| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending DECEMBER 16, 1972 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | I NEVER SAID GOODBYE
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40072) | 110 | 2 |
| 102 | AFRICA
Thundermug (Big Tree 154) | 106 | 3 |
| 103 | OH NO, NOT MY BABY
Merry Clayton (Ode 66030) | 104 | 3 |
| 104 | ONE WAY OUT
Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn 0014) | 103 | 5 |
| 105 | JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT
Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros. 7661) | — | 1 |
| 106 | LAST SONG
Edward Bear (Capitol 3452) | — | 1 |
| 107 | I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU
Foghat (Bearsville 0008) | 108 | 4 |
| 108 | BECAUSE OF YOU (The Sun Don’t Set)
Kracker (Dunhill 4329) | 120 | 3 |
| 109 | LOVING YOU IS JUST AN OLD HABIT
Jim Weatherly (RCA Victor 74-0822) | — | 1 |
| 110 | LADY, PLAY YOUR SYMPHONY
Kenny Rogers & First Edition (Jolly Rogers 1001) | 118 | 3 |
| 111 | SLOW MOTION (pt. 1)
Johnny Williams (Philadelphia Int’l 3518) | 117 | 3 |
| 112 | SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
Whispers (Janus 200) | — | 1 |
| 113 | (I Got) SO MUCH TROUBLE IN MY MIND (pt. 1)
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul
(GSF 6879) | 109 | 4 |
| 114 | TEQUILA
Hot Butter (Musicor 1468) | — | 1 |
| 115 | THAT SAME OLD OBSESSION
Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 1128) | 121 | 2 |
| 116 | DO YA
Move (United Artists 50928) | 111 | 8 |
| 117 | DANNY’S SONG
Anne Murray (Capitol 3481) | — | 1 |