The CASH BOX Top 100 Country Singles
Green square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending JANUARY 4, 1986
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MORNING DESIRE
    Kenny Rogers (RCA 14194)
  1  2  612
BOP
    Dan Seals (EMI America 8289)
  2  91510
SOMEBODY ELSE’S FIRE
    Janie Fricke (Columbia 05617)
  3  3  416
HOME AGAIN IN MY HEART
    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros. 28897)
  4  51013
NEVER BE YOU
    Rosanne Cash (Columbia 05621)
  5  81114
HAVE MERCY
    Judds (RCA/Curb 14193)
  6  1  214
BETTY’S BEIN’ BAD
    Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb 5517)
  7  7  814
ONLY IN MY MIND
    Reba McEntire (MCA 52691)
  8111414
STAND UP
    Mel McDaniel (Capitol 5513)
  9  4  317
OLD SCHOOL
    John Conlee (MCA 52695)
10131711
JUST IN CASE
    Forester Sisters (Warner Bros. 28875)
11162110
A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE
    Eddie Rabbitt (RCA 14192)
12121312
MEMORIES TO BURN
    Gene Watson (Epic 05633)
13151812
THE CHAIR
    George Strait (MCA 52667)
14  6  116
(Back To The) HEARTBREAK KID
    Restless Heart (RCA 14190)
15192410
HURT
    Juice Newton (RCA 14199)
162127  9
YOU CAN DREAM OF ME
    Steve Wariner (MCA 52721)
172431  8
THE LEGEND AND THE MAN
    Conway Twitty (Warner Bros. 28866)
18202311
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A MAN
    Ricky Skaggs (Epic 05585)
1910  517
THERE’S NO STOPPING YOUR HEART
    Marie Osmond (Capitol/Curb 5521)
202632  9
MAKIN’ UP FOR LOST TIME (The Dallas Lovers’ Song)
    Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris (Warner Bros. 28856)
212533  7
COME ON IN (You Did The Best You Could Do)
    Oak Ridge Boys (MCA 52722)
223034  7
SHE TOLD ME YES
    Chance (Mercury 884 178)
23232512
I TELL IT LIKE IT USED TO BE
    T. Graham Brown (Capitol 5524)
24273012
BREAK AWAY
    Gail Davies (RCA 14184)
25141215
THE DEVIL’S ON THE LOOSE
    Waylon Jennings (RCA 14215)
263138  8
IT’S TIME FOR LOVE
    Don Williams (MCA 52692)
27181913
DOWN IN TENNESSEE
    John Anderson (Warner Bros. 28855)
283236  8
THE ONE I LOVED BACK THEN (The Corvette Song)
    George Jones (Epic 05698)
293748  6
IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
    Glen Campbell (Atlantic America 99600)
303440  7
LIE TO YOU FOR YOUR LOVE
    Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb 52668)
3122  917
I SURE NEED YOUR LOVIN’
    Judy Rodman (MTM 72061)
323539  8
BURNED LIKE A ROCKET
    Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America 99599)
33364110
PERFECT STRANGER
    Southern Pacific (Warner Bros. 28870)
343845  8
I LOVE YOU BY HEART
    Sylvia & Michael Johnson (RCA 14217)
354151  7
YOU ARE MY MUSIC, YOU ARE MY SONG
    Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey) (Epic 05693)
364044  6
THINK ABOUT LOVE
    Dolly Parton (RCA 14218)
374452  5
OKLAHOMA BORDERLINE
    Vince Gill (RCA 14216)
384553  6
NOBODY FALLS LIKE A FOOL
    Earl Thomas Conley (RCA 14172)
3917  717
I COULD GET USED TO YOU
    Exile (Epic 05723)
404754  5
FAST LANES AND COUNTRY ROADS
    Barbara Mandrell (MCA 52737)
414856  5
PLEASE BE LOVE
    Mark Gray (Columbia 05695)
424249  7
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF LOVE
    Robin Lee (Evergreen 1037)
434347  9
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE BY NOW
    Eddy Raven (RCA 14250)
445464  4
I DON’T MIND THE THORNS (If You’re The Rose)
    Lee Greenwood (MCA 52656)
45281619
STILL HURTIN’ ME
    Charlie Daniels Band (Epic 05699)
465261  5
WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT YOU
    Con Hunley (Capitol 5525)
475362  5
I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU
    Whites (MCA/Curb 52697)
48292911
THEY NEVER HAD TO GET OVER YOU
