This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1965.
Eddy Arnold had the year's number one single with "What's He Doing in My World". Buck Owens had the number two single with "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail".
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "What's He Doing in My World" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor2 1 "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" Buck Owens Capitol3 1 "Yes, Mr. Peters" Roy Drusky with Priscilla Mitchell Mercury4 1 "The Bridge Washed Out" Warner Mack Decca5 2 "The Other Woman (In My Life)" Ray Price Columbia6 4 "Then and Only Then" Connie Smith RCA Victor7 1 "Before You Go" Buck Owens Capitol8 1 "King of the Road" Roger Miller Smash9 1 "You're the Only World I Know" Sonny James Capitol10 2 "I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love)" Sonny James Capitol11 2 "10 Little Bottles" Johnny Bond Starday12 1 "Ribbon of Darkness" Marty Robbins Columbia13 1 "Girl on the Billboard" Del Reeves United Artists14 4 "Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" Warner Mack Decca15 3 "Happy Birthday" Loretta Lynn Decca16 1 "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" Jimmy Dean Columbia17 6 "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers" Roy Drusky Mercury18 5 "A Tombstone Every Mile" Dick Curless Tower19 3 "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back" Billy Edd Wheeler Kapp20 4 "Yakety Axe" Chet Atkins RCA Victor21 9 "Things Have Gone to Pieces" George Jones Musicor22 7 "The Wishing Well (Down in the Well)" Hank Snow RCA Victor23 10 "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" Merle Haggard Tally24 6 "Tiger Woman" Claude King Columbia25 2 "Engine Engine Number 9" Roger Miller Smash26 7 "Blue Kentucky Girl" Loretta Lynn Decca27 7 "Do What You Do Do Well" Ned Miller Fabor28 4 "You Don't Hear" Kitty Wells Decca29 1 "Is It Really Over?" Jim Reeves RCA Victor30 3 "I Won't Forget You" Jim Reeves RCA Victor31 8 "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" Stonewall Jackson Columbia32 3 Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun Dave Dudley Mercury33 9 "I Can't Remember" Connie Smith RCA Victor34 3 "Orange Blossom Special" Johnny Cash Columbia35 1 "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" Buck Owens Capitol36 8 "Matamoros" Billy Walker Columbia37 1 "Once a Day" Connie Smith RCA Victor38 3 "Four Strong Winds" Bobby Bare RCA Victor39 4 "Green, Green Grass of Home" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor40 7 "See the Big Man Cry" Charlie Louvin Capitol41 4 "It Ain't Me Babe" Johnny Cash and June Carter Columbia42 8 "Wild as a Wildcat" Charlie Walker Epic43 3 "The Race Is On" George Jones United Artists44 10 Walk Tall Faron Young Mercury45 1 "Behind the Tear" Sonny James Capitol46 7 "It's Alright" Bobby Bare RCA Victor47 8 "I'll Repossess My Heart" Kitty Wells Decca48 12 "She's Gone Gone Gone" Lefty Frizzell Columbia49 12 "Certain" Bill Anderson Decca50 11 "Truck Drivin' Man" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
See also List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1965 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965 1965 in country music
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