| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending AUGUST 19, 1972 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
Jackie DeShannon (Atlantic 2871) | — | 1 |
| 102 | THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
Chi Coltrane (Columbia 45640) | 106 | 2 |
| 103 | GUESS WHO
B.B. King (ABC 11330) | 110 | 2 |
| 104 | HE’S AN INDIAN COWBOY IN THE RODEO
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard 35156) | 105 | 7 |
| 105 | SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
Bobby Womack & Peace
(United Artists 50946) | 117 | 2 |
| 106 | SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
Graham Nash & David Crosby (Atlantic 2892) | 101 | 4 |
| 107 | MELISSA
Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn 0007) | — | 1 |
| 108 | SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH ME
Austin Roberts (Chelsea 0101) | 111 | 5 |
| 109 | I WILL NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
Glen Campbell (Capitol 3411) | 115 | 3 |
| 110 | DELTA DAWN
Tanya Tucker (Columbia 45588) | 107 | 5 |
| 111 | RITA
Arthur Conley (Capricorn 0006) | — | 1 |
| 112 | FROM THE BEGINNING
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion 44158) | — | 1 |
| 113 | LUTHER THE ANTHROPOID (Ape Man)
Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 74-0763) | 130 | 2 |
| 114 | (It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
Four Tops (Motown 1210) | — | 1 |
| 115 | THE BIG PARADE
Michael Allen (Lion 120) | 121 | 2 |
| 116 | LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
J.R. Bailey (Toy 3801) | 109 | 13 |
| 117 | I ONLY MEANT TO WET MY FEET
Whispers (Janus 184) | 113 | 12 |
| 118 | TOUCHING ME
Ovations (MGM/Sounds Of Memphis 708) | 116 | 5 |
| 119 | GET IT ALL
Mandrill (Polydor 14142) | — | 1 |
| 120 | I.O.I.O.
Butch Patrick (Metromedia 251) | 119 | 5 |
| 121 | BEST THING
Styx (Wooden Nickel 0106) | — | 1 |
| 122 | IS IT REALLY TRUE BOY—IS IT REALLY ME
Love Unlimited (Uni 55342) | 129 | 2 |
| 123 | BUZZY BROWN
Tim Davis (Metromedia 253) | 127 | 3 |
| 124 | WHAT ARE HEAVY?
Cy Coleman Co-Op (London 173) | 122 | 5 |
| 125 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
Johnny Nash (Epic 10902) | — | 1 |
| 126 | TAKE ME BAK ’OME
Slade (Polydor 15046) | — | 1 |
| 127 | THEN AGAIN MAYBE
Gary Lewis (Scepter 12359) | — | 1 |
| 128 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros. 7619) | — | 1 |
| 129 | SPECIAL SOMEONE
Heywoods (Family 0911) | — | 1 |
| 130 | MacARTHUR PARK
Andy Williams (Columbia 45647) | 114 | 3 |