| CASH BOX Country Singles | ||||||
| Green square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JANUARY 7, 1989 | |||||
| (No issue published this week; weeks-on-chart column has been updated) | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
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N O I S S U E P U B L I S H E D T H I S W E E K N O I S S U E P U B L I S H E D T H I S W E E K |
CHANGE OF HEART Judds (RCA/Curb 8715) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| HOLD ME K.T. Oslin (RCA 8725) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| WE MUST BE DOIN’ SOMETHIN’ RIGHT Eddie Rabbitt (RCA 8716) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| LONG SHOT Baillie & The Boys (RCA 8631) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||
| BLUE SIDE OF TOWN Patty Loveless (MCA 53418) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | ||
| SHE’S CRAZY FOR LEAVIN’ Rodney Crowell (Columbia 08080) | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | ||
| ALL THE REASONS WHY Highway 101 (Warner Bros. 27735) | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | ||
| DEEPER THAN THE HOLLER Randy Travis (Warner Bros. 27689) | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | ||
| HOLD ON (A Little Longer) Steve Wariner (MCA 53419) | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | ||
| LET’S GET STARTED IF WE’RE GONNA BREAK MY HEART Statler Brothers (Mercury 870 681) | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | ||
| LOVE HELPS THOSE Paul Overstreet (MTM 72113) | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
| (It’s Always Gonna Be) SOMEDAY Holly Dunn (MTM 72116) | 12 | 16 | 21 | 10 | ||
| EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb 27722) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 9 | ||
| BURNIN’ A HOLE IN MY HEART Skip Ewing (MCA 53435) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 10 | ||
| WHAT I’D SAY Earl Thomas Conley (RCA 8717) | 15 | 18 | 23 | 9 | ||
| SONG OF THE SOUTH Alabama (RCA 8744) | 16 | 22 | 32 | 7 | ||
| I SANG DIXIE Dwight Yoakam (Reprise 27715) | 17 | 20 | 26 | 9 | ||
| BIG WHEELS IN THE MOONLIGHT Dan Seals (Capitol 44267) | 18 | 21 | 27 | 8 | ||
| MAMA KNOWS Shenandoah (Columbia 08042) | 19 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||
| SHE REMINDED ME OF YOU Mickey Gilley (Airborne 10008) | 20 | 25 | 28 | 11 | ||
| SINCERELY Forester Sisters (Warner Bros. 27686) | 21 | 26 | 29 | 9 | ||
| LIFE AS WE KNEW IT Kathy Mattea (Mercury 872 082) | 22 | 27 | 31 | 9 | ||
| WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL Keith Whitley (RCA 8637) | 23 | 9 | 1 | 17 | ||
| I JUST CALLED TO SAY GOODBYE AGAIN Larry Boone (Mercury 872 046) | 24 | 31 | 35 | 7 | ||
| HIGHWAY ROBBERY Tanya Tucker (Capitol 44271) | 25 | 34 | 39 | 7 | ||
| DON’T WASTE IT ON THE BLUES Gene Watson (Warner Bros. 27692) | 26 | 32 | 37 | 8 | ||
| YOU BABE Merle Haggard (Epic 08111) | 27 | 33 | 36 | 8 | ||
| BORDERLINE Shooters (Epic 08082) | 28 | 30 | 34 | 12 | ||
