| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1988 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 31, 1988, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | I TOLD YOU SO – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 2 | FALLIN’ AGAIN – Alabama (RCA) |
| 3 | EIGHTEEN WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 4 | I’LL ALWAYS COME BACK – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 5 | BLUEST EYES IN TEXAS – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 6 | TOO GONE TOO LONG – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 7 | TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 8 | IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 9 | CRY, CRY, CRY – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 10 | ADDICTED – Dan Seals (Capitol) |
| 11 | JOE KNOWS HOW TO LIVE – Eddy Raven (RCA) |
| 12 | I’LL LEAVE THIS WORLD LOVING YOU – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 13 | BABY I’M YOURS – Steve Wariner (MCA) |
| 14 | I SHOULD BE WITH YOU – Steve Wariner (MCA) |
| 15 | RUNAWAY TRAIN – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 16 | WHAT SHE IS (Is A Woman In Love) – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA) |
| 17 | THAT’S WHAT YOUR LOVE DOES TO ME – Holly Dunn (MTM) |
| 18 | I WON’T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE – Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis & Paul Overstreet (Capitol) |
| 19 | I’M GONNA GET YOU – Eddy Raven (RCA) |
| 20 | (Do You Love Me) JUST SAY YES – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 21 | DARLENE – T. Graham Brown (Capitol) |
| 22 | SHOULDN’T IT BE EASIER THAN THIS – Charley Pride (16th Avneue) |
| 23 | LOVE WILL FIND ITS WAY TO YOU – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 24 | IF IT DON’T COME EASY – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 25 | THE WANDERER – Eddie Rabbitt (RCA) |
| 26 | NEW SHADE OF BLUE – Southern Pacific (Warner Bros.) |
| 27 | GIVE A LITTLE LOVE – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 28 | STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 29 | TWINKLE, TWINKLE LUCKY STAR – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 30 | DON’T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 31 | HONKY TONK MOON – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 32 | BABY BLUE – George Strait (MCA) |
| 33 | LIFE TURNED HER THAT WAY – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 34 | I WANNA DANCE WITH YOU – Eddie Rabbitt (RCA) |
| 35 | GONNA TAKE A LOT OF RIVER – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 36 | OLD FOLKS – Ronnie Milsap & Mike Reid (RCA) |
| 37 | FACE TO FACE – Alabama (RCA) |
| 38 | TALKIN’ TO THE WRONG MAN – Michael Martin Murphey (with Ryan Murphey) (Warner Bros.) |
| 39 | SUMMER WIND – The Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb) |
| 40 | TURN IT LOOSE – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 41 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF A FOOL – George Strait (MCA) |
| 42 | YOUNG COUNTRY – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 43 | STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD – Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens (Reprise) |
| 44 | UNTOLD STORIES – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 45 | SET ’EM UP JOE – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 46 | SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 47 | GOIN’ GONE – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 48 | I COULDN’T LEAVE YOU IF I TRIED – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 49 | IT’S SUCH A SMALL WORLD – Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 50 | I’LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW – Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America) |