| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending AUGUST 21, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | YES, MR. PETERS Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell (Mercury 72416) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2 | THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT Warner Mack (Decca 31774) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 3 | YAKETY AXE Chet Atkins (RCA Victor 47-8590) | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| 4 | THE FIRST THING EV’RY MORNING (And The Last Thing Ev’ry Night) Jimmy Dean (Columbia 43263) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| 5 | ONE DYIN’ AND A BURYIN’ Roger Miller (Smash 1994) | 8 | 11 | 15 | 7 | |
| 6 | TIGER WOMAN Claude King (Columbia 43298) | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | |
| 7 | THE OTHER WOMAN Ray Price (Columbia 43264) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| 8 | BEFORE YOU GO Buck Owens (Capitol 5410) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| 9 | IS IT REALLY OVER? Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8625) | 17 | 36 | 47 | 4 | |
| 10 | I CAN’T REMEMBER Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8551) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | |
| 11 | AGAIN Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-8589) | 12 | 15 | 19 | 9 | |
| 12 | TRUCK DRIVIN’ SON-OF-A-GUN Dave Dudley (Mercury 72442) | 16 | 17 | 26 | 6 | |
| 13 | OUR HEARTS ARE HOLDING HANDS Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn (Decca 31793) | 11 | 14 | 16 | 9 | |
| 14 | IT’S ALRIGHT Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8571) | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | |
| 15 | GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8622) Johnny Darrell (United Artists 869) | 22 | 30 | 37 | 6 | |
| 16 | HICKTOWN Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol 5425) | 19 | 22 | 27 | 7 | |
| 17 | MISTER GARFIELD Johnny Cash (Columbia 43313) | 18 | 19 | 25 | 8 | |
| 18 | ENGINE ENGINE #9 Roger Miller (Smash 1983) | 15 | 10 | 4 | 16 | |
| 19 | COUNTRY GUITAR Phil Baugh (Longhorn 559) | 20 | 13 | 10 | 11 | |
| 20 | WHAT’S HE DOING IN MY WORLD Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8516) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| 21 | YOU CAN’T GROW PEACHES ON A CHERRY TREE Browns (RCA Victor 47-8603) | 27 | 37 | 46 | 5 | |
| 22 | DIG, DIG, DIG, DIG (There’s No More Water In The Well) Merle Kilgore (Epic 9816) | 23 | 26 | 35 | 5 | |
| 23 | BEHIND THE TEAR Sonny James (Capitol 5454) | 30 | 39 | 48 | 4 | |
| 24 | THAT AIN’T ALL John D. Loudermilk (RCA Victor 47-8579) | 14 | 16 | 23 | 10 | |
| 25 | WINE Mel Tillis (RIC 158) | 28 | 20 | 28 | 12 | |
| 26 | THE DAYS GONE BY Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8632) | 31 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
| 27 | I HEARD FROM A MEMORY LAST NIGHT Jim Edward Brown (RCA Victor 47-8566) | 21 | 23 | 29 | 6 | |
| 28 | LOUISIANA MAN George & Gene (Musicor 1097) | 25 | 24 | 31 | 7 | |
| 29 | ONLY YOU (Can Break My Heart) Buck Owens (Capitol 5465) | 36 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | THE BELLES OF SOUTHERN BELL Del Reeves (United Artists 890) | 39 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | I WOULDN’T BUY A USED CAR FROM HIM Norma Jean (RCA Victor 47-8623) | 40 | 49 | 49 | 5 | |
| 32 | NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE Faron Young (Mercury 72440) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | SIX TIMES A DAY (The Trains Came Down) Dick Curless (Tower 135) | 24 | 18 | 21 | 13 | |
| 34 | BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL Loretta Lynn (Decca 31769) | 26 | 25 | 13 | 19 | |
| 35 | WILD AS A WILDCAT Charlie Walker (Epic 9799) | 29 | 21 | 17 | 11 | |
| 36 | RIBBON OF DARKNESS Marty Robbins (Columbia 43258) | 33 | 28 | 12 | 18 | |
| 37 | HOBO AND THE ROSE Webb Pierce (Decca 31816) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | MEANWHILE, DOWN AT JOE’S Kitty Wells (Decca 31817) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | HELLO VIETNAM Johnny Wright (Decca 31821) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8608) | 32 | 27 | 33 | 7 | |
| 41 | LOVE BUG George Jones (Musicor 1098) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER Johnny Cash (Columbia 43342) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | CRYSTAL CHANDELIER Carl Belew (RCA Victor 47-8633) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | GONNA HAVE LOVE Buck Owens (Capitol 5465) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | GO ON HOME BOY Bob Luman (Hickory 1307) | 38 | 34 | 39 | 9 | |
| 46 | SUN GLASSES Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-8642) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | THE DJ CRIED Ernest Ashworth (Hickory 1325) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | WHO DO I THINK I AM Webb Pierce (Decca 31816) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | I’M THE MAN Jim Kandy (K-Ark 647) | — | 50 | — | 2 | |
| 50 | I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC Jack Barlow (Dial 4012) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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