| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending MAY 8, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
Johnny Winter (Columbia 45368) | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | IT’S SO HARD FOR ME TO SAY GOOD-BYE
Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54203) | — | 1 |
| 3 | HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN
Fortunes (Capitol 3086) | — | 1 |
| 4 | BE GOOD TO ME BABY
Luther Ingram (KoKo 2107) | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | MR. AND MRS. UNTRUE
Candi Staton (Fame 1478) | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | IT’S TOO LATE
Carole King (Ode ’70 66015) | — | 1 |
| 7 | SAILIN’
Jo Mama (Atlantic 2789) | 14 | 3 |
| 8 | THERE’S SO MUCH LOVE ALL AROUND ME
Three Degrees (Roulette 7102) | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | MARRIED TO A MEMORY
Judy Lynn (Amaret 131) | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
Roberta Flack (Atlantic 2785) | 18 | 2 |
| 11 | STOP YOUR CRYIN’
Chocolate Syrup (Avco Embassy 4567) | 23 | 2 |
| 12 | MUSIC IS LOVE
David Crosby (Atlantic 2792) | 19 | 2 |
| 13 | LIGHT AS A FEATHER
Redbone (Epic 10712) | 7 | 5 |
| 14 | AWAITING ON YOU ALL
Silver Hawk (Westbound 178) | — | 1 |
| 15 | IT’S TIME FOR LOVE
Dennis Yost & Classics IV (United Artists 50777) | 25 | 4 |
| 16 | I PLAY DIRTY
Little Milton (Checker 1239) | 12 | 7 |
| 17 | HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2754) | 15 | 4 |
| 18 | COME INTO MY LIFE (Lass Das Weinen Sein)
Al Martino (Capitol 3056) | 8 | 10 |
| 19 | AND I LOVE YOU SO
Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 50776) | — | 1 |
| 20 | I HEAR THOSE CHURCH BELLS RINGING
Dusk (Bell 990) | 28 | 2 |
| 21 | WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE
Neil Young (Reprise 0992) | 24 | 2 |
| 22 | IF I COULD
Gordon Lightfoot (United Artists 50765) | 16 | 5 |
| 23 | CREEPING AWAY
Swamp Dogg (Elektra 45721) | 17 | 3 |
| 24 | BROTHER
New Christy Minstrels (Gregar 0106) | 26 | 3 |
| 25 | SHE’S A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY
Dean Martin (Reprise 1004) | 30 | 2 |
| 26 | GET HIGH ON JESUS
U.S. Apple Corps (SSS Int’l 829) | 31 | 2 |
| 27 | HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Brook Benton with Dixie Flyers (Cotillion 44110) | 20 | 5 |
| 28 | I NEED YOU BABY
Jesse James (Zea 50003) | — | 2 |
| 29 | MY LITTLE ONE
Marmalade (London 20066) | — | 1 |
| 30 | MOZART SYMPHONY NO. 40 IN G MINOR K.550, 1ST MOVEMENT
Waldo De Los Rios (United Artists 50772) | — | 1 |