CASH BOX Top Country Singles
Black square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending MAY 18, 1996
TWTITLE (Label) | .... Artist LW2WK3WKWKS
  1LONG AS I LIVE (Atlantic album cut)
...... John Michael Montgomery		  3  5  911
  2SOMEONE ELSE’S DREAM (Warner Bros. album cut)
...... Faith Hill		  5  71012
  3MY MARIA (Arista 12993)
...... Brooks & Dunn		  8  914  6
  4HEADS CAROLINA, TAILS CALIFORNIA (Curb 76982)
...... Jo Dee Messina		  7  81115
  5ALL I WANT IS A LIFE (Curb album cut)
...... Tim McGraw		  6  6  711
  6IT’S WHAT I DO (Capitol Nashville 19038)
...... Billy Dean		  9111215
  7BLUE CLEAR SKY (MCA 55187)
...... George Strait		111315  6
  8I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU ANYMORE (Asylum 64313)
...... Bryan White		10121610
  9I THINK ABOUT YOU (Epic 78238)
...... Collin Raye		121519  9
10THE RIVER AND THE HIGHWAY (Arista 12958)
...... Pam Tillis		  2  3  815
11ALL YOU EVER DO IS BRING ME DOWN (MCA 55154)
...... Mavericks		14161716
12ALMOST A MEMORY NOW (Arista 12975)
...... Blackhawk		13141812
13IF I WERE YOU (Mercury 852 708)
...... Terri Clark		15172010
14DOES THAT BLUE MOON EVER SHINE ON YOU (Polydor 576 140)
...... Toby Keith		18192310
15THE CHANGE (Capitol Nashville album cut)
...... Garth Brooks		161821  6
16TIME MARCHES ON (Atlantic album cut)
...... Tracy Lawrence		192024  6
17YOU WIN MY LOVE (Mercury 852 138)
...... Shania Twain		  1  2  612
18TEN THOUSAND ANGELS (BNA 64470)
...... Mindy McCready		20212513
19HIGH LONESOME SOUND (MCA 55188)
...... Vince Gill		212428  5
20EVERY TIME I GET AROUND YOU (MCA 55186)
...... David Lee Murphy		252829  8
21HOME (Arista 12942)
...... Alan Jackson		263146  4
22C-O-U-N-T-R-Y (Epic 78246)
...... Joe Diffie		23252610
23STARTING OVER AGAIN (MCA 55183)
...... Reba McEntire		242627  7
24HEAVEN HELP MY HEART (Curb/MCA 55194)
...... Wynonna		3038—  3
25HOLDIN’ ON TO SOMETHING (MCG/Curb 76970)
...... Jeff Carson		273032  9
26TREAT HER RIGHT (Curb 76987)
...... Sawyer Brown		283233  7
27IT WOULDN’T HURT TO HAVE WINGS (Decca 55164)
...... Mark Chesnutt		  4  4  518
28MEANT TO BE (Mercury 852 874)
...... Sammy Kershaw		323536  8
29A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY (Epic 78309)
...... Patty Loveless		333637  4
30MY HEART HAS A HISTORY (Reprise 17683)
...... Paul Brandt		313334  8
31PHONES ARE RINGIN’ ALL OVER TOWN (RCA 64487)
...... Martina McBride		353739  5
32HEART’S DESIRE (Career 12952)
...... Lee Roy Parnell		17  1  416
33HONKY TONKIN’S WHAT I DO BEST (MCA 55197)
...... Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt		364042  4
34DON’T GET ME STARTED (Decca 55166)
...... Rhett Akins		373940  6
35BY MY SIDE (BNA 64512)
...... Lorrie Morgan (with Jon Randall)		404548  4
36DADDY’S MONEY (Columbia 78097)
...... Ricochet		3947—  3
37A LOVE STORY IN THE MAKING (Arista 12991)
...... Linda Davis		384145  4
38THAT’S WHAT I GET FOR LOVIN’ YOU (Arista 12992)
...... Diamond Rio		43——  2
39BACK IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN (BNA 64523)
...... Kenny Chesney		414652  5
40THERE’S A GIRL IN TEXAS (Capitol Nashville 19117)
...... Trace Adkins		444957  4
41CAT’S IN THE CRADLE (Atlantic album cut)
...... Ricky Skaggs		475965  4
42THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE (Atlantic 87053)
...... Neal McCoy		46——  2
43ON A GOOD NIGHT (Columbia 78312)
...... Wade Hayes		———  1
44NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW (Mercury 852 986)
...... Shania Twain		———  1
45LITTLE DROPS OF MY HEART (RCA 64488)
...... Keith Gattis		454849  8
46SAY I (RCA 64543)
...... Alabama		———  1
47WHO’S THAT GIRL (Epic 78234)
...... Stephanie Bentley		29293013
48PICTURE PERFECT (Warner Bros. 17663)
...... Sky Kings		496062  5
49CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (Warner Bros. 17639)
...... David Ball		———  1
50SOMEDAY (River North 3008)
...... Steve Azar		424344  9
51THINKIN’ STRAIT (Magnatone 2104)
...... Rich McCready		5164—  3
52NO NEWS (BNA 64386)
...... Lonestar		2210  217
53SORRY YOU ASKED? (Reprise album cut)
...... Dwight Yoakam		536668  4
54THE LOVE THAT WE LOST (Polydor 577 936)
...... Chely Wright		34343513
55HYPNOTIZE THE MOON (Giant 17704)
...... Clay Walker		48231318
56YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT (Atlantic 87120)
...... Neal McCoy		5022  118
57WHAT DO I KNOW (Columbia 78088)
...... Ricochet		5227  324
58SHE NEVER LOOKS BACK (Giant 17687)
...... Doug Supernaw		544441  8
59WALKIN’ AWAY (Arista 12934)
...... Diamond Rio		57523122
60TO BE LOVED BY YOU (Curb/MCA 55084)
...... Wynonna		58534718
61HEAVEN IN MY WOMAN’S EYES (MCA 55155)
...... Tracy Byrd		55422214
62FIFTY-FIFTY (Mercury 852 618)
...... Keith Stegall		———  1
63YEARS FROM HERE (Curb 76967)
...... Baker & Myers		56503815
64TOO MUCH FUN (Giant album cut)
...... Daryle Singletary		59555123
65BREAKING HEARTS AND TAKING NAMES (Curb album cut)
...... David Kersh		67——  2
66READY, WILLING AND ABLE (RCA 64455)
...... Lari White		60545021
67LONG HARD LESSON LEARNED (BNA 64498)
...... John Anderson		615143  8
68BACK WHEN (Avex-Critique 15568)
...... MC Potts		71——  2
69WHEN YOU ARE OLD (Imprint 18001)
...... Gretchen Peters		686869  7
70MAN OVERBOARD (Step One 503)
...... Don Cox		———  1
71FROM WHERE I STAND (Mercury album cut)
...... Kim Richey		646567  5
72FREEDOM (Caption/Curb album cut)
...... Ray Hood		74——  2
73EVEN WHEN IT DON’T FEEL LIKE IT (Scarlet Moon album cut)
...... Paul Overstreet		———  1
74IT WORKS (RCA 64473)
...... Alabama		62565317
75YOU CAN FEEL BAD (Epic 78209)
...... Patty Loveless		63585521
76IF YOU LOVED ME (Atlantic album cut)
...... Tracy Lawrence		69615822
77WITHOUT YOUR LOVE (RCA 64471)
...... Aaron Tippin		66575615
78BEFORE HE KISSED ME (Capitol Nashville 58557)
...... Lisa Brokop		656363  7
79HOPE (Giant 17669)
...... Hope: Country Music’s Quest For A Cure		———  1
80SHE’S GOT A MIND OF HER OWN (Epic 78220)
...... James Bonamy		72625421
81I KNOW SHE STILL LOVES ME (MCA 55163)
...... George Strait		75716621
82I’M NOT AN ANGEL (Justice album track)
...... Kimmie Rhodes		———  1
831969 (Mercury 852 618)
...... Keith Stegall		73747215
84I’LL TRY (Arista 12942)
...... Alan Jackson		80767418
85CHANGE OF HEART (Rounder album cut)
...... Delevantes		———  1
86YOU’D THINK HE’D KNOW ME BETTER (MCA 55167)
...... Bobbie Cryner		77706110
87THE BEACHES OF CHEYENNE (Capitol Nashville 19022)
...... Garth Brooks		79756018
88NOW THAT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME (Asylum 64308)
...... Mandy Barnett		82817716
89WILD ANGELS (RCA 64437)
...... Martina McBride		83777524
90SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE (Arista 12896)
...... Linda Davis		70675924
91ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’ (Capitol Nashville 19116)
...... Shenandoah		76696411
92REMEMBER THE RIDE (Curb 76978)
...... Perfect Stranger		78727012
93GOD’S COUNTRY (Columbia 78251)
...... Marcus Hummon		878280  9
94GONE (That’ll Be Me) (Reprise 17734)
...... Dwight Yoakam		86878514
95SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVES (Decca 55173)
...... Frazier River		85807615
96BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES (Epic 78202)
...... Joe Diffie		93888424
97NOT THAT DIFFERENT (Epic 78189)
...... Collin Raye		89848126
98SHE SAID YES (Decca 55085)
...... Rhett Akins		84797930
99EVERY TIME MY HEART CALLS YOUR NAME (Capitol Nashville album cut)
...... John Berry		81737113
100 IN YOUR FACE (Epic 78247)
...... Ty Herndon		887873  7
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