| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1966 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 24, 1966, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | ALMOST PERSUADED – David Houston (Epic) |
| 2 | GIDDY UP GO – Red Sovine (Starday) |
| 3 | MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 4 | SWINGING DOORS – Merle Haggard (Capitol) |
| 5 | YOU AIN’T WOMAN ENOUGH – Loretta Lynn (Decca) |
| 6 | THINK OF ME – Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 7 | FLOWERS ON THE WALL – The Statler Brothers (Columbia) |
| 8 | WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE – Buck Owens (Capitol) |
| 9 | WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME – Dottie West (RCA Victor) |
| 10 | SNOW FLAKE – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 11 | TIPPY TOEING – The Harden Trio (Columbia) |
| 12 | TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 13 | DISTANT DRUMS – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 14 | I LOVE YOU DROPS – Bill Anderson (Decca) |
| 15 | STANDING IN THE SHADOWS – Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM) |
| 16 | I WANT TO GO WITH YOU – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 17 | DON’T TOUCH ME – Jeannie Seely (Monument) |
| 18 | TRUE LOVE’S A BLESSING – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 19 | BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) |
| 20 | THE LOVIN’ MACHINE – Johnny Paycheck (Little Darlin’) |
| 21 | THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE LEFT – Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 22 | THE LAST WORD IN LONESOME IS ME – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 23 | THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE – Bobby Bare (RCA Victor) |
| 24 | ROOM IN YOUR HEART – Sonny James (Capitol) |
| 25 | THE TIP OF MY FINGERS – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor) |
| 26 | MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE – “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia) |
| 27 | EVIL ON YOUR MIND – Jan Howard (Decca) |
| 28 | BUCKAROO – Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 29 | THE SHOE GOES ON THE OTHER FOOT TONIGHT – Marty Robbins (Columbia) |
| 30 | DEAR UNCLE SAM – Loretta Lynn (Decca) |
| 31 | WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR – Dave Dudley (Mercury) |
| 32 | A MILLION AND ONE – Billy Walker (Monument) |
| 33 | ENGLAND SWINGS – Roger Miller (Smash) |
| 34 | AIN’T HAD NO LOVIN’ – Connie Smith (RCA Victor) |
| 35 | DON’T TOUCH ME – Wilma Burgess (Decca) |
| 36 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES – Roger Miller (Smash) |
| 37 | OPEN UP YOUR HEART – Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (Capitol) |
| 38 | TALKIN’ TO THE WALL – Warner Mack (Decca) |
| 39 | SKID ROW JOE – Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor) |
| 40 | NOBODY BUT A FOOL (Would Love You) – Connie Smith (RCA Victor) |
| 41 | I GET THE FEVER – Bill Anderson (Decca) |
| 42 | BABY – Wilma Burgess (Decca) |
| 43 | THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN – Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Capitol) |
| 44 | HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF – Buddy Starcher (Boone) |
| 45 | IT’S ALL OVER (But The Crying) – Kitty Wells (Decca) |
| 46 | WHAT KINDA DEAL IS THIS – Bill Carlisle (Hickory) |
| 47 | CATCH A LITTLE RAINDROP – Claude King (Columbia) |
| 48 | WOMEN DO FUNNY THINGS TO ME – Del Reeves (United Artists) |
| 49 | SITTIN’ ON A ROCK (Crying In A Creek) – Warner Mack (Decca) |
| 50 | FOUR-0-THIRTY THREE – George Jones (Musicor) |