| CASH BOX Singles Looking Ahead |
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 11, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | BEND ME, SHAPE ME
Storm (Sunflower 113) | | 1 |
| 2 | CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
Morning Mist (Event 206) | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | AMANDA
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12326) | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | I KNOW IM IN LOVE
Chee-Chee & Peppy (Buddah 225) | | 1 |
| 5 | THEM CHANGES
Buddy Miles (Mercury 73228) | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | YOU SEND ME
Ponderosa Twins + One (Horoscope 102) | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | KEEP ME
Originals (Soul 35085) | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | GOTTA GET OVER THE HUMP
Simtec & Wylie (Mister Chand 8005) | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | CHARITY BALL
Fanny (Reprise 1033) | | 1 |
| 10 | A SONG FOR YOU
Jaye P. Morgan (Beverly Hills 9367) | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | ZOO DE ZOO ZONG
Twiggy & Friends (Bell 115) | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | DAY BY DAY (Godspell Medley)
Holly Sherwood (Carousel 30,057) | | 1 |
| 13 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL
Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6829) | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | TAKE YOU WHERE THE MUSICS PLAYING
Dallas (Marina 501) | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | SOME OF SHELLYS BLUES
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (United Artists 50817) | | 1 |
| 16 | ITS FOR YOU
Springwell (Parrot 359) | | 1 |
| 17 | I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE
Nolan (Lizard 1008) | 19 | 11 |
| 18 | THE SONG IS LOVE
Mary Travers (Warner Bros. 7517) | 20 | 3 |
| 19 | A LONG TIME, A LONG WAY TO GO
RuntTodd Rundgren (Ampex 31004) | | 2 |
| 20 | SMACKWATER JACK
Carole King (Ode 66019) | | 1 |