| The CASH BOX Top 100 Country | ||||||
| Green square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending MARCH 21, 1981 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley (RCA 12158) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 2 | ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND Willie Nelson (Columbia 11418) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 3 | IF DRINKIN’ DON’T KILL ME (Her Memory Will) George Jones (Epic 50968) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | |
| 4 | WANDERING EYES Ronnie McDowell (Epic 50962) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 14 | |
| 5 | DRIFTER Sylvia (RCA 12164) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | |
| 6 | TEXAS WOMEN Hank Williams Jr. (Elektra/Curb 47102) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | |
| 7 | THIRTY NINE AND HOLDING Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra 47095) | 8 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |
| 8 | OLD FLAME Alabama (RCA 12169) | 10 | 13 | 22 | 6 | |
| 9 | WHAT I HAD WITH YOU John Conlee (MCA 51044) | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | |
| 10 | PICKIN’ UP STRANGERS Johnny Lee (Full Moon/Asylum 47105) | 11 | 14 | 23 | 6 | |
| 11 | YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA David Frizzell & Shelly West (Warner/Viva 49650) | 14 | 16 | 19 | 10 | |
| 12 | A HEADACHE TOMORROW (Or A Heartache Tonight) Mickey Gilley (Epic 50973) | 16 | 24 | 33 | 6 | |
| 13 | FALLING AGAIN Don Williams (MCA 51065) | 22 | 28 | 39 | 5 | |
| 14 | LOVIN’ WHAT YOUR LOVIN’ DOES TO ME Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn (MCA 51050) | 15 | 17 | 21 | 8 | |
| 15 | DO YOU LOVE AS GOOD AS YOU LOOK Bellamy Brothers (Warner/Curb 49639) | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 16 | I’M GONNA LOVE YOU BACK TO LOVING ME AGAIN Joe Stampley (Epic 50972) | 17 | 20 | 25 | 10 | |
| 17 | SOMETHIN’ ON THE RADIO Jacky Ward (Mercury 57044) | 20 | 22 | 26 | 9 | |
| 18 | LOVE IS FAIR / SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW Barbara Mandrell (MCA 51062) | 19 | 21 | 29 | 7 | |
| 19 | CRYING Don McLean (Millennium 11799) | 21 | 23 | 28 | 9 | |
| 20 | TAKE IT EASY Crystal Gayle (Columbia 11436) | 23 | 27 | 35 | 7 | |
| 21 | LEONARD Merle Haggard (MCA 51048) | 26 | 29 | 38 | 6 | |
| 22 | REST YOUR LOVE ON ME / I AM THE DREAMER (You Are The Dream) Conway Twitty (MCA 51059) | 27 | 31 | 43 | 5 | |
| 23 | I HAVE A DREAM Cristy Lane (Liberty 1396) | 24 | 25 | 27 | 10 | |
| 24 | HOOKED ON MUSIC Mac Davis (Casablanca 2327) | 30 | 40 | 50 | 5 | |
| 25 | STORMS NEVER LAST Waylon & Jessi (RCA 12176) | 34 | 38 | 48 | 5 | |
| 26 | PERFECT FOOL Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 49652) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 7 | |
| 27 | EVERY NOW AND THEN Brenda Lee (MCA 51047) | 29 | 32 | 37 | 8 | |
| 28 | PEACE OF MIND Eddy Raven (Dimension 1017) | 28 | 30 | 32 | 9 | |
| 29 | IT DON’T GET NO BETTER THAN THIS Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers Band (Columbia 11438) | 33 | 36 | 44 | 6 | |
| 30 | SEVEN YEAR ACHE Rosanne Cash (Columbia 11426) | 36 | 42 | 53 | 6 | |
