| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending DECEMBER 11, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | SCRATCH MY BACK (And Mumble In My Ear)
Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2842) | — | 1 |
| 2 | KEEP PLAYIN’ THAT ROCK ’N’ ROLL
Edgar Winter’s White Trash (Epic 10788) | — | 4 |
| 3 | TELL MAMA
Savoy Brown (Parrot 40066) | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | KEEP ON KEEPING ON
N.F. Porter (Lizard 1010) | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | MOVIN’ ON (pt. 2)
Buckwheat (London 166) | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | BLACK DOG
Led Zeppelin (Atlantic 2849) | — | 1 |
| 7 | DON’T PULL YOUR LOVE
Sam & Dave (Atlantic 2839) | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT MY GOOD THING (pt. 1)
Little Johnny Taylor (Ronn 55) | — | 1 |
| 9 | HOW CAN I PRETEND
Continental 4 (Jay-Walking 013) | 17 | 3 |
| 10 | LOOK WHAT WE’VE DONE TO LOVE
Glass House (Invictus 9097) | 14 | 5 |
| 11 | DON’T TURN AROUND
Black Ivory (Today 1501) | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | DO THE FUNKY PENGUIN (pt. 1)
Rufus Thomas (Stax 0112) | — | 1 |
| 13 | REALLY WANTED YOU
Emitt Rhodes (Dunhill 4295) | 16 | 2 |
| 14 | HOPE
Mason Proffit (Ampex 11048) | 19 | 3 |
| 15 | UNDER MY WHEELS
Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7529) | — | 1 |
| 16 | WHAT’S GOING ON (pt. 1)
Quincy Jones (A&M 1316) | 23 | 2 |
| 17 | BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN
Carpenters (A&M 1289) | — | 1 |
| 18 | JOY
Apollo 100 (Mega 0050) | 22 | 2 |
| 19 | TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU
Bells (Polydor 15031) | — | 1 |
| 20 | OPEN THE DOOR (Song For Judith)
Judy Collins (Elektra 45755) | — | 1 |
| 21 | THE LOVE OF MY MAN
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12336) | 26 | 2 |
| 22 | PRECIOUS AND FEW
Climax (Carousel 30,055) | — | 1 |
| 23 | SPACE CAPTAIN
Barbra Streisand with Fanny (Columbia 45511) | — | 1 |
| 24 | ROCK LOVE
Steve Miller Band (Capitol 3228) | — | 1 |
| 25 | CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE YOU
Whispers (Janus 174) | — | 1 |
| 26 | A CHILD OF GOD (It’s Hard To Believe)
Millie Jackson (Spring 119) | 7 | 5 |
| 27 | THE LOVE YOU LEFT BEHIND
Syl Johnson (Hi 2201) | 8 | 4 |
| 28 | TURN YOUR RADIO ON
Ray Stevens (Barnaby 2048) | — | 5 |
| 29 | DANNY IS A MIRROR TO ME
Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 50846) | 21 | 4 |
| 30 | AIN’T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73255) | — | 1 |