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| 3 Jan 1981 | I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink (Merle Haggard) |
| 10 Jan 1981 | I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink (Merle Haggard) |
| 17 Jan 1981 | I Love A Rainy Night (Eddie Rabbitt) |
| 24 Jan 1981 | 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) |
| 31 Jan 1981 | I Feel Like Loving You Again (T.G. Sheppard) |
| 7 Feb 1981 | I Keep Coming Back/ True Life Country Music (Razzy Bailey) |
| 14 Feb 1981 | Who's Cheatin' Who (Charly McClain) |
| 21 Feb 1981 | Southern Rains (Mel Tillis) |
| 28 Feb 1981 | Are You Happy, Baby (Dottie West) |
| 7 Mar 1981 | Do You Love as Good as You Look (The Bellamy Brothers) |
| 14 Mar 1981 | Guitar Man (Elvis Presley) |
| 21 Mar 1981 | Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (Willie Nelson) |
| 28 Mar 1981 | Texas Women (Hank Williams Jr,) |
| 4 Apr 1981 | Drifter (Sylvia) |
| 11 Apr 1981 | You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma (David Frizzell and Shelly West) |
| 18 Apr 1981 | Old Flame (Alabama) |
| 25 Apr 1981 | A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) (Mickey Gilley) |
| 2 May 1981 | Rest Your Love on Me (Conway Twitty) |
| 9 May 1981 | Am I Losing You (Ronnie Milsap) |
| 16 May 1981 | I Loved 'Em Every One (T.G. Sheppard) |
| 23 May 1981 | Seven Year Ache (Rosanne Cash) |
| 30 May 1981 | Elvira (The Oak Ridge Boys) |
| 06 Jun 1981 | Friends / Anywhere There's a Jukebox (Razzy Bailey) |
| 13 Jun 1981 | What Are We Doin' in Love (Dottie West with Kenny Rogers) |
| 20 Jun 1981 | But You Know I Love You (Dolly Partin) |
| 27 Jun 1981 | Blessed Are the Believers (Anne Murray) |
| 4 Jul 1981 | I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool (Barbara Mandrell) |
| 11 Jul 1981 | Fire and Smoke (Earl Thomas Conley) |
| 18 Jul 1981 | Feels So Right (Alabama) |
| 25 Jul 1981 | Feels So Right (Alabama) |
| 1 Aug 1981 | Dixie on My Mind (Hank Williams) |
| 8 Aug 1981 | Too Many Lovers (Not Enough Love) (Crystal Gayle) |
| 15 Aug 1981 | I Don't Need You (Kenny Rogers) |
| 22 Aug 1981 | I Don't Need You (Kenny Rogers) |
| 29 Aug 1981 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me (Ronnie Milsap) |
| 5 Sep 1981 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me (Ronnie Milsap) |
| 12 Sep 1981 | Older Women (Ronnie McDowell) |
| 19 Sep 1981 | You Don't Know Me (Mickey Gilley) |
| 26 Sep 1981 | Tight Fittin' Jeans (Conway Twitty) |
| 3 Oct 1981 | Midnight Hauler (Razzy Bailey) |
| 10 Oct 1981 | Party Time (T.G. Sheppard) |
| 17 Oct 1981 | Step by step (Eddie Rabbit) |
| 24 Oct 1981 | Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) (Charley Pride) |
| 31 Oct 1981 | Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) (Charley Pride) |
| 7 Nov 1981 | (I'm Settin') Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys) |
| 14 Nov 1981 | My Baby Thinks He's a Train (Rosanne Cash) |
| 21 Nov 1981 | All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) (Hank Williams, Jr.) |
| 28 Nov 1981 | My Favorite Memory (Merle Haggard) |
| 5 Dez 1981 | Bet Your Heart on Me (Johnny Lee) |
| 12 Dez 1981 | Still Doin' Time (George Jones) |
| 19 Dez 1981 | If I needed You All Roads Lead to You (Steve Wariner) |
| 26 Dez 1981 | Love in the First Degree (Alabama) |