| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 2, 1972 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH ME
Austin Roberts (Chelsea 0101) | 105 | 7 |
| 102 | HAPPINESS TRAIN
Sugar Bears (Big Tree 143) | 104 | 2 |
| 103 | MELISSA
Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn 0007) | 103 | 3 |
| 104 | IT’S TOO LATE
Bill Deal & Rhondels (Buddah 318) | 106 | 4 |
| 105 | BEST THING
Styx (Wooden Nickel 0106) | 112 | 3 |
| 106 | ONE MORE CHANCE
Ocean (Kama Sutra 556) | — | 1 |
| 107 | GET IT ALL
Mandrill (Polydor 14142) | 110 | 3 |
| 108 | I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU
Sammi Smith (Mega 0079) | 126 | 2 |
| 109 | TAKE ME BAK ’OME
Slade (Polydor 15046) | 111 | 3 |
| 110 | THEN AGAIN MAYBE
Gary Lewis (Scepter 12359) | 118 | 3 |
| 111 | THE BIG PARADE
Michael Allen (Lion 120) | 114 | 4 |
| 112 | RITA
Arthur Conley (Capricorn 0006) | 108 | 3 |
| 113 | HE’S AN INDIAN COWBOY IN THE RODEO
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard 35156) | 107 | 9 |
| 114 | I.O.I.O.
Butch Patrick (Metromedia 251) | 115 | 7 |
| 115 | SPECIAL SOMEONE
Heywoods (Family 0911) | 125 | 3 |
| 116 | LADY ELEANOR
Lindisfarne (Elektra 45799) | 123 | 2 |
| 117 | MacARTHUR PARK
Andy Williams (Columbia 45647) | 121 | 5 |
| 118 | SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
Graham Nash & David Crosby (Atlantic 2892) | 109 | 6 |
| 119 | HOW COULD I LET YOU GET AWAY
Spinners (Atlantic 2904) | — | 1 |
| 120 | I AM WOMAN
Helen Reddy (Capitol 3350) | — | 5 |
| 121 | LUTHER THE ANTHROPOID (Ape Man)
Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 74-0763) | 113 | 4 |
| 122 | DON’T ASK ME WHY
Alzo (Bell 45,247) | 127 | 2 |
| 123 | WE CAN MAKE IT TOGETHER
Steve & Eydie & Osmonds (MGM 14383) | — | 1 |
| 124 | (Win, Place Or Show) SHE’S A WINNER
Intruders (Gamble 4019) | — | 1 |
| 125 | IS IT REALLY TRUE BOY—IS IT REALLY ME
Love Unlimited (Uni 55342) | 124 | 4 |
| 126 | (If You’re Gonna) BREAK ANOTHER HEART
Cass Elliot (RCA Victor 74-0764) | — | 1 |
| 127 | ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Manhattans (DeLuxe 139) | — | 1 |