| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending OCTOBER 9, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | DESIDERATA
Les Crane (Warner Bros. 7520) | — | 1 |
| 2 | I’M AN EASY RIDER
My Friends (Rare Earth 5036) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | GIMME SOME LOVIN’ (pt. 1)
Traffic, Etc. (United Artists 50841) | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | SOLO
Billie Sans (Invictus 9102) | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | I CAN’T GIVE BACK THE LOVE I FEEL FOR YOU
Vikki Carr (Columbia 45454) | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | MOTHER
Barbra Streisand (Columbia 45471) | — | 1 |
| 7 | YOU THINK YOU’RE HOT STUFF
Jean Knight (Stax 0105) | — | 1 |
| 8 | OLENA
Don Nix (Elektra 45746) | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | CHANGES (pt. 1)
King Curtis (Atco 6834) | — | 1 |
| 10 | LIFE IS A CARNIVAL
The Band (Capitol 3199) | — | 1 |
| 11 | GIRL, I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU
Cherokee (Dunhill 11304) | 17 | 3 |
| 12 | FUNKY RUBBER BAND
Popcorn Wylie (Soul 35087) | — | 1 |
| 13 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL
Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6829) | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | I REALLY LOVE YOU
Davy Jones (Bell 45,136) | — | 1 |
| 15 | DESDEMONA
Searchers (RCA Victor 74-0484) | 20 | 2 |
| 16 | SAUNDERS’ FERRY LINE
Sammi Smith (Mega 0039) | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
Road Home (Dunhill 4285) | 19 | 3 |
| 18 | THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE
Bad Habits (Paula 353) | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | IT’S IMPOSSIBLE
New Birth (RCA Victor 74-0520) | — | 1 |
| 20 | THEME FROM “SUMMER OF ’42”
Peter Nero (Columbia 45399) | — | 1 |