| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 22, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | GIRL ON THE BILLBOARD Del Reeves (United Artists 824) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2 | THIS IS IT Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8508) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | WHAT’S HE DOING IN MY WORLD Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8516) | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| 4 | I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON (Just To Your Love) Sonny James (Capitol 5375) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 5 | RIBBON OF DARKNESS Marty Robbins (Columbia 43258) | 11 | 14 | 22 | 5 | |
| 6 | 10 LITTLE BOTTLES Johnny Bond (Starday 704) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 7 | I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43197) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 15 | |
| 8 | QUEEN OF THE HOUSE Jody Miller (Capitol 5402) | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | |
| 9 | THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES George Jones (Musicor 1067) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
| 10 | TWO SIX PACKS AWAY Dave Dudley (Mercury 72384) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| 11 | A TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE Dick Curless (Tower 124) | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| 12 | MATAMOROS Billy Walker (Columbia 43223) | 16 | 17 | 26 | 5 | |
| 13 | CERTAIN Bill Anderson (Decca 31743) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | |
| 14 | ENGINE ENGINE #9 Roger Miller (Smash 1983) | 20 | 31 | — | 3 | |
| 15 | BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL Loretta Lynn (Decca 31769) | 15 | 16 | 18 | 6 | |
| 16 | BEFORE YOU GO Buck Owens (Capitol 5410) | 18 | 27 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | KING OF THE ROAD Roger Miller (Smash 1965) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| 18 | YOU DON’T HEAR Kitty Wells (Decca 31749) | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| 19 | I’M GONNA FEED YOU NOW Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8524) | 24 | 30 | 37 | 5 | |
| 20 | SEE THE BIG MAN CRY Charlie Louvin (Capitol 5369) | 17 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| 21 | TROUBLE IN MIND Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8548) | 28 | 37 | 42 | 4 | |
| 22 | I HAD ONE TOO MANY Wilburn Brothers (Decca 31764) | 21 | 19 | 17 | 7 | |
| 23 | THE OTHER WOMAN Ray Price (Columbia 43264) | 30 | 35 | 47 | 4 | |
| 24 | GETTIN’ MARRIED HAS MADE US STRANGERS Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8525) | 25 | 28 | 33 | 7 | |
| 25 | BE GOOD TO HER Carl Smith (Columbia 43266) | 37 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 26 | JUST THOUGHT I’D LET YOU KNOW Carl Butler & Pearl (Columbia 43210) | 22 | 21 | 27 | 7 | |
| 27 | I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT George & Gene (Musicor 1066) | 19 | 15 | 16 | 9 | |
| 28 | STILL ALIVE IN ’65 Jim Nesbitt (Chart 1200) | 36 | 38 | 39 | 5 | |
| 29 | MY OLD FADED ROSE Johnny Sea (Philips 40267) | 23 | 22 | 24 | 9 | |
| 30 | RINDERCELLA Archie Campbell (RCA Victor 47-8546) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Jimmy Martin & Sunny Mountain Boys (Decca 31748) | 32 | 33 | 38 | 8 | |
| 32 | THEN AND ONLY THEN Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8489) | 27 | 24 | 19 | 17 | |
| 33 | A DEAR JOHN LETTER Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8496) | 26 | 20 | 12 | 14 | |
| 34 | JUST BEFORE DAWN Ned Miller (Fabor 139) | 38 | 46 | 48 | 4 | |
| 35 | BLAME IT ON THE MOONLIGHT Johnny Wright (Decca 31740) | 40 | 48 | 50 | 4 | |
| 36 | SHE’S GONE GONE GONE Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 43256) | 42 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL Buck Owens (Capitol 5336) | 31 | 23 | 14 | 19 | |
| 38 | I STILL MISS SOMEONE Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (Columbia 43204) | 29 | 25 | 20 | 15 | |
| 39 | HE STANDS REAL TALL “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia 43243) | 43 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | BECAUSE I CARED Ernest Ashworth (Hickory 1304) | 34 | 42 | 43 | 6 | |
| 41 | ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Johnny Cash (Columbia 43206) | 33 | 29 | 23 | 17 | |
| 42 | LOVING YOU THEN LOSING YOU Webb Pierce (Decca 31737) | 35 | 32 | 36 | 4 | |
| 43 | THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT Warner Mack (Decca 31774) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | (From Now On All Of My Friends Are Gonna Be) STRANGERS Roy Drusky (Mercury 72376) Merle Haggard (Tally 179) | 39 | 34 | 25 | 20 19 | |
| 45 | WANTED Bill Phillips (Decca 31781) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | BACK IN CIRCULATION Jimmy Newman (Decca 31745) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | KLONDIKE MIKE Hal Willis (Sims 235) | 41 | 44 | 45 | 6 | |
| 48 | THE FIRST THING EV’RY MORNING (And The Last Thing Ev’ry Night) Jimmy Dean (Columbia 43263) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | FORTY NINE, FIFTY ONE Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-8560) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | ENOUGH MAN FOR YOU Ott Stephens (Chart 1205) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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