CASH BOX COUNTRY SINGLES – 1982
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The 1982 Charts!
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1982 #1 Top Debut
January 2 Love In The First Degree - Alabama
(frozen chart; no issue published this week)
(No debuts)
January 9 Fourteen Carat Mind - Gene Watson 80. Lies On Your Lips - Cristy Lane
January 16 I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World - Ronnie Milsap 50. Big City - Merle Haggard
January 23 Red Neckin’ Love Makin’ Night - Conway Twitty 32. Bobbie Sue - Oak Ridge Boys
January 30 The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known) - Juice Newton 40. The Clown - Conway Twitty
February 6 Lonely Nights - Mickey Gilley 39. Same Ole Me - George Jones
February 13 Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good - Don Williams 63. It’ll Be Her - Tompall & Glaser Brothers
February 20 Only One You - T. G. Sheppard 53. You Never Gave Up On Me - Crystal Gayle
February 27 You’re The Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had - Ed Bruce 45. Single Women - Dolly Parton
March 6 Mountain Of Love - Charley Pride 49. Mountain Music - Alabama
March 13 Blue Moon With Heartache - Rosanne Cash 79. Just To Satisfy You - Waylon & Willie
March 20 Bobbie Sue - Oak Ridge Boys 51. Tears Of The Lonely - Mickey Gilley
March 27 Bobbie Sue - Oak Ridge Boys 55. For All The Wrong Reasons - Bellamy Brothers
April 3 Big City - Merle Haggard 52. Finally - T. G. Sheppard
April 10 The Clown - Conway Twitty 64. Everytime You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart) - Razzy Bailey
April 17 Same Ole Me - George Jones 43. Listen To The Radio - Don Williams
April 24 Crying My Heart Out Over You - Ricky Skaggs 45. I Don’t Think She’s In Love Anymore - Charley Pride
May 1 If You’re Thinking You Want A Stranger (There’s One Coming Home) - George Strait 54. Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap
May 8 Mountain Music - Alabama 70. Don’t Worry ’Bout Me - Janie Fricke
May 15 Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson 49. When You Fall In Love - Johnny Lee
May 22 Just To Satisfy You - Waylon & Willie 66. Oh Girl - Con Hunley
May 29 Finally - T. G. Sheppard 34. Take Me Down - Alabama
June 5 Finally - T. G. Sheppard 59. So Fine - Oak Ridge Boys
June 12 Tears Of The Lonely - Mickey Gilley 67. I Still Love You (After All These Years) - Tompall & Glaser Brothers
June 19 Listen To The Radio - Don Williams 53. Fool Hearted Memory - George Strait
June 26 Listen To The Radio - Don Williams 47. Women Do Know How To Carry On - Waylon [Jennings]
July 3 Slow Hand - Conway Twitty 63. Whatever - Statler Brothers
July 10 Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap 35. Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers
July 17 I Don’t Think She’s In Love Anymore - Charley Pride 71. Get Into Reggae Cowboy - Bellamy Brothers
July 24 ’Til You’re Gone - Barbara Mandrell 65. I Didn’t Know You Could Break A Broken Heart - Joe Stampley
July 31 Take Me Down - Alabama 55. Put Your Dreams Away - Mickey Gilley
August 7 I Don’t Care - Ricky Scaggs 57. Yesterday’s Wine - Merle Haggard/George Jones
August 14 Nobody - Sylvia 76. You Still Get To Me In My Dreams - Tammy Wynette
August 21 Nobody - Sylvia 41. Mistakes - Don Williams
August 28 Fool Hearted Memory - George Strait 49. You’re So Good When You’re Bad - Charley Pride
September 4 Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers 50. War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too) - T. G. Sheppard
September 11 Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers 56. Step Back - Ronnie McDowell
September 18 She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft) - Jerry Reed 44. Heartbroke - Ricky Scaggs
September 25 What’s Forever For - Michael Murphey 61. Stay A Little Longer - Mel Tillis
October 2 Put Your Dreams Away - Mickey Gilley 55. Somewhere Between Right And Wrong - Earl Thomas Conley
October 9 I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone) - Oak Ridge Boys 54. The American Dream - Hank Williams Jr.
October 16 Yesterday’s Wine - Merle Haggard/George Jones 53. The Bird - Jerry Reed & Friends
October 23 He Got You - Ronnie Milsap 47. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay - Waylon & Willie
October 30 Mistakes - Don Williams 65. Like Nothing Ever Happened - Sylvia
November 6 Close Enough To Perfect - Alabama 69. The Elvis Medley - Elvis Presley
November 13 You’re So Good When You’re Bad - Charley Pride 55. Talk To Me - Mickey Gilley
November 20 Heartbroke - Ricky Scaggs 57. Inside - Ronnie Milsap
November 27 We Did But Now You Don’t - Conway Twitty 70. Shadows Of My Mind - Leon Everette
December 4 It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy - Janie Fricke 68. C. C. Waterback - George Jones/Merle Haggard
December 11 You And I - Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle 64. If Hollywood Don’t Need You - Don Williams
December 18 Somewhere Between Right And Wrong - Earl Thomas Conley 82. Easier - Sandy Croft
December 25 The Bird - Jerry Reed & Friends 64. The Rose - Conway Twitty

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