| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 4, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | AMANDA
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12326) | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | YOU’VE GOT TO CRAWL (Before You Walk)
8th Day (Invictus 9098) | — | 1 |
| 3 | KEEP ME
Originals (Soul 35085) | — | 1 |
| 4 | CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
Morning Mist (Event 206) | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
Chase (Epic 10775) | 25 | 2 |
| 6 | THAT’S THE WAY A WOMAN IS
Messengers (Rare Earth 5032) | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | THEM CHANGES
Buddy Miles (Mercury 73228) | 10 | 13 |
| 8 | A SONG FOR YOU
Jaye P. Morgan (Beverly Hills 9367) | 17 | 2 |
| 9 | ONE TIN SOLDIER (The Legend Of Billy Jack)
Coven (Warner Bros. 7509) | — | 1 |
| 10 | GOTTA’ GET OVER THE HUMP
Simtec & Wylie (Mister Chand 8005) | 21 | 3 |
| 11 | YOU SEND ME
Ponderosa Twins + One (Horoscope 102) | — | 1 |
| 12 | ONE FINE MORNING
Lighthouse (Evolution 1048) | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL
Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6829) | 20 | 2 |
| 14 | CALIFORNIA KID AND REEMO
Lobo (Big Tree 119) | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | ZOO DE ZOO ZONG
Twiggy & Friends (Bell 115) | 28 | 2 |
| 16 | TAKE YOU WHERE THE MUSIC’S PLAYING
Dallas (Marina 501) | — | 1 |
| 17 | IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
Stoney & Meatloaf (Rare Earth 5033) | 22 | 5 |
| 18 | BREEZIN’
Gabor Szabo/Bobby Womack (Blue Thumb 200) | 12 | 10 |
| 19 | I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE
Nolan (Lizard 1008) | 23 | 10 |
| 20 | THE SONG IS LOVE
Mary Travers (Warner Bros. 7517) | 30 | 2 |
| 21 | THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED
Tom T. Hall (Mercury 73221) | — | 1 |