CASH BOX COUNTRY SINGLES – 1988 |
| The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts |
| Chart data collected by Randy Price
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The 1988 Charts! |
| 1988 | #1 | Top Debut |
| January 2 | Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101 (frozen chart; no issue published this week) |
(No debuts) |
| January 9 | Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101 (frozen chart; no issue published this week) |
(No debuts) |
| January 16 | Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101 (no new chart this week; published chart reprised the same positions from the Dec. 26 chart) |
(No debuts) |
| January 23 | I’ll Pin A Note On Your Pillow - Billy Joe Royal | 42. Life Turned Her That Way - Ricky Van Shelton |
| January 30 | Goin’ Gone - Kathy Mattea | 55. If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now (Chapter Five... |
| February 6 | Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash | 54. Famous Last Words Of A Fool - George Strait |
| February 13 | Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash | 52. Cry, Cry, Cry - Highway 101 |
| February 20 | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star - Merle Haggard | 50. Young Country - Hank Williams Jr. |
| February 27 | I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love - Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis & Paul Overstreet | 59. Perfect Strangers - Anne Murray (with Doug Mallory) |
| March 5 | Face To Face - Alabama | 50. Always Late With Your Kisses - Dwight Yoakam |
| March 12 | Too Gone Too Long - Randy Travis | 53. Angels Love Bad Men - Barbara Mandrell |
| March 19 | Life Turned Her That Way - Ricky Van Shelton | 63. Another Place, Another Time - Don Williams |
| March 26 | Turn It Loose - Judds | 54. What She Is (Is A Woman In Love) - Earl Thomas Conley |
| April 2 | Love Will Find Its Way To You - Reba McEntire | 58. If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash |
| April 9 | Famous Last Words Of A Fool - George Strait | 56. I Told You So - Randy Travis |
| April 16 | I’ll Always Come Back - K. |
53. Texas In 1880 - Foster & Lloyd |
| April 23 | I’ll Always Come Back - K. |
54. Talkin’ To The Wrong Man - Michael Martin Murphy (with Ryan Murphy) |
| April 30 | Cry, Cry, Cry - Highway 101 | 55. Givers And Takers - Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt |
| May 7 | I’m Gonna Get You - Eddy Raven | 58. I Still Believe - Lee Greenwood |
| May 14 | Baby I’m Yours - Steve Wariner | 52. Don’t We All Have The Right - Ricky Van Shelton |
| May 21 | Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea | 50. Sunday Kind Of Love - Reba McEntire |
| May 28 | Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea | 52. Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart |
| June 4 | What She Is (Is A Woman In Love) - Earl Thomas Conley | 57. The Wanderer - Eddie Rabbitt |
| June 11 | I Told You So - Randy Travis | 50. Give A Little Love - Judds |
| June 18 | I Told You So - Randy Travis | 51. The Radio - Vince Gill |
| June 25 | If It Don’t Come Easy - Tanya Tucker | 48. Joe Knows How To Live - Eddy Raven |
| July 2 | Fallin’ Again - Alabama | 55. If The South Woulda Won - Hank Williams Jr. |
| July 9 | Fallin’ Again - Alabama | 64. Money - K. |
| July 16 | If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash | 48. Streets Of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens |
| July 23 | Don’t We All Have The Right - Ricky Van Shelton | 56. Strong Enough To Bend - Tanya Tucker |
| July 30 | Baby Blue - George Strait | 57. Button Off My Shirt - Ronnie Milsap |
| August 6 | Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart | 45. Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis |
| August 13 | Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart | 53. New Shade Of Blue - Southern Pacific |
| August 20 | The Wanderer - Eddie Rabbitt | 54. When You Put Your Heart In It - Kenny Rogers |
| August 27 | Give A Little Love - Judds | 59. Sweet Life - Marie Osmond (with Paul Davis) |
| September 3 | (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes - Highway 101 | 58. Chiseled In Stone - Vern Gosdin |
| September 10 | Joe Knows How To Live - Eddy Raven | 57. I Know How He Feels - Reba McEntire |
| September 17 | That’s What Your Love Does To Me - Holly Dunn | 53. If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’) - George Strait |
| September 24 | I Should Be With You - Steve Wariner | 65. A Tender Lie - Restless Heart |
| October 1 | Addicted - Dan Seals | 64. Love Helps Those - Paul Overstreet |
| October 8 | Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis | 62. Light Years - Glen Campbell |
| October 15 | Strong Enough To Bend - Tanya Tucker | 64. Where Was I - Charley Pride |
| October 22 | Gonna Take A Lot Of River - Oak Ridge Boys | 60. Hold Me - K. |
| October 29 | Darlene - T. Graham Brown | 58. She Reminded Me Of You - Mickey Gilley |
| November 5 | Runaway Train - Rosanne Cash | 60. (It’s Always Gonna Be) Someday - Holly Dunn |
| November 12 | New Shade Of Blue - Southern Pacific | 55. Early In The Morning And Late At Night - Hank Williams Jr. |
| November 19 | I’ll Leave This World Loving You - Ricky Van Shelton | 55. Deeper Than The Holler - Randy Travis |
| November 26 | I’ll Leave This World Loving You - Ricky Van Shelton | 56. Song Of The South - Alabama |
| December 3 | I Know How He Feels - Reba McEntire | 63. I Still Believe In You - Desert Rose Band |
| December 10 | A Tender Lie - Restless Heart | 59. ’Til You Cry - Eddy Raven |
| December 17 | When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley | 69. I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You - Lyle Lovett |
| December 24 | Love Helps Those - Paul Overstreet | 56. Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) - Ronnie Milsap |
| December 31 | Change Of Heart - Judds | 59. Down The Road Tonight - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
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