| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending JULY 22, 1972 | |||
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | SITTIN’ ON A TIME BOMB (Waitin’ For The Hurt To Come)
Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7205) | — | 1 |
| 102 | GOODBYE AGAIN John Denver (RCA Victor 74-0737) | — | 1 |
| 103 | BAD SIDE OF THE MOON April Wine (Big Tree 142) | 106 | 4 |
| 104 | COULD YOU PUT YOUR LIGHT ON, PLEASE Harry Chapin (Elektra 45792) | — | 1 |
| 105 | MY MAN, A SWEET MAN Millie Jackson (Spring 127) | — | 1 |
| 106 | BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR
Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0169) | — | 1 |
| 107 | HE’S AN INDIAN COWBOY IN THE RODEO Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard 35156) | 111 | 3 |
| 108 | LOVE, LOVE, LOVE J.R. Bailey (Toy 3801) | 112 | 9 |
| 109 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Heaven Bound With Tony Scotti (MGM 14412) | 103 | 3 |
| 110 | STORIES?? Chakachas (Avco 4596) | — | 1 |
| 111 | SAY WHAT I FEEL B.W. Stevenson (RCA Victor 74-0728) | 109 | 2 |
| 112 | STEPPIN’ Melanie (Neighborhood 4204) | — | 1 |
| 113 | THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston (Apple 1808) | 101 | 3 |
| 114 | MY DING-A-LING Chuck Berry (Chess 2131) | 113 | 2 |
| 115 | DELTA DAWN Tanya Tucker (Columbia 45588) | — | 1 |
| 116 | SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH ME Austin Roberts (Chelsea 0101) | — | 1 |
| 117 | SUMMER SUN Jamestown Massacre (Warner Bros. 7603) | 114 | 4 |
| 118 | IT’S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER Charley Pride (RCA Victor 74-0707) | — | 1 |
| 119 | THINK (About It) Lyn Collins (People 608) | 122 | 3 |
| 120 | MISTY BLUE Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 1508) | 123 | 3 |
| 121 | MY MIND KEEPS TELLING ME (That I Really Love You, Girl)
Eddie Holman (GSF 6873) | — | 1 |
| 122 | BABY, I’M FOR REAL Esther Phillips (Kudu 906) | 125 | 4 |
| 123 | GOOD FEELING TO KNOW Poco (Epic 10890) | — | 1 |
| 124 | WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON Travis Wammack (Fame 91001) | — | 1 |
| 125 | FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON Temptations (Gordy 7119) | 105 | 2 |
| 126 | SPEAK TO THE SKY Rick Springfield (Capitol 3340) | — | 1 |
| 127 | I ONLY MEANT TO WET MY FEET Whispers (Janus 184) | — | 8 |
| 128 | TOUCHING ME Ovations (MGM/Sounds Of Memphis 708) | — | 1 |
| 129 | WHAT ARE HEAVY? Cy Coleman Co-Op (London 173) | — | 1 |
| 130 | WALK ON BY Dells (Cadet 5691) | 102 | 2 |
| 131 | THERE’S A PARTY GOIN’ ON Jody Miller (Epic 10878) | — | 1 |
| 132 | ALABAMA WILD MAN Jerry Reed (RCA Victor 74-0738) | — | 1 |
| 133 | I.O.I.O. Butch Patrick (Metromedia 251) | — | 1 |
| 134 | COULDN’T I JUST TELL YOU Todd Rundgren (Bearsville 0007) | — | 1 |
| 135 | I’M LIVING A LIE Barbara Jean English (Alithia 6040) | — | 1 |
| 136 | A PIECE OF PAPER Gladstone (ABC 11327) | — | 1 |
| 137 | CIRCLES New Seekers (Elektra 45787) | — | 1 |
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