| 31 | ROLL ON MISSISSIPPI Charley Pride (RCA 12178) | 39 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | TOO LONG GONE Vern Gosdin (Ovation 1163) | 32 | 33 | 36 | 10 | |
| 33 | SOMEBODY LED ME AWAY Loretta Lynn (MCA 51058) | 43 | 50 | 68 | 4 | |
| 34 | MISTER SANDMAN Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 49684) | 48 | 66 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | ONE MORE LAST CHANCE Ray Stevens (RCA 12170) | 40 | 47 | 54 | 6 | |
| 36 | AM I LOSING YOU / HE’LL HAVE TO GO Ronnie Milsap (RCA 12194) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | I LOVED ’EM EVERY ONE T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 49690) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | ARE WE DREAMIN’ THE SAME DREAM Charlie Rich (Elektra 47104) | 44 | 52 | 62 | 6 | |
| 39 | IT WAS YOU Billy “Crash” Craddock (Capitol 4972) | 41 | 43 | 51 | 7 | |
| 40 | IF I KEEP ON GOING CRAZY Leon Everette (RCA 12177) | 49 | 65 | 84 | 4 | |
| 41 | MISTER PEEPERS Bill Anderson (MCA 51052) | 45 | 53 | 67 | 5 | |
| 42 | IT’S A HEARTACHE Dave & Sugar (RCA 12168) | 42 | 44 | 47 | 7 | |
| 43 | HEY JOE (Hey Moe) Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley (Columbia 60508) | 53 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | BLUE COLLAR BLUES Mundo Earwood (Excelsior 1005) | 52 | 56 | 59 | 6 | |
| 45 | CAN I SEE YOU TONIGHT Tanya Tucker (MCA 51037) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |
| 46 | BETWEEN THIS TIME AND THE NEXT TIME Gene Watson (MCA 51039) | 56 | 60 | 73 | 4 | |
| 47 | WHAT’S NEW WITH YOU Con Hunley (Warner Bros. 49613) | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | |
| 48 | BRIDGE OVER BROADWAY Capitals (Ridgetop 01281) | 58 | 72 | — | 3 | |
| 49 | DOESN’T ANYBODY GET HIGH ON LOVE ANYMORE The Shoppe (NSD 80) | 57 | 63 | 72 | 5 | |
| 50 | PRIDE Janie Fricke (Columbia 60509) | 60 | — | — | 2 | |
| 51 | YOUR GOOD GIRL’S GONNA GO BAD Billie Jo Spears (Liberty 1395) | 18 | 19 | 20 | 13 | |
| 52 | ANGEL OF THE MORNING Juice Newton (Capitol 4976) | 66 | 81 | — | 3 | |
| 53 | WASN’T THAT A PARTY Rovers (Epic/Cleveland Int’l 51007) | 64 | 68 | 87 | 4 | |
| 54 | ALICE DOESN’T LOVE HERE ANYMORE Bobby Goldsboro (Curb 70052) | 65 | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 55 | DIXIE MAN Randy Barlow (Paid 116) | 25 | 26 | 31 | 10 | |
| 56 | HOLD ME LIKE YOU NEVER HAD ME Randy Parton (RCA 12137) | 70 | 79 | 89 | 4 | |
| 57 | CHEATIN’S A TWO WAY STREET Sammi Smith (Sound Factory 427) | 72 | 83 | — | 3 | |
| 58 | I DON’T THINK LOVE OUGHT TO BE THAT WAY Reba McEntire (Mercury 57046) | 75 | — | — | 2 | |
| 59 | ANYTHING THAT HURTS YOU (Hurts Me) Keith Stegall (Capitol 4967) | 59 | 64 | 66 | 6 | |
| 60 | ARE YOU HAPPY BABY? Dottie West (Liberty 1392) | 35 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| 61 | COWBOYS DON’T SHOOT STRAIGHT (Like They Used To) Tammy Wynette (Epic 51011) | 81 | — | — | 2 | |
| 62 | ANY WAY YOU WANT ME Gene Watson (Warner/Viva 49648) | 38 | 39 | 45 | 7 | |
| 63 | JUST A COUNTRY BOY Rex Allen Jr. (Warner Bros. 49682) | 77 | — | — | 2 | |
| 64 | LOVERS LOVE Thrasher Brothers (MCA 51049) | 69 | 74 | 85 | 4 | |
| 65 | URBAN COWBOYS, OUTLAWS, CAVALEERS James Marvell (Caveleer 117) | 71 | 73 | 83 | 5 | |
| 66 | FOOL’S GOLD Danny Wood (RCA 12181) | 80 | — | — | 2 | |
