Issue date | Title | Artist | January 14 | Take It to the Limit | Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson |
January 21 | You Look So Good in Love | George Strait |
January 28 | Ozark Mountain Jubilee | The Oak Ridge Boys |
February 4 | Slow Burn | T. G. Sheppard |
February 11 | Show Her | Ronnie Milsap |
February 18 | That's the Way Love Goes | Merle Haggard |
February 25 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | Ricky Skaggs |
March 3 | Two Car Garage | B. J. Thomas |
March 10 | Nothing Like Falling in Love | Eddie Rabbitt |
March 17 | Woke Up in Love | Exile |
March 24 | Going, Going, Gone | Lee Greenwood |
March 31 | Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) | Alabama |
April 7 | Let's Stop Talkin' About It | Janie Fricke |
April 14 | You've Really Got a Hold on Me | Mickey Gilley |
April 21 | I've Been Wrong Before | Deborah Allen |
April 28 | Right or Wrong | George Strait |
May 5 | The Yellow Rose | Johnny Lee with Lane Brody |
May 12 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before | Willie Nelson with Julio Iglesias |
May 19 |
May 26 | I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes | The Oak Ridge Boys |
June 2 | I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love | Crystal Gayle |
June 9 | Honey (Open That Door) | Ricky Skaggs |
June 16 | As Long As I'm Rockin' with You | John Conlee |
June 23 | I Got Mexico | Eddy Raven |
June 30 | Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | David Allan Coe |
July 7 | Someday When Things Are Good | Merle Haggard |
July 14 | When We Make Love | Alabama |
July 21 | I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) | Vern Gosdin |
July 28 | Just Another Woman in Love | Anne Murray |
August 4 | I Don't Want to Be a Memory | Exile |
August 11 | Angel in Disguise | Earl Thomas Conley |
August 18 | Mama He's Crazy | The Judds |
August 25 | That's the Thing About Love | Don Williams |
September 1 | Still Losing You | Ronnie Milsap |
September 8 | Tennessee Homesick Blues | Dolly Parton |
September 15 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together | George Strait |
September 22 | Only a Lonely Heart Knows | Barbara Mandrell |
September 29 | Tennessee Homesick Blues | Dolly Parton |
October 6 | Turning Away | Crystal Gayle |
October 13 | Uncle Pen | Ricky Skaggs |
October 20 | Everyday | The Oak Ridge Boys |
October 27 | I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) | Conway Twitty |
November 3 | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) | Alabama |
November 10 | City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson |
November 17 | I've Been Around Enough to Know | John Schneider |
November 24 | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do | Anne Murray with Dave Loggins |
December 1 | Give Me One More Chance | Exile |
December 8 | Your Heart's Not In It | Janie Fricke |
December 15 | Too Good to Stop Now | Mickey Gilley |
December 22 | Chance of Lovin' You | Earl Thomas Conley |