page_title: List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1968
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1968 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken by David E. Buckmaster February 4, 1973 Lansing Civic Center Also on stage during that performance: "The Homesteaders" There is no model release on file.
context_page_description: Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1968, 24 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.
  At the start of the year the number-one single was "For Loving You" by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard, its third week in the top spot. It remained at number one until the issue dated January 20, when it was replaced by Merle Haggard's single "Sing Me Back Home". Haggard spent the highest number of weeks at number one in 1968, topping the chart for a total of eight weeks with "Sing Me Back Home", "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" and "Mama Tried". He was one of three artists to take three different singles to number one during the year, the most by any act. Sonny James reached number one with "A World of Our Own", "Heaven Says Hello" and "Born To Be With You", and Tammy Wynette topped the chart with "Take Me to Your World", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand by Your Man".
caption: Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA" also topped the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to inspire a film and a TV show.
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