Top Country Songs of the 1960s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1950s <-1960-> 1970s
Top songs: #1: Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley - #2: Honey by Bobby Goldsboro - #3: Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean - #4: King of the Road by Roger Miller - #5: Walk Right In by The Rooftop Singers
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Are You Lonesome Tonight?
#1
11/1960

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley

462 pts
1
US


22
ctry
3
R&B
1
UK
hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk
Honey
#2
03/1968

Honey
Bobby Goldsboro

from Honey   
452 pts
1
US
1
AC
1
ctry


2
UK
[United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell
Big Bad John
#3
10/1961

Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean

from Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales   
446 pts
1
US
1
AC
1
ctry


2
UK
[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42175]
written by Jimmy Dean
King of the Road
#4
01/1965

King of the Road
Roger Miller

from The Return of Roger Miller   
408 pts
4
US
1
AC
1
ctry


1
UK
[Smash 1965]
written by Roger Miller
Walk Right In
#5
01/1963

Walk Right In
The Rooftop Singers

from Walk Right In!   
406 pts
1
US
1
AC
23
ctry
4
R&B
10
UK
[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods
Stuck on You
#6
04/1960

Stuck on You
Elvis Presley

396 pts
1
US


27
ctry
6
R&B
3
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder
A Boy Named Sue
#7
07/1969

A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash at San Quentin   
383 pts
2
US
1
AC
1
ctry


4
UK
[recorded live at san quentin prison] [noverly]
[Columbia 4-44944]
written by Shel Silverstein
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
#8
05/1960

Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Connie Francis

from More Greatest Hits   
382 pts
1
US


24
ctry
2
R&B
5
UK
[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
In the Ghetto
#9
05/1969

In the Ghetto
Elvis Presley

from From Elvis in Memphis   
354 pts
3
US
8
AC
60
ctry


2
UK
[RCA Victor 47-9741]
written by Mac Davis
#10
12/1962

From a Jack to a King
Ned Miller

from From a Jack to a King   
353 pts
6
US
3
AC
2
ctry


2
UK
R
[Fabor 114]
written by Ned Miller
Ode to Billie Joe
#11
08/1967

Ode to Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry

from Ode to Billie Joe   
342 pts
1
US
7
AC
17
ctry
8
R&B
13
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #412]
[Capitol 5950]
written by Bobbie Gentry
Harper Valley PTA
#12
08/1968

Harper Valley PTA
Jeannie C. Riley

from Harper Valley PTA   
335 pts
1
US
4
AC
1
ctry


12
UK
[Plantation 3]
written by Tom T. Hall
#13
06/1969

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Kenny Rogers

from Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town   
322 pts
6
US
6
AC
39
ctry


2
UK
as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0829]
written by Mel Tillis
The End of the World
#14
12/1962

The End of the World
Skeeter Davis

from The End of the World   
321 pts
2
US
1
AC
2
ctry
4
R&B
18
UK
[RCA Victor 8098]
written by Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee
Wichita Lineman
#15
11/1968

Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell

from Wichita Lineman   
318 pts
3
US
1
AC
1
ctry


7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #192]
[Capitol 2302]
written by Jimmy Webb
Ebony Eyes
#16
01/1961

Ebony Eyes
The Everly Brothers

from The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers   
316 pts
8
US


25
ctry
25
R&B
1
UK
charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk
Ballad of the Green Berets
#17
02/1966

Ballad of the Green Berets
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

303 pts
1
US
1
AC
2
ctry


24
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8739]
written by Barry Sadler & Robin Moore
#18
10/1964

Ringo
Lorne Greene

from Welcome to the Ponderosa   
286 pts
1
US
1
AC
21
ctry


22
UK
[spoken]
[RCA Victor 47-8444]
written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair
#19
09/1961

Walk On By
Leroy Van Dyke

from Walk On By   
284 pts
5
US


1
ctry


5
UK
[Mercury 71834]
written by Kendall Hayes & Gary Walker
Make the World Go Away
#20
10/1965

Make the World Go Away
Eddy Arnold

from My World   
270 pts
6
US
1
AC
1
ctry


8
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8679]
written by Hank Cochran
Galveston
#21
03/1969

