| The CASH BOX Top 100 Country Singles | ||||||
| Green square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JANUARY 5, 1985 | |||||
| (No issue published this week; weeks-on-chart column has been updated) | ||||||
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WHY NOT ME Judds (RCA/Curb 13923) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | DOES FORT WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND George Strait (MCA 52458) | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | I LOVE ONLY YOU Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros. 29203) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE Eddie Rabbitt (Warner Bros. 29186) | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | HOW BLUE Reba McEntire (MCA 52468) | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | AMERICA Waylon Jennings (RCA 13908) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | YEARS AFTER YOU John Conlee (MCA 52470) | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | CROSSWORD PUZZLE Barbara Mandrell (MCA 52465) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | ME AGAINST THE NIGHT Crystal Gayle (Warner Bros. 29151) | 9 | 14 | 17 | 11 | SHE’S MY ROCK George Jones (Epic 04609) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | A PLACE TO FALL APART Merle Haggard (with Janie Fricke) (Epic 04663) | 11 | 17 | 20 | 10 | DIAMOND IN THE DUST Mark Gray (Columbia 04610) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | GOT NO REASON NOW FOR GOIN’ HOME Gene Watson (MCA/Curb 52457) | 13 | 16 | 18 | 13 | (There’s A) FIRE IN THE NIGHT Alabama (RCA 13926) | 14 | 19 | 21 | 9 | SOMETHING IN MY HEART Ricky Skaggs (Epic 04668) | 15 | 20 | 22 | 10 | MAKE MY LIFE WITH YOU Oak Ridge Boys (MCA 52488) | 16 | 21 | 23 | 9 | YOU TURN ME ON (Like A Radio) Ed Bruce (RCA 13937) | 17 | 22 | 25 | 10 | AIN’T SHE SOMETHIN’ ELSE Conway Twitty (Warner Bros. 29137) | 18 | 23 | 26 | 9 | SHE’S GONNA WIN YOUR HEART Eddy Raven (RCA 13939) | 19 | 24 | 29 | 9 | ONE OWNER HEART T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 29167) | 20 | 25 | 31 | 9 | NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO Anne Murray (with Dave Loggins) (Capitol 5401) | 21 | 3 | 1 | 18 | LET ME DOWN EASY Jim Glaser (Noble Vision 107) | 22 | 28 | 33 | 9 | WORLD’S GREATEST LOVER Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb 52446) | 23 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb 29184) | 24 | 12 | 13 | 14 | THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO B. J. Thomas (Cleveland Int’l/Columbia 04608) | 25 | 27 | 30 | 12 | ALL TANGLED UP IN LOVE Gus Hardin (with Earl Thomas Conley) (RCA 13938) | 26 | 31 | 36 | 9 | MISSIN’ MISSISSIPPI Charley Pride (RCA 13936) | 27 | 29 | 32 | 10 | LEONA Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb 5403) | 28 | 30 | 37 | 10 | BABY’S GOT HER BLUE JEANS ON Mel McDaniel (Capitol 5418) | 29 | 32 | 38 | 8 | BABY BYE BYE Gary Morris (Warner Bros. 29131) | 30 | 33 | 39 | 7 | MY BABY’S GOT GOOD TIMING Dan Seals (EMI America 8245) | 31 | 35 | 41 | 7 | SOMEONE LIKE YOU Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 29138) | 32 | 38 | 46 | 7 | CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE Exile (Epic 04722) | 33 | 40 | 47 | 5 | IF THAT AIN’T LOVE Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia 04696) | 34 | 39 | 45 | 7 | MY ONLY LOVE Statler Brothers (Mercury 880 411) | 35 | 42 | 52 | 5 | JAGGED EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART Gail Davies (RCA 13912) | 36 | 15 | 16 | 15 | A LADY LIKE YOU Glen Campbell (Atlantic America 99691) | 37 | 43 | 51 | 6 | WHAT SHE WANTS Michael Martin Murphey (EMI America 8243) | 38 | 46 | 55 | 6 | SLOW BURNING MEMORY Vern Gosdin (Compleat 135) | 39 | 45 | 54 | 6 | HEARTACHE AND A HALF Deborah Allen (RCA 13921) | 40 | 18 | 19 | 12 | THIS BED’S NOT BIG ENOUGH Louise Mandrell (RCA 13954) | 41 | 47 | 53 | 5 | RUNNING DOWN MEMORY LANE Rex Allen Jr. (Moon Shine 3034) | 42 | 44 | 50 | 7 | EYE OF A HURRICANE John Anderson (Warner Bros. 29127) | 43 | 49 | 56 | 5 | I’D DANCE EVERY DANCE WITH YOU Kendalls (Mercury 880 306) | 44 | 26 | 27 | 11 | I NEVER GOT OVER YOU Johnny Paycheck (A.M.I. 1322) | 45 | 50 | 57 | 6 | MISSISSIPPI SQUIRREL REVIVAL Ray Stevens (MCA 52492) | 46 | 54 | 64 | 5 | WHAT I DIDN’T DO Steve Wariner (MCA 52506) | 47 | 53 | 63 | 4 | YOU’VE GOT A GOOD LOVE COMIN’ Lee Greenwood (MCA 52509) | 48 | 56 | — | 3 | NO WAY JOSE David Frizzell (Viva 29158) | 49 | 55 | 61 | 5 | YOUR HEART’S NOT IN IT Janie Fricke (Columbia 04578) | 50 | 34 | 4 | 19 | TOO GOOD TO STOP NOW Mickey Gilley (Epic 04563) | 51 | 36 | 14 | 19 | CHANCE OF LOVIN’ YOU Earl Thomas Conley (RCA 13877) | 52 | 37 | 24 | 18 | GOD WON’T GET YOU Dolly Parton (RCA 13883) | 53 | 41 | 28 | 17 | CRAZY Kenny Rogers (RCA 13975) | 54 | 64 | — | 3 | P. S. I LOVE YOU Tom T. Hall (Mercury 880 216) | 55 | 48 | 34 | 18 | IT’S A BE TOGETHER NIGHT Frizzell & West (Viva 29187) | 56 | 52 | 40 | 17 | SHE USED TO LOVE ME A LOT David Allan Coe (Columbia 04688) | 57 | 67 | 73 | 6 | COUNTRY GIRLS John Schneider (MCA 52510) | 58 | — | — | 2 | I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO Robin Lee (Evergreen 1026) | 59 | 61 | 70 | 6 | HALLELUJAH, I LOVE YOU SO George Jones with Brenda Lee (Epic 04723) | 60 | 69 | — | 3 | SEVEN SPANISH ANGELS Ray Charles (with Willie Nelson) (Columbia 04715) | 61 | 70 | 80 | 4 | TOUCHY SITUATION Razzy Bailey (MCA 52500) | 62 | 66 | 71 | 6 | YOU COULD’VE HEARD A HEART BREAK Johnny Lee (Warner Bros./Full Moon 29206) | 63 | 51 | 35 | 20 | VIRGINIA Backwater (A.M.I. 1920) | 64 | 68 | 72 | 5 | I’M AN OLD ROCK AND ROLLER (Dancin’ To A Different Beat) Tom Jones (Mercury 880 402) | 65 | 76 | 87 | 5 | PRISONER OF THE HIGHWAY Ronnie Milsap (RCA 13876) | 66 | 58 | 43 | 19 | WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON Keith Stegall (Epic 04590) | 67 | 59 | 44 | 12 | HURRY ON HOME Brooks Brothers Band (Buckboard 115) | 68 | 72 | 79 | 4 | SHE’S GONE, GONE, GONE Carl Jackson (Columbia 04647) | 69 | 57 | 42 | 8 | FOOL’S GOLD Lee Greenwood (MCA 52426) | 70 | 60 | 48 | 21 | BIG WOMEN Tony McGill (NSD 198) | 71 | 75 | — | 3 | MAGGIE’S DREAM Don Williams (MCA 52448) | 72 | 62 | 49 | 19 | ALL AMERICAN COUNTRY BOY Con Hunley (Capitol 5428) | 73 | 77 | 91 | 4 | THERE STANDS THE GLASS Eddie Thompson (Kristal Int’l 2291) | 74 | 78 | 83 | 4 | HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT FOOLIN’ AROUND Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson (Columbia 04652) | 75 | 63 | 58 | 10 | WHEN SHE WAS BY MY SIDE Younger Brothers Band (ERP 4502) | 76 | — | — | 2 | WHAT’LL YOU DO ABOUT ME? Steve Earle (Epic 04666) | 77 | 71 | 75 | 6 | I’M LOVIN’ YOU ALL OVER AGAIN Geary Hanley (Kansa 622) | 78 | 79 | 82 | 4 | HEY Hillary Kanter (RCA 13935) | 79 | 85 | 89 | 5 | I NEVER LIKED WALTZES TILL NOW Regina Leigh (Roundhouse 114) | 80 | — | — | 2 | THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (RCA 13945) | 81 | — | — | 2 | AFTERNOON SOAPS Lee Wright (Prairie Dust 92784) | 82 | 87 | 94 | 4 | BE MY BABY Judy Lindsey (Gypsy 83844) | 83 | 84 | 86 | 6 | THE FIRST WORD IN MEMORY IS ME Janie Fricke (Columbia 04731) | 84 | — | — | 2 | A SIMPLE I LOVE YOU Karen Brooks (Warner Bros. 29154) | 85 | — | — | 2 | RAINBOW Anne Lord (Comstock 1768) | 86 | — | — | 2 | BACK AROUND TO ME Betty Caron (F&L 542) | 87 | 90 | — | 3 | HAVE ANOTHER DRINK Doug Block (Revolver 005) | 88 | — | — | 6 | PICK UP THE PIECES JOANNE Max Cooley (615 1001) | 89 | 89 | — | 3 | SLOW NIGHTS Mel Tillis with Glen Campbell (MCA 52474) | 90 | 73 | 62 | 11 | COME TAKE CARE OF ME Jimmy Lee Huff (A.M.I. 1922) | 91 | 93 | — | 3 | EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES Carl Farris (Swanee 4012) | 92 | — | — | 2 | HELLBENT ON A HEARTACHE Mickey Martin (TMW 102) | 93 | — | — | 2 | OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION Albert Updyke (Stargem 2284) | 94 | 94 | — | 3 | ONE TAKES THE BLAME Statler Brothers (Mercury 880 130) | 95 | 74 | 66 | 21 | DANCIN’ WITH MY HEART Cathy Buchanan (Rustic 1025) | 96 | 81 | 85 | 6 | EASY LADY Bobby G. Rice (Door Knob 223) | 97 | 82 | 84 | 4 | THE WAY SHE MAKES LOVE Billy Chinnock (Paradise 630) | 98 | 80 | 81 | 4 | DON’T OUR LOVE LOOK NATURAL Keith Whitley (RCA 13967) | 99 | 86 | 90 | 5 | I’VE BEEN AROUND ENOUGH TO KNOW John Schneider (MCA 52407) | 100 | 83 | 65 | 23 |
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