Billboard Top Country Singles of 1966
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 |
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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
- List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1966
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966
- 1966 in country music
Notes
- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.