| I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb 53454) | 29 | 35 | 38 | 6 | ||
| ’TIL YOU CRY Eddy Raven (RCA 8798) | 30 | 38 | 42 | 5 | ||
| BRIDGES AND WALLS Oak Ridge Boys (MCA 53460) | 31 | 40 | 44 | 6 | ||
| LOVE IS ON THE LINE Canyon (16th Avenue 70423) | 32 | 36 | 40 | 8 | ||
| RAININ’ IN MY HEART Jo-El Sonnier (RCA 8726) | 33 | 37 | 41 | 7 | ||
| I WISH I WAS STILL IN YOUR DREAMS Conway Twitty (MCA 53456) | 34 | 45 | 53 | 7 | ||
| I FEEL FINE Sweethearts Of The Rodeo (Columbia 08504) | 35 | 41 | 48 | 6 | ||
| HONEY I DARE YOU Southern Pacific (Warner Bros. 27691) | 36 | 47 | 56 | 5 | ||
| A TENDER LIE Restless Heart (RCA 8714) | 37 | 14 | 5 | 16 | ||
| COME AS YOU WERE T. Graham Brown (Capitol 44273) | 38 | 50 | 59 | 5 | ||
| IF YOU AIN’T LOVIN’ (You Ain’t Livin’) George Strait (MCA 53400) | 39 | 19 | 10 | 17 | ||
| MAKING LOVE TO DIXIE Heartland (Tra-Star 1222) | 40 | 43 | 46 | 9 | ||
| BEFORE YOU CHEAT ON ME ONCE (You Better Think Twice) Robin Lee (Atlantic America 99264) | 41 | 42 | 45 | 7 | ||
| DON’T YOU EVER GET TIRED (Of Hurting Me) Ronnie Milsap (RCA 8746) | 42 | 56 | — | 3 | ||
| I’D DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN Ray Price (Step One 393) | 43 | 46 | 50 | 8 | ||
| I’M A ONE WOMAN MAN George Jones (Epic 08509) | 44 | 53 | 60 | 5 | ||
| GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Cee Cee Chapman & Sante Fe (Curb 10518) | 45 | 49 | 54 | 7 | ||
| EVERYTIME I GET TO DREAMIN’ Josh Logan (Curb 10519) | 46 | 52 | 62 | 5 | ||
| IT’S GONNA BE LOVE Mark Gray & Bobbi Lace (615 1016) | 47 | 48 | 52 | 8 | ||
| YOU STILL DO T.G. Sheppard (Columbia 08119) | 48 | 55 | 66 | 6 | ||
| OLD KIND OF LOVE Ricky Skaggs (Epic 08063) | 49 | 23 | 24 | 13 | ||
| I’M IN LOVE AND HE’S IN DALLAS Marie Osmond (Capitol/Curb 44269) | 50 | 59 | 65 | 5 | ||
| SLOW PASSIN’ TIME Anne Murray (Capitol 44272) | 51 | 57 | 70 | 5 | ||
| I MARRIED HER JUST BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU Lyle Lovett (MCA/Curb 53471) | 52 | 60 | 69 | 4 | ||
| FROM THE WORD GO Michael Martin Murphey (Warner Bros. 27668) | 53 | 63 | — | 3 | ||
| HEARTBREAK HILL Emmylou Harris (Reprise 27635) | 54 | 64 | — | 3 | ||
| PAINT THE TOWN AND HANG THE MOON TONIGHT J.C. Crowley (RCA 8747) | 55 | 58 | 61 | 9 | ||
| NEW FOOL AT AN OLD GAME Reba McEntire (MCA 53473) | 56 | 69 | — | 3 | ||
| RIGAMAROLE Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt (MTM 72115) | 57 | 24 | 25 | 11 | ||
| ROLLER COASTER RUN (Up Too Slow, Down Too Fast) Michael Johnson (RCA 8748) | 58 | 67 | — | 3 | ||
| DOWN THAT ROAD TONIGHT Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros. 27679) | 59 | — | — | 2 | ||
| CRY BABY BABY CRY Marcy Carr (OL 128) | 60 | 65 | 74 | 5 | ||
| TRAINWRECK OF EMOTION Lorrie Morgan (RCA 8638) | 61 | 72 | — | 3 | ||
| MY BABY’S GONE Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb 44218) | 62 | 28 | 15 | 15 | ||
| I KNOW HOW HE FEELS Reba McEntire (MCA 53402) | 63 | 29 | 16 | 18 | ||
