| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 24, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (Decca 31330) Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4681) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 5 | |
| 2 | MISERY LOVES COMPANY Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7967) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
| 3 | A WOUND TIME CAN’T ERASE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 42229) | 7 | 15 | 17 | 6 | |
| 4 | LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7959) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| 5 | ALLA MY LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | |
| 6 | THAT’S MY PA Sheb Wooley (MGM 13046) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 7 | ACHING, BREAKING HEART George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 8 | 16 | 18 | 6 | |
| 8 | NOBODY’S FOOL BUT YOURS Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 10 | 17 | 21 | 6 | |
| 9 | UNLOVED UNWANTED Kitty Wells (Decca 31349) | 11 | 14 | 15 | 7 | |
| 10 | LOSING YOUR LOVE Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7950) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |
| 11 | SHE’S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (Decca 31354) | 14 | 27 | 37 | 5 | |
| 12 | WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71834) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | |
| 13 | THE CAJUN QUEEN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) Red Sovine (RCA Victor 47-7981) | 15 | 19 | 27 | 5 | |
| 14 | TWENTY MILES FROM SHORE Hawkshaw Hawkins (Columbia 42223) | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | |
| 15 | TENNESSEE FLAT-TOP BOX Johnny Cash (Columbia 42147) | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 | |
| 16 | YOU ARE MY LIFE Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) | 20 | 23 | 25 | 6 | |
| 17 | SAL Cowboy Copas (Starday 573) | 18 | 20 | 23 | 8 | |
| 18 | AIR MAIL TO HEAVEN Carl Smith (Columbia 42222) | 16 | 10 | 10 | 14 | |
| 19 | SOMETIMES I’M TEMPTED Marty Robbins (Columbia 42246) | 23 | 30 | 30 | 6 | |
| 20 | THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4650) | 17 | 8 | 7 | 12 | |
| 21 | LET’S END IT BEFORE IT BEGINS Claude Gray (Mercury 71898) | 19 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |
| 22 | IT SURE LOOKS LONESOME OUTSIDE Slim Whitman (Imperial 5791) | 28 | 31 | 39 | 6 | |
| 23 | WHERE I OUGHT TO BE Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-7979) | 22 | 25 | 31 | 5 | |
| 24 | CRAZY Patsy Cline (Decca 31317) | 21 | 6 | 1 | 19 | |
| 25 | GO ON HOME Marion Worth (Columbia 42184) | 25 | 18 | 19 | 8 | |
| 26 | DEAR IVAN Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42259) | 24 | 21 | 11 | 8 | |
| 27 | SAME OLD TOWN Skeets McDonald (Columbia 42252) | 35 | 41 | 44 | 4 | |
| 28 | LOVE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Billy Deaton (Smash 1714) | 27 | 26 | 24 | 11 | |
| 29 | BLUE HOUSE PAINTED WHITE Sonny Burns (United Artists 395) | 31 | 39 | 40 | 6 | |
| 30 | ALLIGATOR MAN Jimmy Newman (Decca 31324) | 29 | 28 | 26 | 12 | |
| 31 | HAPPY JOURNEY Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-7965) | 37 | 35 | 33 | 11 | |
| 32 | TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42282) | 34 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | WILLINGLY Shirley Collie & Willie Nelson (Liberty 55403) | 36 | 40 | 43 | 4 | |
| 34 | MR. RECORD MAN Willie Nelson (Liberty 55386) | 30 | 34 | 35 | 7 | |
| 35 | MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL Buck Owens (Capitol 4679) | 44 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | JUST AIN’T Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys (Columbia 42280) | 47 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | SOFT RAIN Ray Price (Columbia 42132) | 26 | 22 | 20 | 24 | |
| 38 | AU REVOIR (Goodbye) Kitty Wells (Decca 31349) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | TEARS BROKE OUT ON ME Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-7984) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | WHEN MY HEART HURTS NO MORE George Jones (Mercury 71910) | 40 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
| 41 | THE COMANCHEROS Claude King (Columbia 42196) | 32 | 24 | 14 | 17 | |
| 42 | BAD NEWS GETS AROUND Warren Smith (Liberty 55409) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | BIG, BIG LOVE Wynn Stewart (Challenge 9121) | 45 | 46 | 36 | 17 | |
| 44 | I FEEL SORRY FOR ME Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 42253) | 46 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 45 | WHAT’S THE REASON Bobby Edwards (Capitol 4674) | 48 | 42 | 46 | 4 | |
| 46 | THREE DAYS Faron Young (Capitol 4696) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | HAS ANYBODY SEEN ME LATELY Hank Cochran (Liberty 55402) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | ANYWHERE THERE’S PEOPLE Lawton Williams (Mercury 71867) | 41 | 32 | 28 | 17 | |
| 49 | DROP ME GENTLY (So My Heart Won’t Break) Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4694) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | BANJO SAM Grandpa Jones (Monument 454) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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