| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 25, 1965, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | KING OF THE ROAD – Roger Miller (Smash) |
| 2 | I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 3 | YOU’RE THE ONLY WORLD I KNOW – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 4 | THIS IS IT – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 5 | THE FIRST THING EV’RY MORNING (And The Last Thing Ev’ry Night) – Jimmy Dean (Columbia) |
| 6 | YES, MR. PETERS – Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell (Mercury) |
| 7 | WHAT’S HE DOING IN MY WORLD – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 8 | 10 LITTLE BOTTLES – Johnny Bond (Starday) |
| 9 | THE OTHER WOMAN – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 10 | THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT – Warner Mack (Decca) |
| 11 | ONCE A DAY – Connie Smith (RCA Victor) |
| 12 | BEFORE YOU GO – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 13 | YAKETY AXE – Chet Atkins (RCA Victor) |
| 14 | GIRL ON THE BILLBOARD – Del Reeves (United Artists) |
| 15 | I DON’T CARE (Just As Long As You Love Me) – Jim Reeves & Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 16 | I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER – Stonewall Jackson (Columbia) |
| 17 | ENGINE ENGINE #9 – Roger Miller (Smash) |
| 18 | IS IT REALLY OVER? – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 19 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Loretta Lynn (Decca) |
| 20 | RIBBON OF DARKNESS – Marty Robbins (Columbia) |
| 21 | I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON (Just To Your Love) – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 22 | TRUCK DRIVIN’ SON-OF-A-GUN – Dave Dudley (Mercury) |
| 23 | (From Now On All Of My Friends Are Gonna Be) STRANGERS – Roy Drusky (Mercury) |
| 24 | ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK OUT BACK – Billy Edd Wheeler (Kapp) |
| 25 | YOU DON’T HEAR – Kitty Wells (Decca) |
| 26 | TIGER WOMAN – Claude King (Columbia) |
| 27 | THEN AND ONLY THEN – Connie Smith (RCA Victor) |
| 28 | IT AIN’T ME, BABE – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 29 | TWO SIX PACKS AWAY – Dave Dudley (Mercury) |
| 30 | BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL – Loretta Lynn (Decca) |
| 31 | GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME – Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor) / Johnny Darrell (United Artists) |
| 32 | ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 33 | BEHIND THE TEAR – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 34 | THE LUMBERJACK – Hal Willis (Sims) |
| 35 | THE RACE IS ON – George Jones (United Artists) |
| 36 | FOUR STRONG WINDS – Bobby Bare (RCA Victor) |
| 37 | I CAN’T REMEMBER – Connie Smith (RCA Victor) |
| 38 | I’M GONNA TIE ONE ON TONIGHT – The Wilburn Brothers (Decca) |
| 39 | HELLO VIETNAM – Johnny Wright (Decca) |
| 40 | SEE THE BIG MAN CRY – Charlie Louvin (Capitol) |
| 41 | PASS THE BOOZE – Ernest Tubb (Decca) |
| 42 | ONLY YOU (Can Break My Heart) – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 43 | I’LL GO DOWN SWINGING – Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor) |
| 44 | THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES – George Jones (Musicor) |
| 45 | A TEAR DROPPED BY – Jean Shepard (Capitol) |
| 46 | I’LL REPOSSESS MY HEART – Kitty Wells (Decca) |
| 47 | IT’S ALRIGHT – Bobby Bare (RCA Victor) |
| 48 | THREE A.M. – Bill Anderson (Decca) |
| 49 | MATAMOROS – Billy Walker (Columbia) |
| 50 | A DEAR JOHN LETTER – Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare (RCA Victor) |