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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Country Songs of 1966

1965 <-1966-> 1967
    

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1.
02/1966

Ballad of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

286

✫1
US
✫1
AC
2
country
24
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8739]
written by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (as Barry Sadler) & Robin Moore
2.
04/1966

Distant Drums by Jim Reeves

from Distant Drums   
230

45
US


✫1
country
✫1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8789]
written by Cindy Walker
3.
02/1966

I Want to Go with You by Eddy Arnold

from I Want to Go with You   
87

36
US
✫1
AC
✫1
country
46
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8749]
written by Hank Cochran
4.
02/1966

Husbands and Wives by Roger Miller

from Words and Music by Roger Miller   
73

26
US
2
AC
5
country


[Smash 2024]
written by Roger Miller
5.
06/1966

Almost Persuaded by David Houston

from Almost Persuaded   
62

24
US


✫1
country


[Epic 10025]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
6.
12/1966

Gallant Men by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen

from Gallant Men   
51

29
US
4
AC
58
country


[spoken]
[Capitol 5805]
written by John Cacavas & Charles O. Wood
7.
04/1966

The A Team by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

50

28
US
6
AC
46
country


[RCA Victor 47-8804]
written by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (as Barry Sadler), Leonard Whitcup & Phyllis Fairbanks
8.
05/1966

The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me by Eddy Arnold

from The Last Word in Lonesome   
49

40
US
9
AC
2
country


[RCA Victor 47-8818]
written by Roger Miller
9.
07/1966

The Tip of My Finger by Eddy Arnold

from Somebody Like Me   
46

43
US
8
AC
3
country


[RCA Victor 47-8869]
written by Bill Anderson
10.
10/1966

Somebody Like Me by Eddy Arnold

from Somebody Like Me   
44

53
US
15
AC
✫1
country


[RCA Victor 47-8965]
written by Wayne Carson Thompson (as Wayne Carson)
11.
08/1966

Blue Side of Lonesome by Jim Reeves

from Blue Side of Lonesome   
42

59
US
15
AC
✫1
country


[RCA Victor 47-8902]
written by Leon Payne
12.
10/1966

Call Her Your Sweetheart by Frank Ifield

from Tale of Two Cities   
42





28
country
24
UK
[Hickory 1411]
written by Leon Payne
13.
06/1966

No One Will Ever Know by Frank Ifield

from Tale of Two Cities   
39





42
country
25
UK
[Hickory 1397]
written by Fred Rose & Mel Foree
14.
04/1966

History Repeats Itself by Buddy Starcher

from History Repeats Itself   
38

39
US


2
country


[Boone 1038]
written by Buddy Starcher
15.
02/1966

Tippy Toeing by The Harden Trio

from Tippy Toeing   
36

44
US


2
country


[Columbia 4-43463]
written by Bobby Harden
16.
02/1966

The One on the Right Is on the Left by Johnny Cash

from Everybody Loves a Nut   Everybody Loves a Nut
35

46
US


2
country


[Columbia 4-43496]
written by Jack Clement
17.
01/1966

Waitin' in Your Welfare Line by Buck Owens

from Carnegie Hall Concert   
34

57
US


✫1
country


as Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
[Capitol 5566]
written by Buck Owens, Don Rich & Nat Stuckey
18.
10/1966

There Goes My Everything by Jack Greene

from There Goes My Everything   
32

65
US


✫1
country


[Decca 32023]
written by Dallas Frazier
19.
06/1966

Day for Decision by Johnny Sea

from Day for Decision   
31

35
US


14
country


answer-song to "eve of destruction"
[Warner 5820]
written by Allen N. Peltier
20.
05/1966

Think of Me by Buck Owens

from Open Up Your Heart   
30

74
US


✫1
country


as Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
[Capitol 5647]
written by Don Rich & Estella Olson
21.
04/1966

Don't Touch Me by Jeannie Seely

from The Seely Style   
29

85
US
29
AC
2
country


[Monument 933]
written by Hank Cochran
22.
06/1966

You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd by Roger Miller

from Golden Hits   
29

40
US
17
AC
35
country


[Smash 2043]
written by Roger Miller
23.
01/1966

Snow Flake by Jim Reeves

from Distant Drums   
29

66
US


2
country


[RCA Victor 47-8719]
written by Ned Miller
24.
09/1966

Almost Persuaded No. 2 by Ben Colder

25

58
US


6
country


[MGM 13590]
written by Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton & Ben Colder
25.
09/1966