Galveston
Glen Campbell

from Galveston   
268 pts
4
US
1
AC
1
ctry


14
UK
[Capitol 2428]
written by Jimmy Webb
Little Arrows
#22
08/1968

Little Arrows
Leapy Lee

from Little Arrows   
255 pts
16
US
38
AC
11
ctry


2
UK
[Decca 32380]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood
Let's Think About Living
#23
09/1960

Let's Think About Living
Bob Luman

from Let's Think About Livin'   
250 pts
7
US


9
ctry
14
R&B
6
UK
[novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
Don't Cry Daddy
#24
11/1969

Don't Cry Daddy
Elvis Presley

249 pts
6
US
3
AC
13
ctry


8
UK
[RCA 47-9768]
written by Scott Davis
#25
04/1966

Distant Drums
Jim Reeves

from Distant Drums   
245 pts
45
US


1
ctry


1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8789]
written by Cindy Walker
North to Alaska
#26
09/1960

North to Alaska
Johnny Horton

from Greatest Hits   
232 pts
4
US


1
ctry
10
R&B
23
UK
[Columbia 41782]
written by Mike Phillips
#27
12/1961

A Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives

from The Versatile Burl Ives!   
229 pts
9
US
1
AC
2
ctry


9
UK
[Decca 9-31330]
written by Hank Cochran
#28
05/1962

It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin'
Johnny Tillotson

from It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'   
225 pts
3
US


4
ctry
6
R&B
31
UK
[Cadence 1418]
written by Johnny Tillotson
All I Have to Do Is Dream
#29
12/1969

All I Have to Do Is Dream
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell

223 pts
27
US
4
AC
6
ctry


3
UK
[Capitol 2745]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
Last Date
#30
10/1960

Last Date
Floyd Cramer

from Last Date   
223 pts
2
US


11
ctry
3
R&B


instrumental
[RCA Victor 7775]
written by Floyd Cramer
#31
07/1962

Devil Woman
Marty Robbins

from Devil Woman   
221 pts
16
US


1
ctry


5
UK
[Columbia 42486]
written by Marty Robbins
Please Help Me, I'm Falling
#32
03/1960

Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Hank Locklin

from Please Help Me, I'm Falling   
217 pts
8
US


1
ctry


9
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7692]
written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair
England Swings
#33
10/1965

England Swings
Roger Miller

from Golden Hits   
216 pts
8
US
1
AC
3
ctry


13
UK
[Smash 2010]
written by Roger Miller
#34
04/1962

Old Rivers
Walter Brennan

from Old Rivers   
204 pts
5
US
2
AC
3
ctry


38
UK
[spoken]
[Liberty 55436]
written by Cliff Crofford
#35
05/1960

He'll Have to Stay
Jeanne Black

from A Little Bit Lonely   
195 pts
4
US


6
ctry
11
R&B
41
UK
answer to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go"
[Capitol 4368]
written by Audrey Allison, Charles Grean & Joe Allison
Flowers on the Wall
#36
09/1965

Flowers on the Wall
The Statler Brothers

from Flowers on the Wall   
189 pts
4
US


2
ctry


38
UK
[Columbia 4-43315]
written by Lew DeWitt
#37
01/1961

Baby Sittin' Boogie
Buzz Clifford

from Baby Sittin' with Buzz Clifford   
186 pts
6
US


28
ctry
27
R&B
17
UK
[novelty]
[Columbia 4-41876]
written by Johnny Parker
Engine, Engine #9
#38
05/1965

Engine, Engine #9
Roger Miller

from The 3rd Time Around   
182 pts
7
US
2
AC
2
ctry


33
UK
[Smash 1983]
written by Roger Miller
#39
01/1961

Don't Worry
Marty Robbins

from More Greatest Hits   
180 pts
3
US


1
ctry




[Columbia 41922]
written by Marty Robbins
#40
06/1964

I Won't Forget You
Jim Reeves

176 pts
93
US
15
AC
3
ctry


3
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8461]
written by Harlan Howard
Sink the Bismarck
#41
03/1960

