This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1966.
"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard ranked as the year's No. 1 single, despite its having peaked at No. 5 on the weekly charts.
"Almost Persuaded" by David Houston, which spent a record nine weeks in the No. 1 spot, ranked as the year's No.2 single.
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Swinging Doors" Merle Haggard Capitol2 1 "Almost Persuaded" David Houston Epic3 4 "I Love You Drops" Bill Anderson Decca4 2 "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" Loretta Lynn Decca5 1 "Think of Me" Buck Owens Capitol6 2 "Tippy Toeing" The Harden Trio Columbia7 1 "Take Good Care of Her" Sonny James Capitol8 2 "Don't Touch Me" Jeannie Seely Monument9 1 "Distant Drums" Jim Reeves RCA Victor10 5 "Would You Hold It Against Me" Dottie West RCA Victor11 2 "A Million and One" Billy Walker Monument12 1 "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" Buck Owens Capitol13 1 "I Want to Go with You" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor14 1 "Blue Side of Lonesome" Jim Reeves RCA Victor15 2 "Room in Your Heart" Sonny James Capitol16 5 "Streets of Baltimore" Bobby Bare RCA Victor17 2 "The One on the Right Is on the Left" Johnny Cash Columbia18 1 "Giddyup Go" Red Sovine Starday19 5 "Evil on Your Mind" Jan Howard Decca20 2 "Snowflake" Jim Reeves RCA Victor21 5 "Standing in the Shadows" Hank Williams, Jr. M-G-M22 8 "The Lovin' Machine" Johnny Paycheck Little Darlin23 3 "Talkin' to the Wall" Warner Mack Decca24 3 "The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot Tonight" Marty Robbins Columbia25 1 "Open Up Your Heart" Buck Owens Capitol26 3 "The Bottle Let Me Down" Merle Haggard Capitol27 1 "I Get the Fever" Bill Anderson Decca28 2 "Ain't Had No Lovin' Connie Smith RCA Victor29 6 "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" Bill Phillips Decca30 7 "A Way to Survive" Ray Price Columbia31 4 "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" Connie Smith RCA Victor32 2 "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor 33 6 "I'm a People" George Jones Musicor34 3 "True Love's a Blessing" Sonny James Capitol35 6 "(Yes) I'm Hurting" Don Gibson RCA Victor36 3 "Skid Row Joe" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor37 8 "Someone Before Me The Wilburn Brothers Decca38 3 "The Tip of My Fingers" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor 39 7 "Baby" Wilma Burgess Decca40 8 "The Company You Keep" Bill Phillips Decca41 12 "Don't Touch Me" Wilma Burgess Decca42 10 "If Teardrops Were Silver" Jean Shepard Capitol43 2 "History Repeats Itself" Buddy Starcher Boone44 4 "It Takes a Lot of Money" Warner Mack Decca45 7 "Walking on New Grass" Kenny Price Boone46 4 "What Kinda Deal Is This" Bill Carlisle Hickory47 2 "Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers Columbia48 9 "I'm Living in Two Worlds" Bonnie Guitar Dot49 4 "Dear Uncle Sam" Loretta Lynn Decca50 5 "Four-O-Thirty-Three" George Jones Musicor51 2 "The Ballad of the Green Berets" Barry Sadler RCA Victor52 5 "Husbands and Wives" Roger Miller Smash53 9 "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor54 10 "Back Pocket Money" Jimmy C. Newman Decca55 13 "At Ease Heart" Ernest Ashworth Hickory56 4 "Sweet Thang" Nat Stuckey Paula57 "Make the World Go Away" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor 58 9 "Early Morning Rain" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor59 10 "The World Is Round" Roy Drusky Mercury60 9 "I'll Take the Dog" Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow Capitol61 15 "Steel Rail Blues" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor62 13 "Many Happy Hangovers to You" Jean Shepard Capitol63 6 "Almost Persuaded No. 2" Ben Colder M-G-M64 "Born to Be in Love with You" Van Trevor Band Box65 15 "Stop the Start (Of Tears in My Heart)" Johnny Dollar Columbia66 7 "If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl" Tommy Collins Columbia67 3 "Sittin' On a Rock (Crying in a Creek)" Warner Mack Decca68 11 "Golden Guitar Bill Anderson Decca69 "It's Only Love" Jeannie Seely Monument70 12 "Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)" Stonewall Jackson Columbia71 13 "I Can't Keep Away from You" The Wilburn Brothers Decca72 13 "Lonelyville" Dave Dudley Mercury73 4 "What We're Fighting For" Dave Dudley Mercury74 17 "Time to Bum Again" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor75 "Anita You're Dreaming" Waylon Jennings RCA Victor76 14 "It's All Over (But the Crying)" Kitty Wells Decca77 3 "England Swings" Roger Miller Smash78 10 "Giddyup Go – Answer" Minnie Pearl Starday79 12 "A Born Loser" Don Gibson RCA Victor80 20 "Rainbows and Roses" Roy Drusky Mercury81 15 "A Woman Half My Age" Kitty Wells Decca82 12 "Viet Nam Blues" Dave Dudley Mercury83 8 "Take Me" George Jones Musicor84 13 "Catch a Little Raindrop" Claude King Columbia85 18 "I've Cried a Mile" Hank Snow RCA Victor86 16 "I'd Just Be Fool Enough" The Browns RCA Victor87 10 "Bad Seed" Jan Howard Decca88 "I Just Came to Smell the Flowers" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor89 15 "Baby Ain't That Fine" Gene Pitney and Melba Montgomery Musicor90 14 "Count Me Out" Marty Robbins Columbia91 9 "Women Do Funny Things to Me" Del Reeves United Artists92 "Touch My Heart" Ray Price Columbia93 11 "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" Ray Price Columbia94 15 "Long Time Gone" Dave Dudley Mercury95 1 "Somebody Like Me" Eddy Arnold Capitol96 14 "Day for Decision" Johnny Sea Warner Bros.97 18 "I'm a Nut" Leroy Pullins Kapp98 17 "The Twelfth of Never" Slim Whitman Imperial99 17 "I Hear Little Rock Calling" Ferlin Husky Capitol100 18 "Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart" Conway Twitty Decca
See also List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1966 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966 1966 in country music
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