Number One Country Singles the Number One Country Singles from Record World's Chart Each Week from October 19, 1974 Through October 11, 1975

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Number One Country Singles The number one country singles from Record World's chart each week from October 19, 1974 through October 11, 1975

DATE RECORD & PUBLISHER ARTIST LABEL 4/19 BLANKET ON THE GROUND Billie Jo Spears United Artists 1974 (Brougham Hall, BMI)

10/19 I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID Mickey Gilley Playboy 4/26 STILL THINKING ABOUT YOU Billy Crash Craddock ABC (Peer, Intl., BMI) (Chriswood/Easy Nine, BMI) 10/26 I SEE THE WANT TO IN YOUR EYES Conway Twitty MCA 5/3 (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER B. J. Thomas ABC (Rose Bridge, BMI) SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY 11/2 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton -John MCA WRONG SONG (Irving/Woolnough/Broadside, BMI) (Press/Tree, BMI) 11/9 MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKIN' DELTA TOWN Charley Pride RCA 5/10 I'M NOT LISA Jessi Colter Capitol (Hall Clement, BMI) (Baron, BMI) 11/16 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY Dolly Parton RCA 5/17 SHE'S ACTIN' SINGLE (I'M Gary Stewart RCA (Owepar, BMI) DRINKIN' DOUBLES) 11/23 TROUBLE IN PARADISE Loretta Lynn MCA (Rose Bridge, BMI) (House of Gold, BMI) 5/24 THANK GOD, I'M A COUNTRY BOY John Denver RCA 11/30 COUNTRY IS Tom T. Hall Mercury (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) (Hallnote, BMI) 5/31 MISTY Ray Stevens Barnaby 12/7 I CAN HELP Billy Swan Monument (Combine, BMI) (Vernon/Octave, ASCAP) 12/14 BACK HOME AGAIN John Denver RCA 6/7 WINDOW UP ABOVE Mickey Gilley Playboy (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) (Glad, 8Ml) 12/21 SHE CALLED ME BABY Charlie Rich RCA 6/14 I AIN'T ALL BAD Charley Pride RCA (Central, BMI) (Roz Tense, BMI) 12/28 WE'RE OVER Johnny Rodriguez Mercury 6/21 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND Don Williams ABC Dot (Screen Gems/Columbia/Summerhill, BMI) (Don Williams, BMI) 1975 6/28 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED Linda Ronstadt Capitol (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 1/4 OUT OF HAND Gary Stewart RCA (Almo, ASCAP) 7/5 RECONSIDER ME Narvel Felts ABC Dot (Shelby Singleton, BMI) 1/11 RUBY BABY Billy Crash Craddock ABC (Hill & Range/Quintet/Freddy Beinstock, 7/12 MOVIN' ON Merle Haggard Capitol BMI) (Shade Tree/Kipeth, BMI) 1/18 KENTUCKY GAMBLER Merle Haggard Capitol 7/19 TOUCH THE HAND Conway Twitty MCA (Owepar, BMI) (Twitty Bird, BMI) 1/25 I'D BE A LEGEND IN MY TIME Ronnie Milsap RCA 7/26 JUST GET UP AND CLOSE THE DOOR Johnny Rodriguez Mercury (Acuff -Rose, BMI) (Window, BMI) 2/1 CITY LIGHTS Mickey Gilley Playboy 8/2 EVERYTIME YOU TOUCH ME (I GET HIGH) Charlie Rich Epic (T. N. T., BMI) (Algee, BMI/Double R, ASCAP) 2/8 THEN WHO AM I Charley Pride RCA 8/9 WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS Freddy Fender ABC Dot (Hill & Range/Acuff-Rose, BMI) (Travis, BMI) 2/15 IT'S TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER Cal Smith MCA 8/16 FEELIN'S Conway Twitty & MCA (Coal Miners, BMI) (Danor, BMI) Loretta Lynn 2/22 I CARE/SNEAKY SNAKE Tom T. Hall Mercury 8/23 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell Capitol (Hallnote, BMI) (20th Century/House of Weiss, ASCAP) 3/1 DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE T. G. Sheppard Melodyland 8/30 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell Capitol (Sunbar, SESAC) (20th Century/House of Weiss, ASCAP) 3/8 LINDA ON MY MIND Conway Twitty MCA 9/6 I'LL GO TO MY GRAVE LOVIN' YOU Statler Brothers Mercury (Twitty Bird, BMI) (American Cowboy, BMI) 3/15 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS Freddy Fender ABC Dot 9/13 IF I COULD ONLY WIN YOUR LOVE Emmylou Harris Reprise (Shelby Singleton, BMI) (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 3/22 THE BARGAIN STORE Dolly Parton RCA 9/20 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Willie Nelson Columbia (Owepar, BMI) (Milene, BMI) ELUSIVE 3/29 MY DREAMS Charlie Rich Epic 9/27 DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS Ronnie Milsap RCA (Tree, BMI) (Chess, ASCAP) 4/5 I JUST CAN'T GET HER OUT OF MY MIND Johnny Rodriguez Mercury 10/4 DON'T CRY JONI Conway Twitty MCA (First Generation, BMI) (Twitty Bird, BMI) 4/12 ALWAYS WANTING YOU Merle Haggard Capitol 10/11 I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING ME Charley Pride RCA (Shade Tree, BMI) (Don Williams, BMI/Have-A-Tone, ASCAP)