Sink the Bismarck
Johnny Horton

from Johnny Horton Makes History   
175 pts
3
US


6
ctry




[Columbia 41568]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton
We'll Sing in the Sunshine
#42
08/1964

We'll Sing in the Sunshine
Gale Garnett

from My Kind of Folk Songs   
174 pts
4
US
1
AC
43
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8388]
written by Gale Garnett
#43
05/1962

Wolverton Mountain
Claude King

from Meet Claude King   
173 pts
6
US
3
AC
1
ctry




[Columbia 4-42352]
written by Merle Kilgore & Claude King
Mule Skinner Blues
#44
05/1960

Mule Skinner Blues
The Fendermen

from Mule Skinner Blues   
172 pts
5
US


16
ctry


32
UK
[Soma 1137]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer] & George Vaughn
Still
#45
02/1963

Still
Bill Anderson

from Still   
168 pts
8
US
3
AC
1
ctry




[Decca 31458]
written by Bill Anderson
I Can't Stay Mad at You
#46
09/1963

I Can't Stay Mad at You
Skeeter Davis

from Let Me Get Close to You   
165 pts
7
US
2
AC
14
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8219]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
#47
06/1963

Welcome to My World
Jim Reeves

162 pts
102
US


2
ctry


6
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8289]
written by Johnny Hathcock & Ray Winkler
#48
06/1961

San Antonio Rose
Floyd Cramer

from On the Rebound   
155 pts
8
US
3
AC
8
ctry


36
UK
instrumental
[RCA Victor 47-7893]
written by Bob Wills
#49
04/1962

Funny Way of Laughin'
Burl Ives

from It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'   
153 pts
10
US
3
AC
9
ctry


29
UK
[Decca 9-31371]
written by Hank Cochran
#50
03/1960

The Old Lamplighter
The Browns

from Town & Country   
150 pts
5
US


20
ctry
17
R&B


#1 hit for Sammy Kaye's Orchestra in 1946
[RCA Victor 7700]
written by Nat Simon & Charles Tobias
#51
03/1962

P.T. 109
Jimmy Dean

from Portrait of Jimmy Dean   
148 pts
8
US
2
AC
3
ctry




[Columbia 4-42338]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Fred Burch
#52
11/1962

Ruby Ann
Marty Robbins

146 pts
18
US
4
AC
1
ctry


24
UK
[Columbia 42614]
written by Roberta Bellamy
#53
10/1963

500 Miles Away from Home
Bobby Bare

from 500 Miles Away from Home   
137 pts
10
US
4
AC
5
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8238]
written by Hedy West
Crazy
#54
10/1961

Crazy
Patsy Cline

from Showcase   
137 pts
9
US
2
AC
2
ctry




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #85]
[Decca 31317]
written by Willie Nelson
#55
08/1962

Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
Johnny Tillotson

from It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'   
137 pts
17
US
5
AC
11
ctry


21
UK
[Cadence 1424]
written by Hank Locklin
She's Got You
#56
01/1962

She's Got You
Patsy Cline

from Sentimentally Yours   
136 pts
14
US
3
AC
1
ctry


43
UK
[Decca 31354]
written by Hank Cochran
Sea of Heartbreak
#57
06/1961

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson

135 pts
21
US


2
ctry


14
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7890]
written by Paul Hampton & Hal David
Dang Me
#58
06/1964

Dang Me
Roger Miller

from Roger and Out   
129 pts
7
US


1
ctry




[Smash 1881]
written by Roger Miller
Abilene
#59
06/1963

Abilene
George Hamilton IV

from Abilene   
127 pts
15
US
4
AC
1
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8181]
written by Bob Gibson, John D. Loudermilk & Lester Brown
#60
01/1964

See the Funny Little Clown
Bobby Goldsboro

from The Bobby Goldsboro Album   
126 pts
9
US
3
AC
3
ctry




[United Artists 672]
written by Bobby Goldsboro
What'd I Say
#61
04/1961

What'd I Say
Jerry Lee Lewis

from Jerry Lee's Greatest   
121 pts
30
US


27
ctry
26
R&B
10
UK
[Sun 356]
written by Ray Charles
I Fall to Pieces
#62
04/1961