| 67 | WHAT WOULD YOU DO John Rex Reeves (Soc-A-Gee 109) | 68 | 77 | 81 | 5 | |
| 68 | CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Orion (Sun 1162) | 74 | 86 | — | 3 | |
| 69 | HIDEAWAY HEALING Stephanie Winslow (Warner/Curb 49693) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 70 | NO ACES Patti Page (Plantation 197) | 84 | — | — | 2 | |
| 71 | THERE’S A CRAZY MAN Jody Payne & Willie Nelson Family Band (Kari 117) | 76 | 82 | 92 | 5 | |
| 72 | TAKE ME BACK TO THE COUNTRY Baxter, Baxter & Baxter (Sun 1160) | 73 | 85 | 88 | 4 | |
| 73 | THERE AIN’T A SONG Music Row (Debut 8013) | 79 | 90 | — | 3 | |
| 74 | I CAN’T HOLD MYSELF IN LINE Paycheck & Haggard (Epic 51012) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 75 | THE BARON Johnny Cash (Columbia 60516) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 76 | FIRE IN YOUR EYES Gary Morris (Warner Bros. 49668) | 92 | — | — | 2 | |
| 77 | REV. SAM WHISKEY Steve Jones & Winchester (Stargem 2079) | 82 | 84 | 86 | 4 | |
| 78 | STAND BY YOUR MAN David Allan Coe (Columbia 60501) | 83 | 87 | 90 | 4 | |
| 79 | HEART OF THE MATTER Kendalls (Ovation 1169) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 80 | CHARLESTON COTTON MILL Marty Haggard (Dimension 1016) | 85 | 88 | — | 3 | |
| 81 | I THINK I COULD LOVE YOU BETTER THAN SHE DID Ava Barber (Oak 1029) | 86 | 96 | — | 3 | |
| 82 | EVIL ANGEL Ed Bruce (MCA 51076) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 83 | SOMEWHERE TO COME WHEN IT RAINS John Wesley Ryles (MCA 51080) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 84 | LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT Mel McDaniel (Capitol 4983) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 85 | SHE CAN’T GIVE IT AWAY Roy Clark (MCA 51079) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 86 | TWO MINUS ONE Micki Fuhrman (MCA 51057) | 90 | 95 | — | 3 | |
| 87 | THE BAPTISM OF JESSE TAYLOR Donna Fargo (MCA/Songbird 51066) | 88 | — | — | 2 | |
| 88 | GETTING OVER YOU AGAIN Ray Price (Dimension 1018) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 89 | DO FISH SWIM? Wickline (Cascade Mountain 2325) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 90 | MEMPHIS MEMORY Ernie Ashworth (O’Brien 325) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 91 | (Lookin’ At Things) IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT Nightstreets (Epic 51004) | 95 | — | — | 2 | |
| 92 | SAD OLE SHADE OF GRAY Jeanne Pruett (Paid 118) | 94 | — | — | 2 | |
| 93 | WHAT ABOUT MY HEART Connie Cato (MCA 51071) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 94 | LOVING YOU WAS ALL I EVER NEEDED Lou Hobbs (Kik 902) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 95 | LOVIN’ NIGHT Jim West (Macho 009) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 96 | COMPLETELY OUT OF LOVE Marty Robbins (Columbia 11425) | 37 | 37 | 40 | 8 | |
| 97 | FRUSTRATION Wyvon Alexander (Gervasi 633) | 87 | 92 | — | 3 | |
| 98 | I REMEMBER YOU Slim Whitman (Epic/Cleveland Int’l 50971) | 55 | 55 | 58 | 7 | |
| 99 | DIXIE ROAD King Edward IV & Knights (Soundwaves 4626) | 50 | 51 | 55 | 8 | |
| 100 | WILLIE, WON’T YOU SING A SONG WITH ME George Burns (Mercury 57045) | 61 | 62 | 65 | 6 | |
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