Red O'Donnell's Year in Review (Continued from page 30) Heart 'n Soul" ... "Love Is a Foundation" on Mary Reeves' Shannon (The Sheriff) Young's latest record or personal appearances . . . label was a winner for Bud Logan and Wilma Burgess . . . Johnny Tammy Wynette filed for divorce from George Jones. Ironically her Rodriguez' "We're Over" was a top single for Mercury. recording of "D -I -V -O -R -C -E" was a hit in Great Britain . . . Merle Haggard's "Kentucky JANUARY Gambler" was no gamble with record buyers. A sure thing. 1975 spun off with late flash that Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner Chet Atkins signed for a three concert tour with Arthur Fiedler and did not exchange their usual gem -dandy baubles. (Enough diamonds Boston Pops ... Cal Smith's UA single of "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler" already?) ASCAP cited Bill & ... Gloria Gaither as the Gospel Music wasn't fiddling around; it was popular . . . Melba Montgomery's Association's "Songwriters of the Year" (1974), and gifted them with "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was an RW pick . .. KSON's a silver tray ... Moeller Talent booked Rex Allen, Jr. to sing "Yes, Don McKinnon was in town from San Diego to tell all the good We Have Love" at a wedding scheduled for Dec. 20, 1975 in Chilli- brothers and sisters that his station was shifting to "100 percent cothe, Mo. (Yes, Missouri is correct). gospel music." The late Dave Akeman's (Stringbean) banjo was donated to the It was agreed (sub rosa) that too many "awards" were being pre- Country Music Hall of Fame . . . Minnie Pearl got a new next-door sented ... Jimmy Buffett joined Willie Nelson's "Texas colony" .. . Ray neighbor: Blanton, the new governor of Tennessee . . . While Johnny Paycheck purchased a $135 thousand ranch -style home in the driving to the Grand Ole Opry House for a Saturday night appear- suburbs of Nashville ... Ray Griff was undergoing acupuncture treat- ance, a car that Roy Drusky was steering hit a wandering, stray cow. ments for an arthritic back condition and a kidney disorder-with Result: One dead bovine and animal one badly damaged Drusky favorable results from the needling . . . Bill Anderson headed to car! ... Kitty Wells revealed that husband Johnny Wright gifted her England for some recording sessions. with a clothes washer & dryer to which a card was attached with Roy Clark was writing a book about dieting. (Whatever happened this message: in "Just case you intend to open a laundromat." Kitty's to it?) ... Four Star reactivated its label . . . Jerry Wallace signed comment: "Do you think Johnny's trying to tell me something?" End with MGM . . . Veteran jazz drummer Buddy Rich, in town for a of Wells -all -Wright story . . . Del Reeves announced that he has nightclub engagement, criticized country music and its exponents. made no New Year's resolutions. "I didn't keep the ones I made last Did he ever. A publicity stunt that clicked ... Charley Pride, Gary year," he explained. Stewart, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed & Billly Deaton talked for four minutes and didn't mention Faron (Continued on page 42)

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