| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 9, 1972 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | MIDNIGHT RIDER
Joe Cocker & Chris Stainton Band (A&M 1370) | — | 1 |
| 102 | HAPPINESS TRAIN
Sugar Bears (Big Tree 143) | 102 | 3 |
| 103 | BEST THING
Styx (Wooden Nickel 0106) | 105 | 4 |
| 104 | ONE MORE CHANCE
Ocean (Kama Sutra 556) | 106 | 2 |
| 105 | GET IT ALL
Mandrill (Polydor 14142) | 107 | 4 |
| 106 | I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU
Sammi Smith (Mega 0079) | 108 | 3 |
| 107 | AMERICAN CITY SUITE
Cashman & West (Dunhill 4324) | — | 1 |
| 108 | GUILTY
Al Green (Bell 45,258) | — | 1 |
| 109 | (Win, Place Or Show) SHE’S A WINNER
Intruders (Gamble 4019) | 124 | 2 |
| 110 | TAKE ME BAK ’OME
Slade (Polydor 15046) | 109 | 4 |
| 111 | COLORADO
Danny Holien (Tumbleweed 1004) | — | 1 |
| 112 | RITA
Arthur Conley (Capricorn 0006) | 112 | 4 |
| 113 | SPECIAL SOMEONE
Heywoods (Family 0911) | 115 | 4 |
| 114 | MELISSA
Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn 0007) | 103 | 4 |
| 115 | ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Manhattans (DeLuxe 139) | 127 | 2 |
| 116 | DON’T ASK ME WHY
Alzo (Bell 45,247) | 122 | 3 |
| 117 | LET IT RAIN
Eric Clapton (Polydor 15049) | — | 1 |
| 118 | I AIN’T NEVER SEEN A WHITE MAN
Wolfman Jack (Wooden Nickel 0108) | — | 1 |
| 119 | LITTLE WILLY
Sweet (Bell 45,251) | — | 1 |
| 120 | SLOW MOTION (pt. 1)
Johnny Williams (Philadelphia Int’l 3518) | — | 1 |
| 121 | WE CAN MAKE IT TOGETHER
Steve & Eydie & Osmonds (MGM 14383) | 123 | 2 |
| 122 | HOW COULD I LET YOU GET AWAY
Spinners (Atlantic 2904) | 119 | 2 |
| 123 | WHO IS THE LEADER OF THE PEOPLE
Edwin Starr (Soul 35100) | — | 1 |
| 124 | BOUNCE IN YOUR BUGGY
Sha Na Na (Kama Sutra 555) | — | 1 |
| 125 | THEN AGAIN MAYBE
Gary Lewis (Scepter 12359) | 110 | 4 |
| 126 | I GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABY
Billy Lee Riley (Entrance 7508) | — | 1 |