| Issue date | Title | Artist | | January 14 | Take This Job and Shove It | Johnny Paycheck |
| January 21 | My Way | Elvis Presley |
| January 28 |
| February 4 | What a Difference You've Made in My Life | Ronnie Milsap |
| February 11 |
| February 18 | Out of My Head and Back in My Bed | Loretta Lynn |
| February 25 | You're the One | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| March 4 |
| March 11 | To Daddy | Emmylou Harris |
| March 18 | Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys | Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson |
| March 25 |
| April 1 |
| April 8 | I Might as Well Believe (I'll Live Forever) | Carroll Baker |
| April 15 | Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way) | Donna Fargo |
| April 22 | Ready For the Times to Get Better | Crystal Gayle |
| April 29 | Someone Loves You Honey | Charley Pride |
| May 6 |
| May 13 | Every Time Two Fools Collide | Kenny Rogers and Dottie West |
| May 20 | It's All Wrong, But It's All Right | Dolly Parton |
| May 27 | She Can Put Her Shoes Under my Bed (Anytime) | Johnny Duncan |
| June 3 | Georgia on My Mind | Willie Nelson |
| June 10 |
| June 17 | Night Time Magic | Larry Gatlin |
| June 24 | Two More Bottles of Wine | Emmylou Harris |
| July 1 | I Can't Wait Any Longer | Bill Anderson |
| July 8 |
| July 15 | Portrait in the Window | Carroll Baker |
| July 22 | It Only Hurts for a Little While | Margo Smith |
| July 29 | I Believe in You | Mel Tillis |
| August 5 | You Needed Me | Anne Murray |
| August 12 | Homefolks | Bob Murphy & Big Buffalo |
| August 19 | Love or Something Like It | Kenny Rogers |
| August 26 | Only One Love in My Life | Ronnie Milsap |
| September 2 | Talking in Your Sleep | Crystal Gayle |
| September 9 | When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone) | Charley Pride |
| September 16 | Boogie Grass Band | Conway Twitty |
| September 23 | Blue Skies | Willie Nelson |
| September 30 | I've Always Been Crazy | Waylon Jennings |
| October 7 | Heartbreaker | Dolly Parton |
| October 14 |
| October 21 |
| October 28 | It's Been a Great Afternoon | Merle Haggard |
| November 18 | Let's Take the Long Way Around the World | Ronnie Milsap |
| November 25 | Cryin' Again | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| December 2 | Sleeping Single In a Double Bed | Barbara Mandrell |
| December 9 |
| December 16 | That's What You Do to Me | Charly McClain |
| December 23 | Hooked on a Feeling | Carroll Baker |
| December 30 |