| The CASH BOX Country Top 60 | ||||||
| Red square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JUNE 4, 1966 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8789) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2 | TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER Sonny James (Capitol 5612) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | |
| 3 | HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF Buddy Starcher (Boone 1038) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 4 | TIPPY TOEING Harden Trio (Columbia 43463) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 5 | I LOVE YOU DROPS Bill Anderson (Decca 31890) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| 6 | WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8770) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |
| 7 | I’M LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Bonnie Guitar (Dot 16811) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 8 | MANY HAPPY HANGOVERS TO YOU Jean Shepard (Capitol 5585) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | |
| 9 | STOP THE START (Of Tears In My Heart) Johnny Dollar (Columbia 43537) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | |
| 10 | THE LAST WORD IN LONESOME IS ME Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8818) | 15 | 27 | 37 | 5 | |
| 11 | TALKIN’ TO THE WALL Warner Mack (Decca 31911) | 16 | 17 | 18 | 12 | |
| 12 | PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW Bill Phillips (Decca 31901) | 13 | 14 | 16 | 11 | |
| 13 | BACK POCKET MONEY Jimmy Newman (Decca 31916) | 14 | 18 | 19 | 12 | |
| 14 | DON’T TOUCH ME Jeannie Seely (Monument 933) | 18 | 23 | 33 | 7 | |
| 15 | CATCH A LITTLE RAINDROP Claude King (Columbia 43510) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| 16 | SWINGING DOORS Merle Haggard (Capitol 5600) | 17 | 20 | 22 | 6 | |
| 17 | I’M A PEOPLE George Jones (Musicor 1143) | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | |
| 18 | DON’T TOUCH ME Wilma Burgess (Decca 31941) | 21 | 29 | 41 | 5 | |
| 19 | EVIL ON YOUR MIND Jan Howard (Decca 31933) | 23 | 30 | 35 | 6 | |
| 20 | THE MINUTE MEN (Are Turning In Their Graves) Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43552) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 10 | |
| 21 | THINK OF ME Buck Owens & Buckaroos (Capitol 5647) | 31 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | I’LL TAKE THE DOG Jean Shepard & Ray Pillow (Capitol 5633) | 28 | 37 | 45 | 5 | |
| 23 | A WAY TO SURVIVE Ray Price (Columbia 43560) | 22 | 25 | 29 | 8 | |
| 24 | I WANT TO GO WITH YOU Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8749) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| 25 | GUESS MY EYES WERE BIGGER THAN MY HEART Conway Twitty (Decca 31897) | 30 | 39 | 39 | 9 | |
| 26 | THE COUNT DOWN Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8808) | 29 | 41 | 48 | 4 | |
| 27 | COMMON COLDS AND BROKEN HEARTS Ray Pillow (Capitol 5587) | 25 | 24 | 24 | 11 | |
| 28 | HIGHWAY MAN Dick Curless (Tower 219) | 27 | 26 | 27 | 9 | |
| 29 | BRACERO Stu Phillips (RCA Victor 47-8771) | 34 | 35 | 38 | 7 | |
| 30 | STEEL RAIL BLUES George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8797) | 36 | 36 | 32 | 6 | |
| 31 | (Yes) I’M HURTING Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-8812) | 41 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | I’LL LEAVE THE SINGIN’ TO THE BLUEBIRDS Sheb Wooley (MGM 13477) | 40 | 43 | 46 | 6 | |
| 33 | BORN TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU Van Trevor (Band Box 367) | 37 | 38 | 42 | 7 | |
| 34 | A DEVIL LIKE ME (Needs An Angel Like You) Dick Curless & Kay Adams (Tower 226) | 42 | 47 | 50 | 4 | |
| 35 | FLOWERS FOR MAMA George Jones (Musicor 1174) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | VIET NAM BLUES Dave Dudley (Mercury 72550) | 24 | 15 | 17 | 12 | |
| 37 | THAT’S ALL IT TOOK George & Gene (Musicor 1165) | 46 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | IN THE SAME OLD WAY Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8758) | 44 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
| 39 | STANDING IN THE SHADOWS Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM 13504) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | THE SHIRT Norma Jean (RCA Victor 47-8790) | 43 | 45 | 47 | 5 | |
| 41 | ONE BUM TOWN Del Reeves (United Artists 50001) | 38 | 31 | 31 | 8 | |
| 42 | TIME TO BUM AGAIN Waylon Jennings (RCA Victor 47-8822) | 48 | 56 | — | 3 | |
| 43 | AIN’T HAD NO LOVIN’ Connie Smith (RCA Victor 47-8842) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | GET YOUR LIE THE WAY YOU WANT IT Bonnie Guitar (Dot 16872) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | GIDDYUP DO-NUT Don Bowman (RCA Victor 47-8811) | 50 | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 46 | THE HIGHWAY PATROL Red Simpson (Capitol 5637) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | POSSUM HOLLER Carl Belew (RCA Victor 47-8835) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | WE’VE GONE TOO FAR, AGAIN Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann (RCA Victor 47-8834) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | I JUST CAME TO SMELL THE FLOWERS Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8800) | 52 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 50 | IT’S ALL OVER (But The Crying) Kitty Wells (Decca 31957) | 58 | — | — | 2 | |
| 51 | MEAN OLD WOMAN Claude Gray (Columbia 43614) | 53 | 57 | — | 3 | |
| 52 | SWEET TEMPTATION Carl Smith (Columbia 43599) | 51 | 52 | — | 3 | |
| 53 | JOHNNY LOSE IT ALL Johnny Darrell (United Artists 50008) | 54 | 55 | — | 3 | |
| 54 | BECAUSE IT’S YOU Wanda Jackson (Capitol 5645) | 59 | — | — | 2 | |
| 55 | YOU LEFT YOUR MARK ON ME Kitty Wells (Decca 31957) | 60 | — | — | 2 | |
| 56 | BOTTOMLAND Tex Williams (Boone 1040) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 57 | TOGETHER BUT STILL ALONE Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann (RCA Victor 47-8834) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 58 | ISLE OF SICILY Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8808) | 55 | — | — | 2 | |
| 59 | POOR BOY BLUES Bob Luman (Hickory 1382) | 56 | 51 | — | 3 | |
| 60 | TOO LATE NOW Jimmy Louis (Topic 8019) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| NOTE: This week, Cash Box added “bullets” to its Country singles chart, indicated by circles superimposed over the chart positions of records that made strong upward moves (represented above by red backgrounds in the cells in the “This Week” [TW] column). |
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