| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending MAY 1, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | BAD WATER
Raeletts (Tangerine 1014) | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | I’LL ERASE AWAY YOUR PAIN
Whatnauts (Stang 5023) | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | SPINNING AROUND (I Must Be Falling In Love)
Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0456) | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | BE GOOD TO ME BABY
Luther Ingram (KoKo 2107) | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | TRY SOME, BUY SOME
Ronnie Spector (Apple 1832) | — | 1 |
| 6 | JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
Johnny Winter (Columbia 45368) | — | 1 |
| 7 | LIGHT AS A FEATHER
Redbone (Epic 10712) | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | COME INTO MY LIFE (Lass Das Weinen Sein)
Al Martino (Capitol 3056) | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | MARRIED TO A MEMORY
Judy Lynn (Amaret 131) | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | THE TROUBLEMAKER
Della Reese (Avco Embassy 4566) | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | MR. AND MRS. UNTRUE
Candi Staton (Fame 1478) | 15 | 2 |
| 12 | I PLAY DIRTY
Little Milton (Checker 1239) | 9 | 6 |
| 13 | THERE’S SO MUCH LOVE ALL AROUND ME
Three Degrees (Roulette 7102) | 29 | 2 |
| 14 | SAILIN’
Jo Mama (Atlantic 2789) | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2754) | 16 | 3 |
| 16 | IF I COULD
Gordon Lightfoot (United Artists 50765) | 12 | 4 |
| 17 | CREEPING AWAY
Swamp Dogg (Elektra 45721) | 23 | 2 |
| 18 | DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
Roberta Flack (Atlantic 2785) | — | 1 |
| 19 | MUSIC IS LOVE
David Crosby (Atlantic 2792) | — | 1 |
| 20 | HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Brook Benton with Dixie Flyers (Cotillion 44110) | 26 | 4 |
| 21 | A CHILD IS COMING
Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship (RCA Victor 74-0426) | 27 | 3 |
| 22 | SHE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN
8th Day (Invictus 9087) | — | 1 |
| 23 | STOP YOUR CRYIN’
Chocolate Syrup (Avco Embassy 4567) | — | 1 |
| 24 | WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE
Neil Young (Reprise 0992) | — | 1 |
| 25 | IT’S TIME FOR LOVE
Dennis Yost & Classics IV (United Artists 50777) | 22 | 3 |
| 26 | BROTHER
New Christy Minstrels (Gregar 0106) | 28 | 2 |
| 27 | COURT ROOM
Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2801) | — | 1 |
| 28 | I HEAR THOSE CHURCH BELLS RINGING
Dusk (Bell 990) | — | 1 |
| 29 | L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Susan Raye (Capitol 3035) | — | 1 |
| 30 | SHE’S A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY
Dean Martin (Reprise 1004) | — | 1 |
| 31 | GET HIGH ON JESUS
U.S. Apple Corps (SSS Int’l 829) | — | 1 |