The first number to the right of the artist name represents how many weeks the song held the Billboard number one chart position. The year represents the biggest song in country music for that year. Example: My Hang-up Is You, held the No. 1 position for 6 weeks and was the biggest song in country music in 1972.
My Hang-up Is You (Freddie Hart) 6, 1972
Luchenbach, Texas (Waylon Jennings) 6, 1977
Convoy (C.W. McCall) 6, 1975
Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'(Charley Pride) 5, 1971
Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson) 5, 1970
Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton) 5
When You're Hot, You're Hot (Jerry Reed) 5
Hello Darlin' (Conway Twitty) 4
Baby, Baby (I know You're a Lady (David Houston) 4
Empty Arms (Sonny James) 3
I'm Just Me (Charley Pride) 4
Don't Keep Me Hangin'On (Sonny James) 4
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Crystal Gayle) 4
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up... (Waylon & Willie) 4, 1978
If We Make it Through December (Merle Haggard) 4, 1973
Heaven's Just a Sin Away (The Kendalls) 4
It's Just a Matter of Time (Sonny James) 4
Easy Loving (Freddie Hart) 3
Help Me Make It Through the Night (Sammi Smith) 3
I Won't Mention It Again (Ray Price) 3
The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA (Donna Fargo) 3
You've Never Been This Far Before (Conway Twitty) 3
Carolyn (Merle Haggard) 3
Endlessly (Sonny James) 3
He Loves Me All the Way (Tammy Wynnette) 3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, compiled and wrirtten by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Feb. 12, 2009
