| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending OCTOBER 7, 1972 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS
Grass Roots (Dunhill 4325) | — | 1 |
| 102 | MEAN LITTLE WOMAN, ROSALIE
Tommy Roe (MGM South 7001) | 103 | 4 |
| 103 | THE MOSQUITO
Doors (Elektra 45807) | — | 1 |
| 104 | (Win, Place Or Show) SHE’S A WINNER
Intruders (Gamble 4019) | 105 | 6 |
| 105 | OPERATOR (That’s Not The Way It Feels)
Jim Croce (ABC 11335) | — | 1 |
| 106 | I AIN’T NEVER SEEN A WHITE MAN
Wolfman Jack (Wooden Nickel 0108) | 107 | 5 |
| 107 | SINCERELY
Moonglows (RCA Victor 74-0759) | 101 | 3 |
| 108 | DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
New Seekers (Elektra 45805) | — | 1 |
| 109 | HEY LITTLE GIRL
Buckwheat (London 184) | 110 | 2 |
| 110 | SONG SELLER
Raiders (Columbia 45688) | 118 | 2 |
| 111 | WHAT AM I CRYING FOR?
Dennis Yost & Classics IV (MGM South 7002) | — | 1 |
| 112 | THE SLIDER
T. Rex (Warner Bros. 1122) | — | 1 |
| 113 | SUNNY DAYS
Lighthouse (Evolution 1069) | 126 | 2 |
| 114 | S.T.O.P. (Stop)
Lorelei (Columbia 45629) | 116 | 2 |
| 115 | SEA SIDE SHUFFLE
Terry Dactyl & Dinosaurs (UK 49003) | 119 | 3 |
| 116 | GOOD TIMES
Kool & Gang (De-Lite 552) | 117 | 2 |
| 117 | THERE’S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN
Rance Allen Group (Gospel Truth 1204) | 121 | 3 |
| 118 | SO FAR AWAY
Crusaders (Blue Thumb 217) | — | 1 |
| 119 | I JUST WANT TO BE THERE
Independents (Wand 11249) | 120 | 3 |
| 120 | DINAH FLO
Boz Scaggs (Columbia 45670) | 123 | 4 |
| 121 | TROUBLE
Frederick Knight (Stax 0139) | — | 1 |
| 122 | ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA—BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU
Johnny Rivers (United Artists 50960) | — | 1 |
| 123 | LITTLE WILLY
Sweet (Bell 45,251) | 124 | 5 |
| 124 | (But I Could) REACH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMAN
Mancini & Fox (Event 210) | — | 1 |
| 125 | DETERIORATA
National Lampoon (Banana 218) | — | 1 |
| 126 | WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE ROSES
Sonny James (Columbia 45644) | 113 | 3 |
| 127 | GET IT ALL
Mandrill (Polydor 14142) | 125 | 8 |
| 128 | I KNOW
Wright’s Wonderwheel (A&M 1344) | — | 1 |
| 129 | HARD LIFE, HARD TIMES (Prisoners)
John Denver (RCA Victor 74-0801) | — | 1 |
| 130 | BROWN GIRL
Exuma (Kama Sutra 557) | — | 1 |