| The CASH BOX Top 100 Country | ||||||
| Green square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending SEPTEMBER 6, 1980 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LOOKIN’ FOR LOVE Johnny Lee (Asylum 47004) | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |
| 2 | COWBOYS AND CLOWNS / MISERY LOVES COMPANY Ronnie Milsap (RCA 12006) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| 3 | MISERY AND GIN Merle Haggard (MCA 41255) | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | |
| 4 | CRACKERS Barbara Mandrell (MCA 41263) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |
| 5 | I’VE NEVER SEEN THE LIKES OF YOU Conway Twitty (MCA 41271) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | |
| 6 | MAKING PLANS Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (RCA 11983) | 10 | 13 | 17 | 12 | |
| 7 | THAT LOVIN’ YOU FEELIN’ AGAIN Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 49262) | 8 | 11 | 16 | 11 | |
| 8 | OLD FLAMES CAN’T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU Dolly Parton (RCA 12040) | 11 | 14 | 19 | 8 | |
| 9 | (You Lift Me) UP TO HEAVEN Reba McEntire (Mercury 57025) | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | |
| 10 | CHARLOTTE’S WEB Statler Brothers (Mercury 57031) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 9 | |
| 11 | HEART OF MINE Oak Ridge Boys (MCA 41280) | 14 | 19 | 24 | 8 | |
| 12 | DO YOU WANNA GO TO HEAVEN T.G. Sheppard (Warner/Curb 49515) | 18 | 22 | 28 | 7 | |
| 13 | LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY Mac Davis (Casablanca 2286) | 15 | 21 | 25 | 9 | |
| 14 | THAT’S WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU Eddy Arnold (RCA 12039) | 17 | 18 | 22 | 11 | |
| 15 | LOVING UP A STORM Razzy Bailey (RCA 12062) | 21 | 28 | 37 | 7 | |
| 16 | IT’S TOO LATE Jeanne Pruett (IBC 00010) | 16 | 17 | 20 | 11 | |
| 17 | THE BEDROOM Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (RCA 12037) | 19 | 23 | 26 | 9 | |
| 18 | YESTERDAY ONCE MORE Moe Bandy (Columbia 11305) | 22 | 29 | 36 | 7 | |
| 19 | GOOD LOVIN’ MAN Gail Davies (Warner Bros. 49263) | 20 | 24 | 27 | 11 | |
| 20 | THE LAST COWBOY SONG Ed Bruce (MCA 41273) | 23 | 26 | 30 | 10 | |
| 21 | HE’S OUT OF MY LIFE Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke (Columbia 11312) | 24 | 27 | 32 | 9 | |
| 22 | FADED LOVE Willie Nelson & Ray Price (Columbia 11329) | 27 | 33 | 46 | 5 | |
| 23 | EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES Lynn Anderson (Columbia 11296) | 26 | 31 | 35 | 10 | |
| 24 | PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW / GONE AWAY Kendalls (Ovation 1154) | 29 | 35 | 45 | 7 / 6 | |
| 25 | BRING IT ON HOME Big Al Downing (Warner Bros. 49270) | 28 | 32 | 41 | 9 | |
| 26 | FREE TO BE LONELY AGAIN Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 49281) | 30 | 36 | 44 | 7 | |
| 27 | RAISIN’ CANE IN TEXAS Gene Watson (Capitol 4898) | 31 | 40 | 48 | 7 | |
| 28 | WHEN Slim Whitman (Epic/Cleveland Int’l 50912) | 33 | 43 | 52 | 6 | |
| 29 | IF THERE WERE NO MEMORIES John Anderson (Warner Bros. 49275) | 32 | 41 | 49 | 7 | |