Open Up Your Heart by Buck Owens

from Open Up Your Heart   
21





✫1
country


as Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
[Capitol 5705]
written by Buck Owens
26.
04/1966

Take Good Care of Her by Sonny James

from True Love's a Blessing   
21





✫1
country


[Capitol 5612]
written by Arthur Kent & Ed Warren
27.
08/1966

I Get the Fever by Bill Anderson

from I Love You Drops   
21





✫1
country


[Decca 9-31999]
written by Bill Anderson
28.
12/1966

The Fugitive by Merle Haggard

from I'm a Lonesome Fugitive   
21





✫1
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 5803]
written by Liz Anderson & Casey Anderson
29.
11/1966

Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

from Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)   
21





✫1
country


[Decca 32045]
written by Loretta Lynn & Peggy Sue (as Peggy Sue Wells)
30.
06/1966

You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) by Loretta Lynn

from You Ain't Woman Enough   You Ain't Woman Enough
18





2
country


[Decca 9-31966]
written by Loretta Lynn
31.
06/1966

I'm a Nut by Leroy Pullins

18

57
US


18
country


[Kapp 758]
written by Leroy Pullins
32.
08/1966

Room in Your Heart by Sonny James

from The Best of Sonny James   
18





2
country


[Capitol 5690]
written by Frances Long & Sonny James
33.
06/1966

A Million and One by Billy Walker

from A Million and One   
18





2
country


[Monument 943]
written by Yvonne Devaney
34.
12/1966

A Loser's Cathedral by David Houston

from A Loser's Cathedral   
18

135
US


3
country


US B side to Where Could I Go? (But to Her)
[Epic 10102]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
35.
06/1966

Ain't Had No Lovin' by Connie Smith

from Born to Sing   
18





2
country


[RCA Victor 47-8842]
written by Dallas Frazier
36.
06/1966

The Streets of Baltimore by Bobby Bare

from The Streets of Baltimore   
16

124
US


5
country


[RCA Victor 47-8851]
written by Harlan Howard & Tompall Glaser
37.
08/1966

The Bottle Let Me Down by Merle Haggard

from Swinging Doors   
16





3
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 5704]
written by Merle Haggard
38.
10/1966

The Hurtin's All Over by Connie Smith

from Downtown Country   
16





3
country


[RCA Victor 47-8964]
written by Harlan Howard
39.
03/1966

Talkin' to the Wall by Warner Mack

from The Country Touch   
16





3
country


[Decca 9-31911]
written by Warner Mack (as Warner McPherson) & Bill Montague
40.
10/1966

