| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 25, 1965, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | THE RETURN OF ROGER MILLER (Smash) |
| 1 (tie) | THE BEST OF JIM REEVES (RCA Victor)
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| 2 | I DON’T CARE – Buck Owens & His Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 3 | CONNIE SMITH (RCA Victor) |
| 4 | I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL – Buck Owens & His Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 5 | BITTER TEARS (Ballads Of The American Indian) – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 6 | THE JIM REEVES WAY (RCA Victor) |
| 7 | YOUR CHEATING HEART – Original Soundtrack (MGM) |
| 8 | YOU’RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 9 | THE 3RD TIME AROUND – Roger Miller (Smash) |
| 10 | R.F.D. – Marty Robbins (Columbia) |
| 11 | THE EASY WAY – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 12 | THE RACE IS ON – George Jones (United Artists) |
| 13 | ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 14 | THE BEST OF BUCK OWENS (Capitol) |
| 15 | LOVE LIFE – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 16 | THE FABULOUS SOUND OF LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS (Columbia) |
| 17 | HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU? – Jim Reeves (RCA Camden) |
| 18 | GEORGE JONES SINGS LIKE THE DICKENS (United Artists) |
| 19 | SONGS FROM MY HEART – Loretta Lynn (Decca) |
| 20 | TOGETHER AGAIN / MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT – Buck Owens & His Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 21 | I WALK THE LINE – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 22 | TROUBLE & ME – Stonewall Jackson (Columbia) |
| 23 | RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY – George Morgan (Columbia) |
| 24 | YESTERDAY’S GONE – Roy Drusky (Mercury) |
| 25 | I GET LONELY IN A HURRY – George Jones (United Artists) |
| 26 | MEMORIES OF AMERICA / ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK OUT BACK – Billy Edd Wheeler (Kapp) |
| 27 | COUNTRY DANCE FAVORITES – Faron Young (Mercury) |
| 28 | THE WORLD OF COUNTRY MUSIC – Various Artists (Capitol) |
| 29 | BEFORE YOU GO / NO ONE BUT YOU – Buck Owens & His Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 30 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME – Roy Acuff (Hickory) |
| 31 | THANK YOU FOR CALLING – Billy Walker (Columbia) |
| 32 | UP THROUGH THE YEARS – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 33 | GEORGE JONES & GENE PITNEY (Musicor) |
| 34 | THE TRAVELIN’ BARE – Bobby Bare (RCA Victor) |
| 35 | THE FIRST THING EV’RY MORNING – Jimmy Dean (Columbia) |
| 36 | THERE STANDS THE GLASS – Carl Smith (Columbia) |
| 37 | QUEEN OF THE HOUSE – Jody Miller (Capitol) |
| 38 | FAITHFULLY YOURS – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 39 | I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON (Just To Your Love) – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 40 | BLUE & LONESOME – George Jones (Mercury) |
| 41 | A KING AND TWO QUEENS – George Jones/Melba Montgomery/Judy Lynn (United Artists) |
| 42 | SONGS OF TRAGEDY – Hank Snow (RCA Victor) |
| 43 | LIGHTHEARTED AND BLUE – Jean Shepard (Capitol) |
| 44 | TEN LITTLE BOTTLES – Johnny Bond (Starday) |
| 45 | THE PICK OF THE COUNTRY – Roy Drusky (Mercury) |
| 46 | BURNING MEMORIES – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 47 | BILL ANDERSON SHOWCASE (Decca) |
| 48 | THANKS A LOT – Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours (Decca) |
| 49 | THE JUDY LYNN SHOW (United Artists) |
| 50 | MORE HANK SNOW SOUVENIRS (RCA Victor) |