Hot Country Singles Number Ones Of 1988
From January 2 through January 9
Highway 101 – Somewhere Tonight
From January 9 through January 16
Exile – I Can’t Get Close Enough
From January 16 through January 23
Dan Seals – One Friend
From January 23 through January 30
Ronnie Milsap – Where Do the Nights Go
From January 30 through February 6
Kathy Mattea – Goin’ Gone
From February 6 through February 13
Restless Heart – Wheels
From February 13 through February 20
Rosanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box
From February 20 through February 27
Merle Haggard – Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
From February 27 through March 5
Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet – I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love
From March 5 through March 12
Alabama – Face to Face
From March 12 through March 19
Randy Travis – Too Gone Too Long
From March 19 through March 26
Ricky Van Shelton – Life Turned Her That Way
From March 26 through April 2
The Judds – Turn It Loose
From April 2 through April 9
Reba McEntire – Love Will Find Its Way to You
From April 9 through April 16
George Strait – Famous Last Words of a Fool
From April 16 through April 23
Eddie Rabbitt – I Wanna Dance with You
From April 23 through April 30
K. T. Oslin – I’ll Always Come Back
From April 30 through May 7
Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash – It’s Such a Small World
From May 7 through May 14
Highway 101 – Cry, Cry, Cry
From May 14 through May 21
Eddy Raven – I’m Gonna Get You
From May 21 through June 4
Kathy Mattea – Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
From June 4 through June 11
Earl Thomas Conley – What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)
From June 11 through June 25
Randy Travis – I Told You So
From June 25 through July 2
The Desert Rose Band – He’s Back and I’m Blue
From July 2 through July 9
Tanya Tucker – If It Don’t Come Easy
From July 9 through July 16
Alabama – Fallin’ Again
From July 16 through July 23
Rosanne Cash – If You Change Your Mind
From July 23 through July 30
Vern Gosdin – Set ‘Em Up Joe
From July 30 through August 6
Ricky Van Shelton – Don’t We All Have the Right
From August 6 through August 13
George Strait – Baby Blue
From August 13 through August 20
Keith Whitley – Don’t Close Your Eyes
From August 20 through August 27
Restless Heart – Bluest Eyes in Texas
From August 27 through September 3
Eddie Rabbitt – The Wanderer
From September 3 through September 10
Rodney Crowell – I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried
From September 10 through September 17
Highway 101 – (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes
From September 17 through September 24
Eddy Raven – Joe Knows How to Live
From September 24 through October 1
Dan Seals – Addicted
From October 1 through October 8
Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris – We Believe in Happy Endings
From October 8 through October 15
Randy Travis – Honky Tonk Moon
From October 15 through October 22
Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens – Streets of Bakersfield
From October 22 through October 29
Tanya Tucker – Strong Enough to Bend
From October 29 through November 5
The Oak Ridge Boys – Gonna Take a Lot of River
From November 5 through November 12
T. Graham Brown – Darlene
From November 12 through November 19
Rosanne Cash – Runaway Train
From November 19 through December 3
Ricky Van Shelton – I’ll Leave This World Loving You
From December 3 through December 10
Reba McEntire – I Know How He Feels
From December 10 through December 17
George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)
From December 17 through December 24
Restless Heart – A Tender Lie
December 24
Keith Whitley – When You Say Nothing at All
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