I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline

from Showcase   
117 pts
12
US
6
AC
1
ctry




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #238]
[Decca 31205]
written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard
Try a Little Kindness
#63
10/1969

Try a Little Kindness
Glen Campbell

from Try a Little Kindness   
113 pts
23
US
1
AC
2
ctry


45
UK
[Capitol 2659]
written by Curt Sapaugh & Bobby Austin
Detroit City
#64
06/1963

Detroit City
Bobby Bare

from Detroit City and Other Hits   
111 pts
16
US
4
AC
6
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8183]
written by Danny Dill & Mel Tillis
Queen of the House
#65
04/1965

Queen of the House
Jody Miller

from Queen of the House   
111 pts
12
US
4
AC
5
ctry




[Capitol 5402]
written by Roger Miller & Mary Taylor
#66
03/1961

Hello Walls
Faron Young

from Hello Walls   
110 pts
12
US
13
AC
1
ctry




[Capitol 4533]
written by Willie Nelson
Little Green Apples
#67
03/1968

Little Green Apples
Roger Miller

from A Tender Look at Love   
107 pts
39
US
5
AC
6
ctry


19
UK
[Smash 2148]
written by Bobby Russell
Chug-a-Lug
#68
09/1964

Chug-a-Lug
Roger Miller

from Roger and Out   
106 pts
9
US


3
ctry




[Smash 1926]
written by Roger Miller
#69
01/1967

I Won't Come in While He's There
Jim Reeves

from Blue Side of Lonesome   
106 pts
112
US


1
ctry


12
UK
[RCA Victor 47-9057]
written by Gene Davis
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
#70
10/1965

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Little Jimmy Dickens

from May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose   
103 pts
15
US
8
AC
1
ctry




[novelty]
[Columbia 43388]
written by Neal Merritt
Wings of a Dove
#71
09/1960

Wings of a Dove
Ferlin Husky

103 pts
12
US


1
ctry




[Capitol 4406]
written by Bob Ferguson
#72
03/1968

U.S. Male
Elvis Presley

102 pts
28
US


55
ctry


15
UK
[RCA 47-9465]
written by Jerry R. Hubbard
#73
06/1968

Autumn of My Life
Bobby Goldsboro

from Word Pictures featuring Autumn of My Life   
101 pts
19
US
2
AC
15
ctry


58
UK
[United Artists 50318]
written by Bobby Goldsboro
#74
07/1965

Is It Really Over?
Jim Reeves

from Distant Drums   
100 pts
79
US
10
AC
1
ctry


17
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8625]
written by Jim Reeves
#75
08/1961

You're the Reason
Bobby Edwards

96 pts
11
US


4
ctry




[Crest 1075]
written by Bobby Edwards, Terry Fell & Fred Henley
Ring of Fire
#76
06/1963

Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash

from Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash)   
96 pts
17
US


1
ctry




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #87]
[Columbia 4-42788]
written by June Carter & Merle Kilgore
#77
02/1966

I Want to Go with You
Eddy Arnold

from I Want to Go with You   
93 pts
36
US
1
AC
1
ctry


46
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8749]
written by Hank Cochran
Call Me Mr. In-Between
#78
07/1962

Call Me Mr. In-Between
Burl Ives

from It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'   
91 pts
19
US
6
AC
3
ctry




[Decca 9-31405]
written by Harlan Howard
Stand by Your Man
#79
10/1968

Stand by Your Man
Tammy Wynette

from Stand by Your Man   
91 pts
19
US
11
AC
1
ctry




[Epic 10398]
written by Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
#80
10/1967

By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Glen Campbell

from By the Time I Get to Phoenix   
90 pts
26
US
12
AC
2
ctry


52
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #450]
[Capitol 2015]
written by Jimmy Webb
#81
09/1962

