This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1964.[1]
Buck Owens had two of the top three singles with "My Heart Skips a Beat" (No. 1) and "Together Again" (No. 3). Owens had two additional No. 1 hits with "Love's Gonna Live Here" and "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)".
Jim Reeves, who died in a plane crash in July 1964, also had two top five singles with "Welcome to My World" (No. 2) and "I Guess I'm Crazy" (No. 4).
| Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "My Heart Skips a Beat" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 2 | 2 | "Welcome to My World" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 3 | 1 | "Together Again" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 4 | 1 | "I Guess I'm Crazy" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 5 | 4 | "I Don't Love You Anymore" | Charlie Louvin | Capitol |
| 6 | 1 | "Saginaw, Michigan" | Lefty Frizzell | Columbia |
| 7 | 2 | "Burning Memories" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 8 | 1 | "Understand Your Man" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 9 | 1 | "Dang Me" | Roger Miller | Smash |
| 10 | 2 | "Memory #1" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 11 | 7 | "This White Circle On My Finger" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 12 | 4 | "I Love to Dance with Annie" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
| 13 | 4 | "Password" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 14 | 5 | "Keeping Up with the Joneses" | Faron Young and Margie Singleton | Mercury |
| 15 | 3 | "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 16 | 3 | "Wine, Women and Song" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 17 | 1 | "B.J. the D.J." | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 18 | 5 | "Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" | Jean Shepard | Capitol |
| 19 | 1 | "Begging to You" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 20 | 3 | "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 21 | 1 | "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 22 | 7 | "Looking for More in '64" | Jim Nesbitt | Chart |
| 23 | 5 | "Sorrow On the Rocks" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
| 24 | 4 | "Before I'm Over You" | Loretta Lynn | Columbia |
| 25 | 5 | "Five Little Fingers" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 26 (tie) | 7 | "Love Is No Excuse" | Jim Reeves and Dottie West | RCA Victor |
| 26 (tie) | 5 | "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" | Hank Williams, Jr. | M-G-M |
| 28 | 10 | "A Week in the Country" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
| 29 | 12 | "Then I'll Stop Loving You" | The Browns | RCA Victor |
| 30 | "Circumstances" | Billy Walker | Columbia | |
| 31 | 4 | "Don't Be Angry" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 32 | 5 | "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 33 | 1 | "Love's Gonna Live Here" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 34 | 13 | Timber I'm Falling | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
| 35 | 5 | "Molly" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 36 | 11 | "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" | Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 37 | 13 | "Invisible Tears" | Ned Miller | Fabar |
| 38 | 6 | "Baltimore" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 39 | 7 | "Please Talk to My Heart" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 40 | 3 | "Chug-a-Lug" | Roger Miller | Smash |
| 41 | 11 | "Sam Hill" | Claude King | Columbia |
| 42 | 8 | "Peel Me a Nanner" | Roy Drusky | Mercury |
| 43 | 1 | "Once a Day" | Connie Smith | RCA Victor |
| 44 | 3 | "The Race Is On" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 45 | 4 | "Miller's Cave" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
| 46 (tie) | 9 | "D.J. for a Day" | Jimmy C. Newman | Decca |
| 46 (tie) | 12 | "You Are My Flower" | Flatt & Scruggs | Columbia |
| 48 (tie) | 10 | "Where Does a Little Tear Come From" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 48 (tie) | 14 | "Easy Come – Easy Go" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 50 | 10 | "Here Comes My Baby" | Dottie West | RCA Victor |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
edit- ^ "Top Country Singles - 1964" (PDF). The Billboard. December 26, 1964. p. 14.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.