Touch My Heart by Ray Price

from Touch My Heart   
16





3
country


[Columbia 4-43795]
written by Aubrey Mayhew & Donny Young
41.
07/1966

The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight by Marty Robbins

16





3
country


[Columbia 4-43680]
written by Buddy Mize
42.
11/1966

Hurt Her Once for Me by The Wilburn Brothers

15





3
country


[Decca 32038]
written by Johnny Russell & Vince Finneran
43.
11/1966

Bear with Me a Little Longer by Billy Walker

from The Walker Way   
15





3
country


[Monument 980]
written by Darrell Glenn
44.
09/1966

My Uncle Used to Love Me but She Died by Roger Miller

from Words and Music by Roger Miller   
15

58
US


39
country


[Smash 2055]
written by Roger Miller
45.
02/1966

I Love You Drops by Bill Anderson

from Bright Lights and Country Music   
15





4
country


US B side to Golden Guitar
[Decca 9-31890]
written by Bill Anderson
46.
02/1966

Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You) by Connie Smith

from Miss Smith Goes to Nashville   
15





4
country


[RCA Victor 47-8746]
written by Bill Anderson
47.
09/1966

Sweet Thang by Nat Stuckey

from Nat Stuckey Really Sings   
15





4
country


[Paula 243]
written by Nat Stuckey
48.
10/1966

Misty Blue by Wilma Burgess

from Misty Blue   
15





4
country


[Decca 32027]
written by Bob Montgomery
49.
09/1966

It Takes a Lot of Money by Warner Mack

from Drifting Apart   
15





4
country


[Decca 32004]
written by Bob Morris
50.
12/1966

Once by Ferlin Husky

from I Could Sing All Night   
15





4
country


[Capitol 5775]
written by Ted Harris
51.
02/1966

Dear Uncle Sam by Loretta Lynn

from I Like 'Em Country   
15





4
country


[Decca 9-31893]
written by Loretta Lynn
52.
02/1966

If You Can't Bite, Don't Grow! by Tommy Collins

14

105
US


7
country


[Columbia 4-43489]
written by Tommy Collins
53.
03/1966

I'm Living in Two Worlds by Bonnie Guitar

from Two Worlds   
14

99
US


9
country


[Dot 45-16811]
written by Jan Crutchfield
54.
04/1966

Swinging Doors by Merle Haggard

from Swinging Doors   
13





5
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 5600]
written by Merle Haggard
55.
03/1966

Would You Hold It Against Me by Dottie West

from Suffer Time   
13





5
country


[RCA Victor 47-8770]
written by Dottie West & Bill West
56.
05/1966

Standing in the Shadows by Hank Williams Jr.

from Country Shadows   
13





5
country


[MGM 13504]
written by Hank Williams Jr.
57.
07/1966

Four-O-Thirty-Three by George Jones

from Four-O-Thirty-Three   
13





5
country


[Musicor 1181]
written by George Jones & Earl Montgomery
58.
04/1966

Evil on Your Mind by Jan Howard

from Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind   
13





5
country


[Decca 9-31933]
written by Harlan Howard
59.
10/1966

The Game of Triangles by Bobby Bare, Norma Jean and Liz Anderson

from The Game of Triangles   
13





5
country


[RCA Victor 47-8963]
written by Cy Coben
60.
04/1966

Put It Off Until Tomorrow by Bill Phillips

from Put It Off Until Tomorrow   
12





6
country


[Decca 31901]
written by Dolly Parton & Bill Owens
61.
03/1966

I'm a People by George Jones

from I'm a People   
12





6
country


[Musicor 1143]
written by Dallas Frazier
62.
05/1966

(Yes) I'm Hurting by Don Gibson

from Great Country Songs   
12





6
country


[RCA Victor 47-8812]
written by Don Gibson
63.
10/1966

How Long Has It Been by Bobby Lewis [country singer]

from How Long Has It Been   
12





6
country


[United Artists 50067]
written by Sonny Throckmorton (as Jim Throckmorton) & David Snyder
64.
07/1966

Everybody Loves a Nut by Johnny Cash

from Everybody Loves a Nut   Everybody Loves a Nut
11

96
US


17
country


[Columbia 4-43673]
written by Jack Clement
65.
04/1966

A Way to Survive by Ray Price

from Touch My Heart   
11





7
country


[Columbia 4-43560]
written by Hank Cochran & Moneen Carpenter
66.
08/1966

Walking on New Grass by Kenny Price

from One Hit Follows Another   
11





7
country


[Boone 1042]
written by Ray Pennington
67.
10/1966

Unmitigated Gall by Faron Young

from Unmitigated Gall   
11





7
country


[Mercury 72617]
written by Mel Tillis
68.
12/1966

Happy Tracks by Kenny Price

from One Hit Follows Another   
11





7
country


[Boone 1051]
written by Ray Pennington
69.
03/1966

Viet Nam Blues by Dave Dudley

from There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere   
11

127
US


12
country


[Mercury 72550]
written by Kris Kristofferson
70.
02/1966

I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) by Roger Miller

from Words and Music by Roger Miller   
10

103
US


13
country


[Smash 2024]
written by Roger Miller
71.
06/1966

The Lovin' Machine by Johnny Paycheck

from The Lovin' Machine   
10





8
country


[Little Darlin' 008]
written by Larry Kingston
72.
08/1966

The Company You Keep by Bill Phillips

from Bill Phillips Style   
10





8
country


[Decca 31996]
written by Dolly Parton & Bill Owens
73.
02/1966

Someone Before Me by The Wilburn Brothers

10





8
country


[Decca 9-31894]
written by Bobby Hicks (as Bob Hicks)
74.
11/1966

Funny, Familiar, Forgotten, Feelings by Don Gibson

from More Country Soul   
10





8
country


[RCA Victor 47-8975]
written by Mickey Newbury
75.
09/1966

It's Only Love by Jeannie Seely

from The Seely Style   
10

121
US


15
country


[Monument 965]
written by Hank Cochran
76.
12/1966

Where Could I Go? (But to Her) by David Houston

from A Loser's Cathedral   
10

133
US


14
country


[Epic 10102]
written by Glenn Sutton & Billy Sherrill
77.
09/1966

(That's What You Get) For Loving Me by Waylon Jennings

from Leavin' Town   
9





9
country


[RCA Victor 47-8917]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
78.
11/1966