| CAN I JUST CALL YOU NOW AND THEN Billy Walker (Step One 395) | 64 | 73 | 81 | 4 | ||
| BIG LOVE Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb 53478) | 65 | — | — | 2 | ||
| IF I WERE YOU I’D FALL IN LOVE WITH ME Hank Thompson (Step One 394) | 66 | 75 | 83 | 4 | ||
| WHAT HE DOES BEST Lynn Anderson (Mercury 872 220) | 67 | 70 | 76 | 4 | ||
| WHICH WAY DO I GO (Now That I’m Gone) Waylon Jennings (MCA 53476) | 68 | — | — | 2 | ||
| I GIVE YOU MUSIC McCarters (Warner Bros. 27721) | 69 | 39 | 19 | 13 | ||
| NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK ’N’ ROLL Ronnie McDowell with Jerry Lee Lewis (Curb 10521) | 70 | — | — | 2 | ||
| (Here Comes) THAT OLD FAMILIAR FEELING Lisa Childress (True 95) | 71 | — | — | 2 | ||
| SPANISH EYES Willie Nelson (with Julio Iglesias) (Columbia 08066) | 72 | 44 | 20 | 14 | ||
| HEY HEART Dean Dillon (Capitol 44294) | 73 | — | — | 2 | ||
| ROCKY ROAD O’Kanes (Columbia 08099) | 74 | 51 | 43 | 9 | ||
| I DON’T WANT TO MENTION ANY NAMES Burch Sisters (Mercury 872 324) | 75 | — | — | 2 | ||
| TELL IT LIKE IT IS Sammy Sadler (Evergreen 1088) | 76 | — | — | 2 | ||
| I NEED SOMEBODY BAD Narvel Felts (Evergreen 1083) | 77 | 85 | — | 3 | ||
| I’M POSITIVE I LOVE YOU Roger Rone (LDR 101) | 78 | 82 | 89 | 4 | ||
| THE LETTER Michelle Lynn (Master 07) | 79 | 83 | 90 | 4 | ||
| I’M GOIN’ HOME Dave Dudley (New Dixie 0988) | 80 | 80 | 85 | 5 | ||
| YOU AND SATURDAY MORNING Dusty Martin (Sound Track 1105) | 81 | 86 | — | 3 | ||
| STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN Razzy Bailey (SOA 003) | 82 | 87 | — | 3 | ||
| RAMBLIN’ MAN Ernie Welch (Duck Tape 020) | 83 | — | — | 2 | ||
| (Turn Me Loose And) LET ME SWING Swing Shift Band (Step One 392) | 84 | 62 | 47 | 10 | ||
| LOVE IS GONNA LIVE HERE Keystone (HummingBird Of Clover 107) | 85 | 90 | — | 3 | ||
| WHERE WAS I Ray Pack (Happy Man 818) | 86 | 88 | 91 | 5 | ||
| SETTIN’ AT THE KITCHEN TABLE Justin Wright (Bear 195) | 87 | — | — | 2 | ||
| YOU ONLY LOVE ME WHEN I’M LEAVIN’ Ellen Lee Miller (Golden Trumpet 103) | 88 | — | — | 2 | ||
| LOVELIGHT Family Band (Playback 1315) | 89 | — | — | 2 | ||
| I’M LEAVING THE LEAVING UP TO YOU Jane Russell (L’il Bill 111) | 90 | — | — | 2 | ||
| MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS Charley Hager (Killer 114) | 91 | 77 | 79 | 6 | ||
| AN EMPTY GLASS Gary Stewart (Hightone 507) | 92 | — | — | 2 | ||
| WRONG TRAIN Judy Lindsey (Gypsy 83881) | 93 | — | — | 2 | ||
| THERE’S A WARM FIRE BURNING Randy Allan (L’il Bill 112) | 94 | — | — | 2 | ||
| HOMEMADE COOKIN’ Coates Twins (Tentex 22524) | 95 | — | — | 2 | ||
| TAPPING AT YOUR WINDOW Len Monahan (Red Dog 22746) | 96 | — | — | 2 | ||
| GIVE ME LOVE Gary Ray (Lamon 10189) | 97 | — | — | 2 | ||
| GOLDEN RINGS AND TWISTED CANDLES Terry (Allagash Country 0004) | 98 | — | — | 2 | ||
| MY BABY LEFT ME Cerrito (Soundwaves 4814) | 99 | 71 | 72 | 6 | ||
| THE FIX April (Yellow-Jacket 10306) | 100 | — | — | 2 | ||
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