATIN’ SONGS
    John Anderson (Warner Bros. 49191)
344052  5
30LIKE STRANGERS
    Gail Davies (Warner Bros. 49199)
354555  4
31LET ME IN
    Kenny Dale (Capitol 4829)
313439  9
32WHY DON’T YOU SPEND THE NIGHT
    Ronnie Milsap (RCA 11909)
  6  3  114
33AFTER HOURS
    Joe Stampley (Epic 50854)
395059  5
34PASS ME BY (If You’re Only Passing Through)
    Janie Fricke (Columbia 11224)
465567  4
35MY HEART / SILENT NIGHT (After The Fight)
    Ronnie Milsap (RCA 11952)
  1
36I DON’T WANT TO LOSE
    Leon Everette (Orlando 106)
404756  7
37DIANE
    Ed Bruce (MCA 41201)
425260  6
38RAMBLER GAMBLER
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 46602)
384147  7
39DEALIN’ WITH THE DEVIL
    Eddy Raven (Dimension 1005)
475668  5
40WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
    Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra 46591)
12131710
41ONE DAY AT A TIME
    Cristy Lane (United Artists 1342)
4957  3
42SHOTGUN RIDER
    Joe Sun (Ovation 1141)
505964  4
43I’M ALREADY BLUE
    Kendalls (Ovation 1143)
5178  3
44IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE
    Mac Davis (Casablanca 2244)
526483  4
45WALK ON BY
    Donna Fargo (Warner Bros. 49183)
454851  6
46LOVIN’ A LIVIN’ DREAM
    Ronnie McDowell (Epic 50857)
547285  4
47NEW YORK WINE AND TENNESSEE SHINE
    Dave & Sugar (RCA 11947)
60  2
48LUCKY ME
    Anne Murray (Capitol 4848)
74  2
49LOVE, LOOK AT US NOW
    Johnny Rodriguez (Epic 50859)
55  2
50LOVE IS A WARM COWBOY
    Buck Owens (Warner Bros. 49200)
59  2
51DOWN IN THE QUARTER
    Tommy Overstreet (Elektra 46600)
636875  4
52DALLAS
    Floyd Cramer (RCA 11916)
576779  4
53SWEET SENSUOUS SENSATIONS
    Don Gibson (Warner/Curb 49193)
567084  4
54I CAN’T CHEAT
    Larry G. Hudson (Mercury 57015)
616976  5
55THE REAL BUDDY HOLLY STORY
    Sonny Curtis (Elektra 46616)
6480  3
56SMOOTH SAILIN’
    T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 49214)
70  2
57YIPPY CRY YI
    Rex Allen, Jr. (Warner Bros. 49168)
222427  9
58MAKES ME WONDER IF I EVER SAID GOODBYE
    Kin Vassy (Int’l Artists 502)
586266  7
59NIGHT LIFE
    Danny Davis & Willie Nelson with Nashville Brass (RCA 11893)
23232511
60WHILE THE CHOIR SANG THE HYMN (I Thought Of Her)
    Johnny Russell (Mercury 57016)
626670  5
61GIFT FROM MISSOURI
    Jim Weatherly (Elektra 46592)
303033  9
62LONELY HOTEL
    Don King (Epic 50840)
363638  9
63WORKIN’ AT THE CARWASH BLUES / AGE
    Jerry Reed (RCA 11944)
7384 3 / 2
64(I’ll Even Love You) BETTER THAN I DID THEN
    Statler Brothers (Mercury 57012)
41  4  513
65I CAN’T REMEMBER
    Stephanie Winslow (Warner/Curb 49201)
75  2
66TELL OLE I AIN’T HERE, HE BETTER GET ON HOME
    Mo Bandy & Joe Stampley (Columbia 11244)
  1
67HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
    George Jones (Epic 50867)
  1
68I’D BUILD A BRIDGE
    Charlie Rich (United Artists 1340)
687173  6
69DON’T LOOK BACK
    Dickey Lee (Mercury 57017)
72  2
70SHE’S MADE OF FAITH
    Marty Robbins (Columbia 11240)
  1
71WAKE ME UP
    Louise Mandrell (Epic 50856)
7682  3
72TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME
    Jim Reeves/Deborah Allen (RCA 11946)
  1
73FIFTEEN BEERS
    Johnny Paycheck (Epic 50863)
83  2
74BEDROOM BALLAD
    Gene Watson (Capitol 4854)
  1
75A MILLION OLD GOODBYES
    Freddy Weller (Columbia 11221)
798592  4
76MEN
    Charly McClain (Epic 50825)
43  7  714
77MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYS
    Willie Nelson (Columbia 11186)
44  9  314
78RODEO EYES
    Zella Lehr (RCA 11953)
  1
79MAKE MINE NIGHT TIME
    Bill Anderson (MCA 41212)
  1
80PLEASE TALK TO MY HEART
    Freddy Fender (Starflite 4908)
8083  3
81TENNESSEE WALTZ
    Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia 11190)
48192011
82NUMBERS
    Bobby Bare (Columbia 11170)
53201116
83NOTHING SURE LOOKED GOOD ON YOU
    Gene Watson (Capitol 4814)
6543  616
84ONE OF A KIND
    Moe Bandy (Columbia 11184)
66511411
85CLING TO ME
    Jerry Wallace (Door Knob 127)
91  2
86YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH THE WRONG MAN
    Mundo Earwood (GMC 109)
93  2
87FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES
    Sonny Throckmorton (Mercury 57018)
8790  3
88DAYDREAM BELIEVER
    Anne Murray (Capitol 4813)
6944  816
89THE READING OF THE WILL
    Jimmy Tucker (NSD 40)
92  2
90WHEN SHE FALLS
    Bobby Hood (Chute 010)
95  2
913 CHORD COUNTRY SONG
    Red Steagall (Elektra 46590)
71313110
92BIG MAN’S CAFE
    Nick Noble (Churchill 7755)
77464610
93SEXY SONG
    Carol Chase (Casablanca West 4502)
784949  8
94AN AMERICAN DREAM
    Dirt Band (United Artists 1330)
815353  8
95FRIDAY NIGHT FOOL
    Roger Bowling (NSD 37)
825454  8
96TONY’S TANK-UP, DRIVE-IN CAFE
    Hank Thompson (MCA 41176)
84602811
97THE FOOL WHO FOOLED AROUND
    Keith Stegall (Capitol 4835)
856161  7
98TONIGHT LET’S SLEEP ON IT BABY
    Mel Street (Sunbird 103)
86633612
99LYING TIME AGAIN
    Mel Tillis (Elektra 46583)
67582413
100 THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
    Big Al Downing (Warner Bros. 49161)
97744210
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