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 | Peak | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "What's He Doing in My World" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 2 | 1 | "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 3 | 1 | "Yes, Mr. Peters" | Roy Drusky with Priscilla Mitchell | Mercury |
| 4 | 1 | "The Bridge Washed Out" | Warner Mack | Decca |
| 5 | 2 | "The Other Woman (In My Life)" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 6 | 4 | "Then and Only Then" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
| 7 | 1 | "Before You Go" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 8 | 1 | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | Smash |
| 9 | 1 | "You're the Only World I Know" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 10 | 2 | "I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love)" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 11 | 2 | "10 Little Bottles" | Johnny Bond | Starday |
| 12 | 1 | "Ribbon of Darkness" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 13 | 1 | "Girl on the Billboard" | Del Reeves | United Artists |
| 14 | 4 | "Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" | Warner Mack | Decca |
| 15 | 3 | "Happy Birthday" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 16 | 1 | "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" | Jimmy Dean | Columbia |
| 17 | 6 | "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers" | Roy Drusky | Mercury |
| 18 | 5 | "A Tombstone Every Mile" | Dick Curless | Tower |
| 19 | 3 | "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back" | Billy Edd Wheeler | Kapp |
| 20 | 4 | "Yakety Axe" | Chet Atkins | RCA Victor |
| 21 | 9 | "Things Have Gone to Pieces" | George Jones | Musicor |
| 22 | 7 | "The Wishing Well (Down in the Well)" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
| 23 | 10 | "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" | Merle Haggard | Tally |
| 24 | 6 | "Tiger Woman" | Claude King | Columbia |
| 25 | 2 | "Engine Engine Number 9" | Roger Miller | Smash |
| 26 | 7 | "Blue Kentucky Girl" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 27 | 7 | "Do What You Do Do Well" | Ned Miller | Fabor |
| 28 | 4 | "You Don't Hear" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 29 | 1 | "Is It Really Over?" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 30 | 3 | "I Won't Forget You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 31 | 8 | "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 32 | 3 | Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun | Dave Dudley | Mercury |
| 33 | 9 | "I Can't Remember" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
| 34 | 3 | "Orange Blossom Special" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 35 | 1 | "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 36 | 8 | "Matamoros" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
| 37 | 1 | "Once a Day" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
| 38 | 3 | "Four Strong Winds" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
| 39 | 4 | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
| 40 | 7 | "See the Big Man Cry" | Charlie Louvin | Capitol |
| 41 | 4 | "It Ain't Me Babe" | Johnny Cash and June Carter | Columbia |
| 42 | 8 | "Wild as a Wildcat" | Charlie Walker | Epic |
| 43 | 3 | "The Race Is On" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 44 | 10 | Walk Tall | Faron Young | Mercury |
| 45 | 1 | "Behind the Tear" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 46 | 7 | "It's Alright" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
| 47 | 8 | "I'll Repossess My Heart" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 48 | 12 | "She's Gone Gone Gone" | Lefty Frizzell | Columbia |
| 49 | 12 | "Certain" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 50 | 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
Notes
- This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
- "Top Country Singles of 1965" (PDF). The Billboard. December 25, 1965. p. 32.
- Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.
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