| Issue date | Title | Artist | | January 11 | We're Over | Johnny Rodriguez |
| January 18 | What a Man My Man Is | Lynn Anderson |
| January 25 | The Door | George Jones |
| February 1 | Big Red Jimmy | Jerry Warren |
| February 8 | Kentucky Gambler | Merle Haggard |
| February 15 | (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time | Ronnie Milsap |
| February 22 | Then Who Am I | Charley Pride |
| March 1 | Devil in the Bottle | T. G. Sheppard |
| March 15 | It's Time to Pay the Fiddler | Cal Smith |
| March 22 | Linda on My Mind | Conway Twitty |
| March 29 | Before the Next Teardrop Falls | Freddy Fender |
| April 5 | Everybody's Going to the Country | Hank Smith |
| April 12 | Have You Never Been Mellow | Olivia Newton-John |
| April 19 | The Pill | Loretta Lynn |
| April 26 |
| May 3 | I've Never Been This Far Before | Carroll Baker |
| May 10 | Still Thinkin' 'bout You | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
| May 17 | Roll On Big Mama | Joe Stampley |
| May 24 | Thank God I'm a Country Boy | John Denver |
| May 31 |
| June 7 | Window Up Above | Mickey Gilley |
| June 14 | I'm Not Lisa | Jessi Colter |
| June 21 | I Ain't All Bad | Charley Pride |
| June 28 | You're My Best Friend | Don Williams |
| July 5 | Lizzie and the Rainman | Tanya Tucker |
| July 12 | Reconsider Me | Narvel Felts |
| July 19 | When Will I Be Loved | Linda Ronstadt |
| July 26 | Yellow House of Love | Patti MacDonnell |
| August 2 | The Hungry Fire of Love | Carroll Baker |
| August 9 | Down by the Henry Moore | Murray McLauchlan |
| August 16 | Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) | Charlie Rich |
| August 23 | The Seeker | Dolly Parton |
| August 30 | Rhinestone Cowboy | Glen Campbell |
| September 6 | Please Mr. Please | Olivia Newton-John |
| September 13 | The First Time | Freddie Hart |
| September 20 | I'll Go to My Grave Loving You | The Statler Brothers |
| September 27 | If I Could Only Win Your Love | Emmylou Harris |
| October 4 | Say Forever You'll Be Mine | Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner |
| October 11 |
| October 18 |
| October 25 | Third Rate Romance | Amazing Rhythm Aces |
| December 20 | Secret Love | Freddy Fender |
| December 27 |