| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending DECEMBER 4, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | DON’T PULL YOUR LOVE
Sam & Dave (Atlantic 2839) | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | AFTER ALL THIS TIME
Merry Clayton (Ode 66020) | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | TELL MAMA
Savoy Brown (Parrot 40066) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | DON’T TURN AROUND
Black Ivory (Today 1501) | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | MOVIN’ ON (pt. 2)
Buckwheat (London 166) | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | KEEP ON KEEPING ON
N.F. Porter (Lizard 1010) | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | A CHILD OF GOD (It’s Hard To Believe)
Millie Jackson (Spring 119) | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | THE LOVE YOU LEFT BEHIND
Syl Johnson (Hi 2201) | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | MONDAY MAN
Mike Curb Congregation (Verve 10666) | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | TAKE IT SLOW (Out In The Country)
Lighthouse (Evolution 1052) | — | 1 |
| 11 | NUMBER WONDERFUL
Rock Flowers (Wheel 0032) | 14 | 3 |
| 12 | LONG TIME TO BE ALONE
New Colony Six (Sunlight 1004) | — | 1 |
| 13 | LOST SON
Frijid Pink (Parrot 360) | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | LOOK WHAT WE’VE DONE TO LOVE
Glass House (Invictus 9097) | 18 | 4 |
| 15 | DON’T SAY YOU DON’T REMEMBER
Beverly Bremers (Scepter 12315) | — | 1 |
| 16 | REALLY WANTED YOU
Emitt Rhodes (Dunhill 4295) | — | 1 |
| 17 | HOW CAN I PRETEND
Continental 4 (Jay-Walking 013) | 21 | 2 |
| 18 | CAROLYN
Merle Haggard & Strangers (Capitol 3222) | — | 1 |
| 19 | HOPE
Mason Proffit (Ampex 11048) | 22 | 2 |
| 20 | ROSES AND THORNS
Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation 79) | 15 | 5 |
| 21 | DANNY IS A MIRROR TO ME
Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 50846) | 19 | 3 |
| 22 | JOY
Apollo 100 (Mega 0050) | — | 1 |
| 23 | WHAT’S GOING ON (pt. 1)
Quincy Jones (A&M 1316) | — | 1 |
| 24 | NO SAD SONG
Helen Reddy (Capitol 3231) | — | 1 |
| 25 | SO MANY PEOPLE
Chase (Epic 10806) | — | 1 |
| 26 | THE LOVE OF MY MAN
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12336) | — | 1 |