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Billboard Top Country Singles of 1966

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1966.[1]

"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard ranked as the year's No. 1 single, despite its having peaked at No. 5 on the weekly charts.

"Almost Persuaded" by David Houston, which spent a record nine weeks in the No. 1 spot, ranked as the year's No.2 single.

Rank Peak[note 1][2] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "Swinging Doors" Merle Haggard Capitol
2 1 "Almost Persuaded" David Houston Epic
3 4 "I Love You Drops" Bill Anderson Decca
4 2 "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" Loretta Lynn Decca
5 1 "Think of Me" Buck Owens Capitol
6 2 "Tippy Toeing" The Harden Trio Columbia
7 1 "Take Good Care of Her" Sonny James Capitol
8 2 "Don't Touch Me" Jeannie Seely Monument
9 1 "Distant Drums" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
10 5 "Would You Hold It Against Me" Dottie West RCA Victor
11 2 "A Million and One" Billy Walker Monument
12 1 "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" Buck Owens Capitol
13 1 "I Want to Go with You" Eddy Arnold Columbia
14 1 "Blue Side of Lonesome" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
15 2 "Room in Your Heart" Sonny James Capitol
16 5 "Streets of Baltimore" Bobby Bare RCA Victor
17 2 "The One on the Right Is on the Left" Johnny Cash Columbia
18 1 "Giddyup Go" Red Sovine Starday
19 5 "Evil on Your Mind" Jan Howard Decca
20 2 "Snowflake" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
21 5 "Standing in the Shadows" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M
22 8 "The Lovin' Machine" Johnny Paycheck Little Darlin
23 3 "Talkin' to the Wall" Warner Mack Decca
24 3 "The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot Tonight" Marty Robbins Columbia
25 1 "Open Up Your Heart" Buck Owens Capitol
26 3 "The Bottle Let Me Down" Merle Haggard Capitol
27 1 "I Get the Fever" Bill Anderson Decca
28 2 "Ain't Had No Lovin' Connie Smith RCA Victor
29 6 "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" Bill Phillips Decca
30 7 "A Way to Survive" Ray Price Columbia
31 4 "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" Connie Smith RCA Victor
32 2 "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" Eddy Arnold Capitol
33 6 "I'm a People" George Jones Musicor
34 3 "True Love's a Blessing" Sonny James Capitol
35 6 "(Yes) I'm Hurting" Don Gibson RCA Victor
36 3 "Skid Row Joe" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor
37 8 "Someone Before Me The Wilburn Brothers Decca
38 3 "The Tip of My Fingers" Eddy Arnold Capitol
39 7 "Baby" Wilma Burgess Decca
40 8 "The Company You Keep" Bill Phillips Decca
41 12 "Don't Touch Me" Wilma Burgess Decca
42 10 "If Teardrops Were Silver" Jean Shepard Capitol
43 2 "History Repeats Itself" Buddy Starcher Boone
44 4 "It Takes a Lot of Money" Warner Mack Decca
45 7 "Walking on New Grass" Kenny Price Boone
46 4 "What Kinda Deal Is This" Bill Carlisle Hickory
47 2 "Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers Columbia
48 9 "I'm Living in Two Worlds" Bonnie Guitar Dot
49 4 "Dear Uncle Sam" Loretta Lynn Decca
50 5 "Four-O-Thirty-Three" George Jones Musicor
51 2 "The Ballad of the Green Berets" Barry Sadler RCA Victor
52 5 "Husbands and Wives" Roger Miller Smash
53 9 "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor
54 10 "Back Pocket Money" Jimmy C. Newman Decca
55 13 "At Ease Heart" Ernest Ashworth Hickory
56 4 "Sweet Thang" Nat Stuckey Paula
57 "Make the World Go Away" Eddy Arnold Capitol
58 9 "Early Morning Rain" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
59 10 "The World Is Round" Roy Drusky Mercury
60 9 "I'll Take the Dog" Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow Capitol
61 15 "Steel Rail Blues" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
62 13 "Many Happy Hangovers to You" Jean Shepard Capitol
63 6 "Almost Persuaded No. 2" Ben Colder M-G-M
64 "Born to Be in Love with You" Van Trevor Band Box
65 15 "Stop the Start (Of Tears in My Heart)" Johnny Dollar Columbia
66 7 "If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl" Tommy Collins Columbia
67 3 "Sittin' On a Rock (Crying in a Creek)" Warner Mack Decca
68 11 "Golden Guitar Bill Anderson Decca
69 "It's Only Love" Jeannie Seely Monument
70 12 "Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
71 13 "I Can't Keep Away from You" The Wilburn Brothers Decca
72 13 "Lonelyville" Dave Dudley Mercury
73 4 "What We're Fighting For" Dave Dudley Mercury
74 17 "Time to Bum Again" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor
75 "Anita You're Dreaming" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor
76 14 "It's All Over (But the Crying)" Kitty Wells Decca
77 3 "England Swings" Roger Miller Smash
78 10 "Giddyup Go – Answer" Minnie Pearl Starday
79 12 "A Born Loser" Don Gibson RCA Victor
80 20 "Rainbows and Roses" Roy Drusky Mercury
81 15 "A Woman Half My Age" Kitty Wells Decca
82 12 "Viet Nam Blues" Dave Dudley Mercury
83 8 "Take Me" George Jones Musicor
84 13 "Catch a Little Raindrop" Claude King Columbia
85 18 "I've Cried a Mile" Hank Snow RCA Victor
86 16 "I'd Just Be Fool Enough" The Browns RCA Victor
87 10 "Bad Seed" Jan Howard Decca
88 "I Just Came to Smell the Flowers" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor
89 15 "Baby Ain't That Fine" Gene Pitney and Melba Montgomery Musicor
90 14 "Count Me Out" Marty Robbins Columbia
91 9 "Women Do Funny Things to Me" Del Reeves United Artists
92 "Touch My Heart" Ray Price Columbia
93 11 "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" Ray Price Columbia
94 15 "Long Time Gone" Dave Dudley Mercury
95 1 "Somebody Like Me" Eddy Arnold Capitol
96 14 "Day for Decision" Johnny Sea Warner Bros.
97 18 "I'm a Nut" Leroy Pullins Kapp
98 17 "The Twelfth of Never" Slim Whitman Imperial
99 17 "I Hear Little Rock Calling" Ferlin Husky Capitol
100 18 "Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart" Conway Twitty Decca

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

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  1. ^ "Top Country Singles" (PDF). The Billboard. December 24, 1966. p. 35.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.