This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1964.
Buck Owens had two of the top three singles with "My Heart Skips a Beat" (No. 1) and "Together Again" (No. 3). Owens had two additional No. 1 hits with "Love's Gonna Live Here" and "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)".
Jim Reeves, who died in a plane crash in July 1964, also had two top five singles with "Welcome to My World" (No. 2) and "I Guess I'm Crazy" (No. 4).
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "My Heart Skips a Beat" Buck Owens Capitol2 2 "Welcome to My World" Jim Reeves RCA Victor3 1 "Together Again" Buck Owens Capitol4 1 "I Guess I'm Crazy" Jim Reeves RCA Victor5 4 "I Don't Love You Anymore" Charlie Louvin Capitol6 1 "Saginaw, Michigan" Lefty Frizzell Columbia7 2 "Burning Memories" Ray Price Columbia8 1 "Understand Your Man" Johnny Cash Columbia9 1 "Dang Me" Roger Miller Smash10 2 "Memory #1" Webb Pierce Decca11 7 "This White Circle On My Finger" Kitty Wells Decca12 4 "I Love to Dance with Annie" Ernest Ashworth Hickory13 4 "Password" Kitty Wells Decca14 5 "Keeping Up with the Joneses" Faron Young and Margie Singleton Mercury15 3 "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" Marty Robbins Columbia16 3 "Wine, Women and Song" Loretta Lynn Decca17 1 "B.J. the D.J." Stonewall Jackson Columbia18 5 "Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" Jean Shepard Capitol19 1 "Begging to You" Marty Robbins Columbia20 3 "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" Johnny Cash Columbia21 1 "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" Buck Owens Capitol22 7 "Looking for More in '64" Jim Nesbitt Chart23 5 "Sorrow On the Rocks" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor24 4 "Before I'm Over You" Loretta Lynn Columbia25 5 "Five Little Fingers" Bill Anderson Decca26 (tie) 7 "Love Is No Excuse" Jim Reeves and Dottie West RCA Victor26 (tie) 5 "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M28 10 "A Week in the Country" Ernest Ashworth Hickory29 12 "Then I'll Stop Loving You" The Browns RCA Victor30 "Circumstances" Billy Walker Columbia31 4 "Don't Be Angry" Stonewall Jackson Columbia32 5 "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" George Jones United Artists33 1 "Love's Gonna Live Here" Buck Owens Capitol34 13 Timber I'm Falling Ferlin Husky Capitol35 5 "Molly" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor36 11 "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn Decca37 13 "Invisible Tears" Ned Miller Fabar38 6 "Baltimore" Sonny James Capitol39 7 "Please Talk to My Heart" Ray Price Columbia40 3 "Chug-a-Lug" Roger Miller Smash41 11 "Sam Hill" Claude King Columbia42 8 "Peel Me a Nanner" Roy Drusky Mercury43 1 "Once a Day" Connie Smith RCA Victor44 3 "The Race Is On" George Jones United Artists45 4 "Miller's Cave" Bobby Bare RCA Victor46 (tie) 9 "D.J. for a Day" Jimmy C. Newman Decca46 (tie) 12 "You Are My Flower" Flatt & Scruggs Columbia48 (tie) 10 "Where Does a Little Tear Come From" George Jones United Artists48 (tie) 14 "Easy Come – Easy Go" Bill Anderson Decca50 10 "Here Comes My Baby" Dottie West RCA Victor
See also List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1964 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964 1964 in country music
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