| Issue date | Title | Artist | | January 13 | Burgers and Fries | Charley Pride |
| January 20 | Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand | Waylon Jennings |
| January 27 | Tulsa Time | Don Williams |
| February 3 | Your Love Had Taken Me That High | Conway Twitty |
| February 10 | I Really Got the Feeling/Baby I'm Burning | Dolly Parton |
| February 17 | Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For | Crystal Gayle |
| February 24 | Every Which Way but Loose | Eddie Rabbitt |
| March 3 |
| March 10 |
| March 17 | Back on My Mind Again | Ronnie Milsap |
| March 24 | You Made My Day Tonight | Canadian Zephyr |
| March 31 | I Just Fall in Love Again | Anne Murray |
| April 7 |
| April 14 | It's a Cheating Situation | Moe Bandy with Janie Fricke |
| April 21 | Sweet Memories | Willie Nelson |
| April 28 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right | Barbara Mandrell |
| May 5 | Where Do I Put Her Memory | Charley Pride |
| May 12 |
| May 19 | Don't Take It Away | Conway Twitty |
| May 26 | I'm Getting High Remembering | Carroll Baker |
| June 2 | Sail Away | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| June 9 |
| June 16 |
| June 23 |
| June 30 | Nobody Likes Sad Songs | Ronnie Milsap |
| July 7 | She Believes in Me | Kenny Rogers |
| July 14 | Amanda | Waylon Jennings |
| July 21 | You're the Only One | Dolly Parton |
| July 28 |
| August 4 | Shadows in the Moonlight | Anne Murray |
| August 11 | (Ghost) Riders in the Sky | Johnny Cash |
| August 18 | You're the Only One | Dolly Parton |
| August 25 |
| September 1 | Suspicions | Eddie Rabbitt |
| September 8 | The Devil Went Down to Georgia | Charlie Daniels |
| September 15 |
| September 22 | 'Til I Can Make it On My Own | Kenny Rogers and Dottie West |
| September 29 | Heartbreak Hotel | Willie Nelson and Leon Russell |
| October 6 | You're My Jamaica | Charley Pride |
| October 13 | I May Never Get To Heaven | Conway Twitty |
| October 20 | Before My Time | John Conlee |
| October 27 | Stolen Moments | R. Harlan Smith and Chris Nielsen |
| November 3 | Dream On | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| November 10 | You Decorated My Life | Kenny Rogers |
| November 17 |
| November 24 | Broken Hearted Me | Anne Murray |
| December 1 | Come with Me | Waylon Jennings |
| December 8 | Half The Way | Crystal Gayle |
| December 15 | I Cheated Me Right Out of You | Moe Bandy |
| December 22 | Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| December 29 |