The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1987
TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 26, 1987, issue)
POSTITLE – Artist (Label)
  1FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
  2HELL AND HIGH WATER – T. Graham Brown (Capitol)
  3BORN TO BOOGIE – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb)
  4OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY – George Strait (MCA)
  5YOU’RE STILL NEW TO ME – Marie Osmond with Paul Davis (Capitol/Curb)
  6FISHIN’ IN THE DARK – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
  7IT AIN’T COOL TO BE CRAZY ABOUT YOU – George Strait (MCA)
  8THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART – Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
  9ALL MY EX’S LIVE IN TEXAS – George Strait (MCA)
10DON’T GO TO STRANGERS – T. Graham Brown (Capitol)
11TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH – The Bellamy Brothers (with The Forester Sisters) (MCA/Curb)
12TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.)
13THE WEEKEND – Steve Wariner (MCA)
14ONE PROMISE TOO LATE – Reba McEntire (MCA)
15MAKE NO MISTAKE, SHE’S MINE – Ronnie Milsap & Kenny Rogers (RCA)
16CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP – The Judds (RCA/Curb)
17WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE (Wrong Or Right) – Restless Heart (RCA)
18LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO – Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
19IT TAKES A LITTLE RAIN (To Make Love Grow) – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
20YOU AGAIN – The Forester Sisters (Warner Bros.)
21SNAP YOUR FINGERS – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
22ROSE IN PARADISE – Waylon Jennings (MCA)
23LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME – Holly Dunn (MTM)
24KIDS OF THE BABY BOOM – The Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb)
25THREE TIME LOSER – Dan Seals (EMI America)
26MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb)
27OLD BRIDGES BURN SLOW – Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America)
28NO PLACE LIKE HOME – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
29I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING – The Judds (RCA/Curb)
30A LONG LINE OF LOVE – Michael Martin Murphey (Warner Bros.)
31THE RIGHT LEFT HAND – George Jones (Epic)
32MAYBE YOUR BABY’S GOT THE BLUES – The Judds (RCA/Curb)
33RIGHT FROM THE START – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
34SMALL TOWN GIRL – Steve Wariner (MCA)
35STRAIGHT TO THE HEART – Crystal Gayle (Warner Bros.)
36FOREVER – The Statler Brothers (Mercury)
37YOU STILL MOVE ME – Dan Seals (EMI America)
38TILL I’M TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG – Moe Bandy (MCA/Curb)
39AM I BLUE – George Strait (MCA)
40FALLIN’ FOR YOU FOR YEARS – Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)
41I CAN’T WIN FOR LOSIN’ YOU – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
42CRAZY OVER YOU – Foster & Lloyd (RCA)
43JULIA – Conway Twitty (MCA)
44HOW DO I TURN YOU ON – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
45HAVE I GOT SOME BLUES FOR YOU – Charley Pride (16th Avenue)
46TOUCH ME WHEN WE’RE DANCING – Alabama (RCA)
47TAR TOP – Alabama (RCA)
48DOMESTIC LIFE – John Conlee (Columbia)
49WHISKEY, IF YOU WERE A WOMAN – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.)
50I’LL NEVER BE IN LOVE AGAIN – Don Williams (Capitol 44019)
ALBUMS  |  1987