    Johnny Lee (Warner Bros./Full Moon 28901)
49332014
WHAT’S A MEMORY LIKE YOU (Doing In A Love Like This)
    John Schneider (MCA 52723)
5065  3
TIMBERLINE
    Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros. 28852)
515158  7
IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING
    Tom Jones (Mercury 884 252)
525766  7
EVERYDAY
    James Taylor (Columbia 05681)
535867  4
LONELY DAYS, LONELY NIGHTS
    Patty Loveless (MCA 52694)
546170  6
DREAMLAND EXPRESS
    John Denver (RCA 14227)
5569  3
OLD BLUE YODELER
    Razzy Bailey (MCA 52701)
566269  4
EVERYTHING IS CHANGING
    Johnny Paycheck (A.M.I. 1327)
576372  4
AMERICAN WALTZ
    Merle Haggard (Epic 05734)
5871  3
HEART OF THE COUNTRY
    Kathy Mattea (Mercury 884 177)
59504311
YOUR MEMORY AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
    Mickey Gilley (Epic 05744)
6075  3
WHILE THE MOON’S IN TOWN
    The Shoppe (MTM 72063)
616774  4
FIVE FINGERS
    Ray Price (Step One 350)
627081  4
SHE’S LOVIN’ ME HOME TONIGHT
    David Houston (CBT 9205)
635557  9
HONKY TONK TONIGHT
    Colt Daniels (Mesa 1120)
646471  4
SOME GIRLS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
    Louise Mandrell (RCA 14251)
65  2
WHAT A MEMORY YOU’D MAKE
    Jim Collins (White Gold 22251)
666675  5
WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG
    Brenda Lee (MCA 52720)
6777  3
BABY WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS DOWN
    Osmond Brothers (EMI America/Curb 8298)
687685  4
IN OVER MY HEART
    T.G. Sheppard (Columbia 05747)
69  2
1982
    Randy Travis (Warner Bros. 28828)
70  2
FEEL THE FIRE
    Family Brown (RCA 50837)
7180  3
LOVE GONE BAD
    Jay Clark (Concorde 301)
727383  4
LOUISIANA LEGS
    Del Reeves (Playback 1102)
7381  3
QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS
    Tony Alamo (Alamo 333)
74798012
I FEEL A HEARTACHE COMING ON
    Bobbi Lace (GBS 728)
7583  3
I HOPE THIS NITE WILL NEVER END
    Mal Stover (Killer 1003)
7684  3
MISSISSIPPI BREAK DOWN
    Toni Price (Luv 114)
77  2
COUNTRY MUSIC LIVES TODAY
    Bill Anderson (Swanee 5022)
787886  4
SHE DON’T CRY LIKE SHE USED TO
    Johnny Rodriguez (Epic 05732)
79  2
ME AND PAUL
    Willie Nelson (Columbia 05597)
80392616
IF I DON’T LOVE YOU
    Jim Glaser (MCA/Noble Vision 52748)
81  2
TOO MUCH ON MY HEART
    Statler Brothers (Mercury 884 016)
82462220
WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Sammy O’Banion (Awesome 112)
83  2
LOVIN’ ON BORROWED TIME
    Michael Grimes (Motion 1019)
84  2
TWO HEARTS CAN’T BE WRONG
    Two Hearts (MDJ 5831)
855955  7
FEED THE FIRE
    Keith Stegall (Epic 05643)
86494211
WILLIE YOU’RE A LEGEND
    Mark Moseley (Moserite 547-85)
87  2
EYES AS BIG AS DALLAS
    Randy Wagner (Door Knob 236)
88  2
CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
    Alabama (RCA 14165)
89826020
I’LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU
    Gary Morris (Warner Bros. 28947)
90604620
SOME SUCH FOOLISHNESS
    Tommy Roe (MCA/Curb 52711)
916863  7
COFFEE BROWN EYES
    Billy Walker (Tall Texan 59)
927265  9
I’M GONNA HURT HER ON THE RADIO
    David Allan Coe (Columbia 05631)
937450  9
HANG ON TO YOUR HEART
    Exile (Epic 05580)
94855921
RENO AND ME
    Bobby Bare (EMI America 8296)
958679  6
DONCHA?
    T.G. Sheppard (Columbia 05591)
96873718
GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY
    Neil Young (Geffen 28883)
97563512
SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES
    Maines Brothers Band (Mercury 884 228)
988968  7
SHE ALMOST MAKES ME FORGET ABOUT YOU
    Larry Wayne Kennedy (Jere 1001)
999288  5
I’M LEAVING NOW
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 05672)
100 9482  6
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