Billboard Top Country Singles of 1965
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1965.[1]
Eddy Arnold had the year's number one single with "What's He Doing in My World". Buck Owens had the number two single with "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail".
Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
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1 | 1 | "What's He Doing in My World" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
2 | 1 | "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
3 | 1 | "Yes, Mr. Peters" | Roy Drusky with Priscilla Mitchell | Mercury |
4 | 1 | "The Bridge Washed Out" | Warner Mack | Decca |
5 | 2 | "The Other Woman (In My Life)" | Ray Price | Columbia |
6 | 4 | "Then and Only Then" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
7 | 1 | "Before You Go" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
8 | 1 | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | Smash |
9 | 1 | "You're the Only World I Know" | Sonny James | Capitol |
10 | 2 | "I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love)" | Sonny James | Capitol |
11 | 2 | "10 Little Bottles" | Johnny Bond | Starday |
12 | 1 | "Ribbon of Darkness" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
13 | 1 | "Girl on the Billboard" | Del Reeves | United Artists |
14 | 4 | "Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" | Warner Mack | Decca |
15 | 3 | "Happy Birthday" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
16 | 1 | "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" | Jimmy Dean | Columbia |
17 | 6 | "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers" | Roy Drusky | Mercury |
18 | 5 | "A Tombstone Every Mile" | Dick Curless | Tower |
19 | 3 | "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back" | Billy Edd Wheeler | Kapp |
20 | 4 | "Yakety Axe" | Chet Atkins | RCA Victor |
21 | 9 | "Things Have Gone to Pieces" | George Jones | Musicor |
22 | 7 | "The Wishing Well (Down in the Well)" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
23 | 10 | "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" | Merle Haggard | Tally |
24 | 6 | "Tiger Woman" | Claude King | Columbia |
25 | 2 | "Engine Engine Number 9" | Roger Miller | Smash |
26 | 7 | "Blue Kentucky Girl" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
27 | 7 | "Do What You Do Do Well" | Ned Miller | Fabor |
28 | 4 | "You Don't Hear" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
29 | 1 | "Is It Really Over?" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
30 | 3 | "I Won't Forget You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
31 | 8 | "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
32 | 3 | Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun | Dave Dudley | Mercury |
33 | 9 | "I Can't Remember" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
34 | 3 | "Orange Blossom Special" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
35 | 1 | "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
36 | 8 | "Matamoros" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
37 | 1 | "Once a Day" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
38 | 3 | "Four Strong Winds" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
39 | 4 | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
40 | 7 | "See the Big Man Cry" | Charlie Louvin | Capitol |
41 | 4 | "It Ain't Me Babe" | Johnny Cash and June Carter | Columbia |
42 | 8 | "Wild as a Wildcat" | Charlie Walker | Epic |
43 | 3 | "The Race Is On" | George Jones | United Artists |
44 | 10 | Walk Tall | Faron Young | Mercury |
45 | 1 | "Behind the Tear" | Sonny James | Capitol |
46 | 7 | "It's Alright" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
47 | 8 | "I'll Repossess My Heart" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
48 | 12 | "She's Gone Gone Gone" | Lefty Frizzell | Columbia |
49 | 12 | "Certain" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
50 | 11 | "Truck Drivin' Man" | George Hamilton IV | RCA Victor |
See also
- List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1965
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965
- 1965 in country music
Notes
- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.