| Issue date | Title | Artist | | January 13 | Love's the Answer | Tanya Tucker |
| January 20 | (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine | Tom T. Hall |
| January 27 | Danny's Song | Anne Murray |
| February 3 | I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me | Merle Haggard |
| February 10 | Rated "X" | Loretta Lynn |
| February 17 |
| February 24 | 'Til I Get it Right | Tammy Wynette |
| March 3 | Any Old Wind That Blows | Johnny Cash |
| March 10 |
| March 17 | The Teddy Bear Song | Barbara Fairchild |
| March 24 |
| March 31 | Keep Me in Mind | Lynn Anderson |
| April 7 |
| April 14 | Super Kind of Woman | Freddie Hart |
| April 21 | A Shoulder to Cry On | Charley Pride |
| April 28 | Superman | Donna Fargo |
| May 5 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| May 12 | Nobody Wins | Brenda Lee |
| May 19 | Come Live with Me | Roy Clark |
| May 26 | What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker |
| June 2 | Dirty Old Man | George Hamilton IV |
| June 9 |
| June 16 | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Johnny Carver |
| June 23 | You Always Come Back to Hurting Me | Johnny Rodriguez |
| June 30 | Don't Fight the Feelings of Love | Charley Pride |
| July 7 | Ravishing Ruby | Tom T. Hall |
| July 14 | Why Me | Kris Kristofferson |
| July 21 | Love Is the Foundation | Loretta Lynn |
| July 28 | Don't Fight the Feelings of Love | Charley Pride |
| August 4 |
| August 11 | You Were Always There | Donna Fargo |
| August 18 | Top of the World | Lynn Anderson |
| August 25 |
| September 1 | Trip to Heaven | Freddie Hart |
| September 8 | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| September 15 |
| September 22 | Everybody's Had the Blues | Merle Haggard |
| September 29 | The Corner of My Life | Bill Anderson |
| October 6 | You've Never Been This Far Before | Conway Twitty |
| October 13 |
| October 20 | Blood Red and Goin' Down | Tanya Tucker |
| October 27 | Kid Stuff | Barbara Fairchild |
| November 3 | Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer | Johnny Russell |
| November 10 |
| November 17 | Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico | Johnny Rodriguez |
| November 24 | Paper Roses | Marie Osmond |
| December 1 |
| December 8 | The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich |
| December 15 |
| December 22 |
| December 29 |