| 30 | LOVE THE WORLD AWAY Kenny Rogers (United Artists 1359) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 31 | THEME FROM THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (Good Ol’ Boys) Waylon [Jennings] (RCA 12067) | 42 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis (Elektra 46663) | 35 | 42 | 47 | 8 | |
| 33 | I BELIEVE IN YOU Don Williams (MCA 41304) | 41 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | STARTING OVER Tammy Wynette (Epic 50915) | 39 | 44 | 54 | 5 | |
| 35 | WOMEN GET LONELY Charly McClain (Epic 50916) | 40 | 45 | 55 | 5 | |
| 36 | HELLO DADDY, GOOD MORNING DARLING Mel McDaniel (Capitol 4886) | 36 | 39 | 43 | 10 | |
| 37 | I’M NOT READY YET George Jones (Epic 50922) | 48 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | LONG LINE OF EMPTIES Darrell McCall (RCA 12033) | 43 | 48 | 56 | 6 | |
| 39 | THEY NEVER LOST YOU Con Hunley (Warner Bros. 49528) | 45 | 51 | 60 | 4 | |
| 40 | DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra 46656) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 41 | BOMBED, BOOZED, AND BUSTED Joe Sun (Ovation 1152) | 47 | 55 | 65 | 4 | |
| 42 | OVER Leon Everette (Orlando 107) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |
| 43 | SWEET SEXY EYES Cristy Lane (United Artists 1369) | 62 | 72 | 82 | 4 | |
| 44 | YOU BETTER HURRY HOME (Somethin’s Burnin’) Connie Cato (MCA 41287) | 49 | 54 | 64 | 5 | |
| 45 | A LOVE SONG Dave Rowland & Sugar (RCA 12063) | 55 | 66 | 76 | 4 | |
| 46 | WORKIN’ MY WAY TO YOUR HEART Dickey Lee (Mercury 57027) | 52 | 60 | 71 | 8 | |
| 47 | WHILE I WAS MAKIN’ LOVE TO YOU Susie Allanson (United Artists/Curb 1365) | 53 | 61 | 69 | 6 | |
| 48 | WHY NOT ME Fred Knoblock (Scotti Brothers 600) | 58 | 68 | 78 | 5 | |
| 49 | STAND BY ME Mickey Gilley (Full Moon/Asylum 46640) | 25 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| 50 | ON THE ROAD AGAIN Willie Nelson (Columbia 11351) | 75 | — | — | 2 | |
| 51 | MAY I BORROW SOME SUGAR FROM YOU John Wesley Ryles (MCA 41278) | 51 | 53 | 58 | 9 | |
| 52 | BACK WHEN GAS WAS THIRTY CENTS A GALLON Tom T. Hall (RCA 12066) | 56 | 65 | 75 | 4 | |
| 53 | STEPPIN’ OUT Mel Tillis & Statesiders (Elektra 47015) | 68 | — | — | 2 | |
| 54 | IT DON’T GET BETTER THAN THIS Sheila Andrews (Ovation 1146) | 59 | 67 | 77 | 6 | |
| 55 | LAND OF COTTON Donna Fargo (Warner Bros. 49514) | 57 | 59 | 62 | 6 | |
| 56 | I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Larry G. Hudson (Mercury 57029) | 63 | 70 | 80 | 4 | |
| 57 | PECOS PROMENADE Tanya Tucker (MCA 41305) | 65 | 74 | — | 3 | |
| 58 | OLD HABITS Hank Williams, Jr. (Elektra/Curb 47016) | 66 | — | — | 2 | |
| 59 | FOR LOVE’S OWN SAKE Roy Clark (MCA 41288) | 60 | 62 | 68 | 5 | |
| 60 | OVER THE RAINBOW Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra 47026) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 61 | LOST LOVE AFFAIR B. J. Wright (Soundwaves 4610) | 61 | 63 | 66 | 6 | |
| 62 | ALWAYS Patsy Cline (MCA 41303) | 70 | 77 | — | 3 | |
| 63 | COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE Anne Murray (Capitol 4920) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 64 | HARD HAT DAYS AND HONKY TONK NIGHTS Red Steagall (Elektra 47014) | 72 | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 65 | HARD TIMES Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia 11343) | 77 | — | — | 2 | |
