Billboard Top Country Singles of 1964
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1964.[1]
Buck Owens had two of the top three singles with "My Heart Skips a Beat" (No. 1) and "Together Again" (No. 3). Owens had two additional No. 1 hits with "Love's Gonna Live Here" and "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)".
Jim Reeves, who died in a plane crash in July 1964, also had two top five singles with "Welcome to My World" (No. 2) and "I Guess I'm Crazy" (No. 4).
Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
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1 | 1 | "My Heart Skips a Beat" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
2 | 2 | "Welcome to My World" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
3 | 1 | "Together Again" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
4 | 1 | "I Guess I'm Crazy" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
5 | 4 | "I Don't Love You Anymore" | Charlie Louvin | Capitol |
6 | 1 | "Saginaw, Michigan" | Lefty Frizzell | Columbia |
7 | 2 | "Burning Memories" | Ray Price | Columbia |
8 | 1 | "Understand Your Man" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
9 | 1 | "Dang Me" | Roger Miller | Smash |
10 | 2 | "Memory #1" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
11 | 7 | "This White Circle On My Finger" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
12 | 4 | "I Love to Dance with Annie" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
13 | 4 | "Password" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
14 | 5 | "Keeping Up with the Joneses" | Faron Young and Margie Singleton | Mercury |
15 | 3 | "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
16 | 3 | "Wine, Women and Song" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
17 | 1 | "B.J. the D.J." | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
18 | 5 | "Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" | Jean Shepard | Capitol |
19 | 1 | "Begging to You" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
20 | 3 | "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
21 | 1 | "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
22 | 7 | "Looking for More in '64" | Jim Nesbitt | Chart |
23 | 5 | "Sorrow On the Rocks" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
24 | 4 | "Before I'm Over You" | Loretta Lynn | Columbia |
25 | 5 | "Five Little Fingers" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
26 (tie) | 7 | "Love Is No Excuse" | Jim Reeves and Dottie West | RCA Victor |
26 (tie) | 5 | "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" | Hank Williams, Jr. | M-G-M |
28 | 10 | "A Week in the Country" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
29 | 12 | "Then I'll Stop Loving You" | The Browns | RCA Victor |
30 | "Circumstances" | Billy Walker | Columbia | |
31 | 4 | "Don't Be Angry" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
32 | 5 | "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" | George Jones | United Artists |
33 | 1 | "Love's Gonna Live Here" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
34 | 13 | Timber I'm Falling | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
35 | 5 | "Molly" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
36 | 11 | "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" | Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn | Decca |
37 | 13 | "Invisible Tears" | Ned Miller | Fabar |
38 | 6 | "Baltimore" | Sonny James | Capitol |
39 | 7 | "Please Talk to My Heart" | Ray Price | Columbia |
40 | 3 | "Chug-a-Lug" | Roger Miller | Smash |
41 | 11 | "Sam Hill" | Claude King | Columbia |
42 | 8 | "Peel Me a Nanner" | Roy Drusky | Mercury |
43 | 1 | "Once a Day" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
44 | 3 | "The Race Is On" | George Jones | United Artists |
45 | 4 | "Miller's Cave" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
46 (tie) | 9 | "D.J. for a Day" | Jimmy C. Newman | Decca |
46 (tie) | 12 | "You Are My Flower" | Flatt & Scruggs | Columbia |
48 (tie) | 10 | "Where Does a Little Tear Come From" | George Jones | United Artists |
48 (tie) | 14 | "Easy Come – Easy Go" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
50 | 10 | "Here Comes My Baby" | Dottie West | RCA Victor |
See also
- List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1964
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964
- 1964 in country music
Notes
- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.