| CASH BOX Country – Up And Coming |
| Independent product most likely to reach the Top 100 Country Chart | Week ending NOVEMBER 17, 1990 |
| TW | TITLE (Label) .... Artist | | LW | WKS |
| 1 | LOOKING FOR ME (Holton 523)
.... Jack Adams | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | HOW MANY BREAKS CAN A BROKEN HEART STAND (CCR 91090)
.... Liz Calendar | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | (She’s A) HEARTACHE IN HIGH HEEL SHOES (Tall Texan 62)
.... Billy Walker | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | SHAKA RANG DANG DOO (Ridgewood 3014)
.... Lynne Thomas | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | WHY BABY WHY (Orbit 5900)
.... Da-Kota | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | TAKE THE KEY TO MY HEART (Sundial 180)
.... Emerald Eyes | — | 1 |
| 7 | HANG TOUGH (Player Int’l 146)
.... Angela Gayle | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | WE’RE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER (United Country 27776)
.... Karen Howard | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS (Killer 131)
.... James Fransen | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | TOGETHER ALONE (Killer 133)
.... Tim Springs | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | A MESSAGE TO UNCLE SAM (Sundial 181)
.... Marty Cleghorn | 16 | 2 |
| 12 | DEER HUNTER BLUES (Grand Prize 5229)
.... Sandra Brown | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | TAKE A LITTLE TIME (Player Int’l 152)
.... Steve Goodchild | 15 | 4 |
| 14 | MARY JANE (Gallery II 2044)
.... David Vincent | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU (Stargem 2469)
.... Orion | 20 | 4 |
| 16 | MOUNTAIN RIGHT (DPI 5000)
.... Hoyt Axton | 10 | 8 |
| 17 | DIFFERENT AS CAN BE (Original Sound 4599)
.... Ron & Karen | — | 1 |
| 18 | YESTERDAY JUST PASSED MY WAY AGAIN (Sagegrass 500816)
.... Ken Prewitt | 8 | 6 |
| 19 | EVERY NOW AND THEN (Door Knob 356)
.... Dane Detty | 14 | 4 |
| 20 | MY HEART GOES RUNNING (Back To You) (New Act 008)
.... Vince Murphy | 17 | 7 |