| 66 | GONE Ronnie McDowell (Epic 50925) | 76 | 83 | — | 3 | |
| 67 | TEXAS TEA Orion (Sun 1153) | 67 | 69 | 72 | 6 | |
| 68 | FALLIN’ FOR YOU Jerri Kelly (Little Giant 026) | 69 | 71 | 73 | 7 | |
| 69 | TEXAS BOUND AND FLYIN’ Jerry Reed (RCA 12083) | 78 | — | — | 2 | |
| 70 | THE LAST FAREWELL Miki Mori (NSD 49) | 71 | 78 | 83 | 6 | |
| 71 | A PAIR OF OLD SNEAKERS George Jones & Tammy Wynette (Epic 50930) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 72 | HOT SUNDAY MORNING Wayne Armstrong (NSD 57) | 74 | 75 | 79 | 5 | |
| 73 | IN MEMORY OF A MEMORY Johnny Paycheck (Epic 50923) | 90 | — | — | 2 | |
| 74 | TUMBLEWEED Sylvia (RCA 12077) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 75 | THANK YOU, EVER-LOVIN’ Kenny Dale (Capitol 4882) | 34 | 34 | 38 | 12 | |
| 76 | ROCK ’N’ ROLL TO ROCK OF AGES Bill Anderson (MCA 41297) | 86 | 88 | — | 3 | |
| 77 | HAVEN’T I LOVED YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE Joe Stampley (Epic 50893) | 37 | 37 | 40 | 12 | |
| 78 | THE EASY PART’S OVER Steve Wariner (RCA 12029) | 38 | 38 | 42 | 10 | |
| 79 | WAYFARING STRANGER Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 49239) | 44 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |
| 80 | FIRST LOVE FEELINGS Glenn Barber (Sunbird 7551) | 80 | 82 | 85 | 5 | |
| 81 | RIDE CONCRETE COWBOY, RIDE Roy Rogers & Sons Of The Pioneers (MCA 41294) | 82 | 84 | 88 | 4 | |
| 82 | COLD LONESOME MORNING Johnny Cash (Columbia 11340) | 85 | 87 | — | 3 | |
| 83 | TEARJOINT Faron Young (MCA 41292) | 83 | 85 | 89 | 4 | |
| 84 | I CAN HEAR KENTUCKY CALLING ME Chet Atkins (RCA 12064) | 84 | 86 | 90 | 4 | |
| 85 | I’VE COME BACK (To Say I Love You One More Time) Chuck Howard (Warner/Curb 49509) | 87 | 94 | — | 3 | |
| 86 | COWBOY STOMP! Spurzz (Epic 50911) | 88 | 90 | 96 | 4 | |
| 87 | OUT RUN THE SUN Jim Chesnut (United Artists 1372) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 88 | THE LEGEND OF WOOLEY SWAMP Charlie Daniels Band (Epic 50921) | 97 | — | — | 2 | |
| 89 | WHAT AM I GONNA DO? Del Reeves (Koala 594) | 93 | — | — | 2 | |
| 90 | LONG ARM OF THE LAW Roger Bowling (NSD 58) | 92 | 96 | — | 3 | |
| 91 | YOURS AIN’T AS PRETTY AS MINE Anthony Russell & Lee (Mercury 57030) | 91 | 93 | 95 | 4 | |
| 92 | YOU NEVER CROSS MY MIND Deborah Allen (Capitol 4903) | 94 | — | — | 2 | |
| 93 | HOLLYWOOD SMILES Glen Campbell (Capitol 4909) | 96 | — | — | 2 | |
| 94 | TENNESSEE RIVER Alabama (RCA 12018) | 46 | 16 | 6 | 15 | |
| 95 | UNTIL THE BITTER END Kenny Seratt (MDJ 1005) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 96 | JUST TO PROVE MY LOVE TO YOU Jimmy Snyder (E.I.O. 1126) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 97 | HEART MENDER Crystal Gayle (United Artists 1362) | 50 | 50 | 53 | 8 | |
| 98 | I’M HAPPY JUST TO DANCE WITH YOU Anne Murray (Capitol 4878) | 54 | 20 | 21 | 11 | |
| 99 | IT WAS TIME La Costa (Capitol 4899) | 64 | 64 | 70 | 6 | |
| 100 | MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC Dirt Band (United Artists 1356) | 73 | 73 | 74 | 8 | |
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