I Never Had the One I Wanted by Claude Gray

from Claude Gray Sings   
9





9
country


[Decca 32039]
written by Jimmy Louis (as Jimmie Louis), Claude Gray & Sheb Wooley
79.
12/1966

Just Between You and Me by Charley Pride

from Pride of Country Music   
9





9
country


as Country Charley Pride
[RCA Victor 47-9000]
written by Jack Clement
80.
05/1966

I'll Take the Dog by Jean Shepard & Ray Pillow

from I'll Take the Dog   
9





9
country


[Capitol 5633]
written by Marge Barton & Freed McRae
81.
09/1966

Early Morning Rain by George Hamilton IV

from Steel Rail Blues   Steel Rail Blues
9





9
country


[RCA Victor 47-8924]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
82.
10/1966

Stand Beside Me by Jimmy Dean

from Jimmy Dean Is Here!   
8





10
country


[RCA Victor 47-8971]
written by Thomas P. Glaser
83.
07/1966

If Teardrops Were Silver by Jean Shepard

from Many Happy Hangovers to You   
8





10
country


[Capitol 5681]
written by Don Wayne
84.
11/1966

Heartbreak Hotel by Roger Miller

from Words and Music by Roger Miller   
8

84
US


55
country


[Smash 2066]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley
85.
03/1966

Giddyup Go - Answer by Minnie Pearl

8





10
country


[Starday 754]
written by Tommy Hill
86.
10/1966

Bad Seed by Jan Howard

from Bad Seed   
8





10
country


[Decca 32016]
written by Bill Anderson
87.
03/1966

Back Pocket Money by Jimmy Newman

from Sings Country Songs   
8





10
country


[Decca 9-31916]
written by Tom T. Hall (as Tom Hall)
88.
06/1966

The World Is Round by Roy Drusky

from In a New Dimension   
8





10
country


[Mercury 72586]
written by Tony Senn, Tommy Stough & Paul Johnson
89.
12/1966

Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine by Wanda Jackson

from Reckless Love Affair   Reckless Love Affair
8





11
country


[Capitol 5789]
written by Dale Davis & Francis Coates
90.
12/1966

Green River by Waylon Jennings

from Nashville Rebel OST   
8





11
country


[RCA Victor 47-9025]
written by Harlan Howard
91.
01/1966

Golden Guitar by Bill Anderson

from I Love You Drops   
8





11
country


[Decca 9-31890]
written by Curtis Leach & Billy Gray
92.
05/1966

Don't Touch Me by Wilma Burgess

from Don't Touch Me   
8





12
country


[Decca 9-31941]
written by Hank Cochran
93.
08/1966

Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose) by Stonewall Jackson

from All's Fair in Love 'N' War   
8





12
country


[Columbia 4-43718]
written by Errol Brown (as Earl Brown)
94.
11/1966

If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' by Roy Drusky

from If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'   
8





12
country


[Mercury 72627]
written by Ben Peters
95.
01/1966

A Born Loser by Don Gibson

from Great Country Songs   
8





12
country


[RCA Victor 47-8732]
written by Don Gibson
96.
07/1966

At Ease Heart by Ernest Ashworth

7





13
country


as Ernie Ashworth
[Hickory 1400]
written by Jimmy Jay
97.
03/1966

Many Happy Hangovers to You by Jean Shepard

from Many Happy Hangovers to You   
7





13
country


[Capitol 5585]
written by Johnny MacRae
98.
07/1966

Lonelyville by Dave Dudley

from Lonelyville   
7





13
country


[Mercury 72585]
written by Dave Burgess
99.
07/1966

I Can't Keep Away from You by The Wilburn Brothers

7





13
country


[Decca 9-31974]
written by Darrell Statler
100.
03/1966

Catch a Little Raindrop by Claude King

from Tiger Woman   
7





13
country


[Columbia 4-43510]
written by Dorsey Burnette & Joe Osborn
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