CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending MAY 27, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1I’LL TAKE YOU THERE
    Staple Singers (Stax 0125)
  1  3  8  9
  2OH GIRL
    Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55471)
  4  811  8
  3LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME
    Al Green (Hi 2211)
  3  4  710
  4THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
    Roberta Flack (Atlantic 2864)
  2  1  113
  5THE CANDY MAN
    Sammy Davis Jr. (MGM 14320)
15283511
  6LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1199)
  91621  6
  7HOT ROD LINCOLN
    Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0146)
  8171910
  8ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD
    Paul Simon (Columbia 45585)
  71012  9
  9WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE
    Love Unlimited (Uni 55319)
16192611
10BACK OFF BOOGALOO
    Ringo Starr (Apple 1849)
10141610
11TUMBLING DICE
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19103)
192632  6
12SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS
    War (United Artists 50867)
13131423
13MORNING HAS BROKEN
    Cat Stevens (A&M 1335)
18232710
14DOCTOR MY EYES
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 11004)
12151712
15SYLVIA’S MOTHER
    Dr. Hook & Medicine Show (Columbia 45562)
23303810
16SONG SUNG BLUE
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55326)
263449  5
17(Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,195)
21242810
18IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
    Carpenters (A&M 1351)
222541  5
19NICE TO BE WITH YOU
    Gallery (Sussex 232)
24273313
20ROCKIN’ ROBIN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1197)
  5  2  213
21TAXI
    Harry Chapin (Elektra 45770)
20212513
22I SAW THE LIGHT
    Todd Rundgren (Bearsville 0003)
283745  9
23VINCENT
    Don McLean (United Artists 50887)
11111311
24I GOTCHA
    Joe Tex (Dial 1010)
  6  5  318
25LOVE THEME FROM “THE GODFATHER” (Speak Softly Love)
    Andy Williams (Columbia 45579)
303343  8
26SMILIN’
    Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10850)
293544  7
27YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A LADY
    April Wine (Big Tree 133)
27293011
28ISN’T LIFE STRANGE
    Moody Blues (Threshold 67009)
323948  6
29DIARY
    Bread (Elektra 45784)
344251  6
30SOMEDAY NEVER COMES
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 676)
364353  5
31ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT
    Millie Jackson (Spring 123)
35414610
32I NEED YOU
    America (Warner Bros. 7580)
5367  3
33OUTA-SPACE
    Billy Preston (A&M 1320)
404963  6
34OLD MAN
    Neil Young (Reprise 1084)
394758  5
35SUAVECITO
    Malo (Warner Bros. 7559)
14121514
36ROCKET MAN
    Elton John (Uni 55328)
425366  5
37TROGLODYTE (Cave Man)
    Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 48-1029)
576998  4
38DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST
    Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
435060  7
39I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG
    Frederick Knight (Stax 0117)
455465  6
40THERE IT IS (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14125)
465574  5
41RUN RUN RUN
    Jo Jo Gunne (Asylum 11003)
31323411
42A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE
    Sonny & Cher (Kapp 2163)
17  7  615
43LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED
    Cher (Kapp 2171)
5675  3
44IMMIGRATION MAN
    Graham Nash & David Crosby (Atlantic 2873)
526281  4
45AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE
    Supremes (Motown 1200)
475678  5
46LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL
    Little Jimmy Osmond (MGM 14376)
485777  6
47I’M MOVIN’ ON
    John Kay (Dunhill 4309)
546575  7
48HOW CAN I BE SURE
    David Cassidy (Bell 45,220)
5874  3
49LIFE AND BREATH
    Climax (Rocky Road 30061)
516176  5
50LEAN ON ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 235)
597684  5
51BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW
    Stylistics (Avco 4591)
25  6  415
52WOMAN’S GOTTA HAVE IT
    Bobby Womack (United Artists 50902)
556068  6
53WALK IN THE NIGHT
    Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35095)
505255  9
54I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1202)
71  2
55HEARSAY
    Soul Children (Stax 0119)
33222310
56AMAZING GRACE
    Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RCA Victor 74-0709)
6477  3
57IT DOESN’T MATTER
    Stephen Stills (Atlantic 2876)
6271  3
58YOU’RE THE MAN (pt. 1)
    Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54221)
6981  3
59HOT ’N’ NASTY
    Humble Pie (A&M 1349)
687996  5
60SUPERWOMAN (Where Were You When I Needed You)
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54216)
73  2
61THE YOUNG NEW MEXICAN PUPPETEER
    Tom Jones (Parrot 40070)
667083  4
62HOW DO YOU DO?
    Mouth & MacNeal (Philips 40715)
757885  5
63YOU SAID A BAD WORD
    Joe Tex (Dial 1012)
80  2
64POWDER BLUE MERCEDES QUEEN
    Raiders (Columbia 45601)
7788  3
65WE’RE FREE
    Beverly Bremers (Scepter 12348)
656673  6
66CAT’S EYE IN THE WINDOW
    Tommy James (Roulette 7126)
7080  3
67(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
85  2
68I GOT SOME HELP I DON’T NEED
    B.B. King (ABC 11321)
727379  6
69TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50910)
87  2
70AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One)
    Isaac Hayes & David Porter (Enterprise 9049)
676872  5
71DAY BY DAY
    Godspell (Bell 45,210)
8999  3
72I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
    Jerry Butler (Mercury 73290)
7887  3
73AN AMERICAN TRILOGY
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 74-0672)
798492  4
74GUNS, GUNS, GUNS
    Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0708)
83  2
75FUNK FACTORY
    Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2878)
88  2
76PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND
    Stylistics (Avco 4595)
  1
77TO GET TO YOU
    Jerry Wallace (Decca 32914)
848990  6
78TAKE IT EASY
    Eagles (Asylum 11005)
96  2
79JUST AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME (pt. 1)
    Independents (Wand 11245)
869599  4
80RIDE, SALLY, RIDE
    Dennis Coffey (Sussex 237)
  1
81LAYLA
    Derek & Dominos (Atco 6809)
11
82RIP OFF
    Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7204)
  1
83SOME DAY I’LL BE A FARMER
    Melanie (Neighborhood 4204)
90  2
84LOVE THEME FROM “THE GODFATHER”
    Nino Rota (Paramount 0152)
919297  4
85CONQUISTADOR
    Procol Harum (A&M 1347)
  1
86PASS THE PEAS
    JB’s (People 607)
9297  3
87GIVING UP
    Donny Hathaway (Atco 6884)
93  2
88SCHOOL’S OUT
    Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7596)
  1
89I CAN’T TURN YOU LOOSE
    Edgar Winter’s White Trash (Epic 10855)
9596  3
90GONE
    Joey Heatherton (MGM 14387)
97  2
91WE’RE ON OUR WAY
    Chris Hodge (Apple 1850)
  1
92BEAUTIFUL
    Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 1088)
98  2
93KATE
    Johnny Cash & Tennessee Three (Columbia 45590)
  1
94BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
  1
95DARLING BE HOME SOON
    Association (Columbia 45602)
  1
96TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM
    Delfonics (Philly Groove 172)
  1
97HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME
    David T. Walker (Ode 66025)
100   2
98FRANCENE
    ZZ Top (London 179)
  1
99IT’S THE SAME OLD LOVE
    Courtship (Tamla 54217)
  1
100 AFTER MIDNIGHT
    J.J. Cale (Shelter 7321)
  1
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