Little Black Book
Jimmy Dean

from Portrait of Jimmy Dean   
83 pts
29
US
10
AC
10
ctry


33
UK
[Columbia 4-42529]
written by Jimmy Dean
#82
06/1969

Yesterday, When I Was Young
Roy Clark

from Yesterday, When I Was Young   
82 pts
19
US
6
AC
9
ctry




[Dot 45-17246]
written by Georges Garvarentz, Charles Aznavour & Herbert Kretzmer
Kansas City Star
#83
09/1965

Kansas City Star
Roger Miller

from The 3rd Time Around   
79 pts
31
US
3
AC
7
ctry


48
UK
[Smash 1998]
written by Roger Miller
Husbands and Wives
#84
02/1966

Husbands and Wives
Roger Miller

from Words and Music by Roger Miller   
78 pts
26
US
2
AC
5
ctry




[Smash 2024]
written by Roger Miller
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
#85
07/1969

Clean Up Your Own Backyard
Elvis Presley

78 pts
35
US
37
AC
74
ctry


21
UK
[RCA Victor 47-9747]
written by Mac Davis & Billy Strange
#86
01/1962

The Cajun Queen
Jimmy Dean

77 pts
22
US
4
AC
15
ctry




[spoken] US B side to a Sleeping Beauty
[Columbia 4-42282]
written by Wayne Walker
#87
09/1962

Don't Go Near the Indians
Rex Allen

from Sings and Tells Tales of the Golden West   
77 pts
17
US


4
ctry




[Mercury 71997]
written by Lorene Mann
Adios Amigo
#88
05/1962

Adios Amigo
Jim Reeves

72 pts
90
US


2
ctry


23
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8019]
written by Ralph Freed & Jerry Livingston
#89
01/1962

Dear Ivan
Jimmy Dean

72 pts
24
US
6
AC
9
ctry




[spoken] background music "battle hymn of the republic"
[Columbia 4-42259]
written by Jimmy Dean
Big Iron
#90
03/1960

Big Iron
Marty Robbins

from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs   
71 pts
26
US


5
ctry


48
UK
[Columbia 41589]
written by Marty Robbins
Folsom Prison Blues
#91
05/1968

Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison   
70 pts
32
US
39
AC
1
ctry


52
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #164] live original version released in 1956
[Columbia 4-44513]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins
#92
04/1969

When Two Worlds Collide
Jim Reeves

from Jim Reeves Writes You a Record   
70 pts




6
ctry


17
UK
[RCA Victor 74-0135]
written by Bill Anderson & Roger Miller
Skip a Rope
#93
12/1967

Skip a Rope
Henson Cargill

from Skip a Rope   
69 pts
25
US


1
ctry




[Monument 1041]
written by Jack Morgan & Glenn D. Tubb
Six Days on the Road
#94
06/1963

Six Days on the Road
Dave Dudley

from Songs About the Working Man   
68 pts
32
US
13
AC
2
ctry




[Golden Wing 3020]
written by Earl Green & Carl Montgomery
#95
06/1966

Almost Persuaded
David Houston

from Almost Persuaded   
66 pts
24
US


1
ctry




[Epic 10025]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
#96
01/1962

To a Sleeping Beauty
Jimmy Dean

from Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales   
65 pts
26
US
6
AC
15
ctry




[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42282]
written by Larry Markes, Gus Kahn & Egbert Van Alstyne
#97
06/1961

(I Dreamed of a) Hillbilly Heaven
Tex Ritter

from Hillbilly Heaven   
65 pts
20
US


5
ctry




[Capitol 4567]
written by Eddie Dean & Hal Southern
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
#98
01/1965

I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
Buck Owens

from I've Got a Tiger by the Tail   
65 pts
25
US


1
ctry




[Capitol 5336]
written by Harlan Howard & Buck Owens
We're Gonna Go Fishin'
#99
06/1962

We're Gonna Go Fishin'
Hank Locklin

from The Ways of Life   
64 pts




14
ctry


18
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8034]
written by Tex Atchison
Guilty
#100
06/1963

Guilty
Jim Reeves

from The International Jim Reeves   
64 pts
91
US


3
ctry


29
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8193]
written by Alex Zanetis

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