CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending SEPTEMBER 2, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1BRANDY (You’re A Fine Girl)
    Looking Glass (Epic 10874)
  2  2  213
  2ALONE AGAIN (Naturally)
    Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM 3619)
  1  1  112
  3I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2216)
  3  4  910
  4LONG COOL WOMAN (In A Black Dress)
    Hollies (Epic 10871)
  4  5  812
  5HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
    Argent (Epic 10852)
  6101414
  6BACK STABBERS
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3517)
  71924  9
  7GOODBYE TO LOVE
    Carpenters (A&M 1367)
  81217  9
  8THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.
    Donna Fargo (Dot 17409)
  9  91114
  9YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM
    Jim Croce (ABC 11328)
10111311
10ROCK AND ROLL (pt. 2)
    Gary Glitter (Bell 45,237)
111722  8
11BABY DON’T GET HOOKED ON ME
    Mac Davis (Columbia 45618)
13344010
12COCONUT
    Nilsson (RCA Victor 74-0718)
12182114
13BLACK AND WHITE
    Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4317)
182548  6
14THE GUITAR MAN
    Bread (Elektra 45803)
172330  7
15LOOKIN’ THROUGH THE WINDOWS
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1205)
151619  9
16(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
  5  3  316
17SATURDAY IN THE PARK
    Chicago (Columbia 45657)
273745  6
18POWER OF LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 128)
21273210
19MOTORCYCLE MAMA
    Sailcat (Elektra 45782)
20212311
20SEALED WITH A KISS
    Bobby Vinton (Epic 10861)
16141614
21BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
19202015
22BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
    Daniel Boone (Mercury 73281)
24293414
23RUN TO ME
    Bee Gees (Atco 6896)
263242  7
24YOU’RE STILL A YOUNG MAN
    Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
283338  9
25EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
324854  9
26GO ALL THE WAY
    Raspberries (Capitol 3348)
333843  9
27GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14139)
344449  6
28JOIN TOGETHER
    The Who (Decca 32983)
293539  8
29POP THAT THANG
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 935)
31363710
30HONKY CAT
    Elton John (Uni 55343)
354660  4
31POPCORN
    Hot Butter (Musicor 1458)
36424710
32HAPPY
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19104)
141518  9
33PLAY ME
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55346)
394961  4
34DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST
    Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
22  7  421
35SPEAK TO THE SKY
    Rick Springfield (Capitol 3340)
435470  6
36THIS WORLD
    Staple Singers (Stax 0137)
384551  7
37BEN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1207)
445565  5
38MY DING-A-LING
    Chuck Berry (Chess 2131)
455362  6
39STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
    Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
41434611
40PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
    Crusaders (Blue Thumb 208)
404144  9
41MY MAN, A SWEET MAN
    Millie Jackson (Spring 127)
475155  6
42SCHOOL’S OUT
    Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7596)
23  6  615
43EASY LIVIN’
    Uriah Heep (Mercury 73307)
495764  7
44BURNING LOVE
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 74-0769)
5671  3
45I BELIEVE IN MUSIC
    Gallery (Sussex 239)
515967  5
46BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
    Partridge Family (Bell 45,235)
25262910
47WHY
    Donny Osmond (MGM 14424)
606474  4
48ROCK ME ON THE WATER
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 11006)
526169  5
49AMERICA
    Yes (Atlantic 2899)
536271  5
50THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
    Arlo Guthrie (Reprise 1103)
587079  5
51YOU WEAR IT WELL
    Rod Stewart (Mercury 73330)
6172  3
52LOVE SONG
    Tommy James (Roulette 7130)
556063  6
53SMALL BEGINNINGS
    Flash (Capitol 3345)
30313513
54WHEN YOU SAY LOVE
    Sonny & Cher (Kapp 2176)
373031  9
55IF YOU LEAVE ME TONIGHT I’LL CRY
    Jerry Wallace (Decca 32989)
596368  7
56NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
    Moody Blues (Deram 85023)
687888  7
57ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART
    Trammps (Buddah 306)
57565912
58HOW DO YOU DO?
    Mouth & MacNeal (Philips 40715)
42  8  519
59FREDDIE’S DEAD (Theme From “Superfly”)
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1975)
6984  3
60USE ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 241)
7286  3
61GERONIMO’S CADILLAC
    Michael Murphey (A&M 1368)
657686  4
62I MISS YOU (pt. 1)
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l 3516)
46404111
63GARDEN PARTY
    Rick Nelson & Stone Canyon Band (Decca 32980)
758798  4
64IN THE QUIET MORNING
    Joan Baez (A&M 1362)
646772  7
65THINK (About It)
    Lyn Collins (People 608)
666876  4
66(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
    Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73301)
676978  7
67TIGHT ROPE
    Leon Russell (Shelter 7325)
7888  3
68DOWN BY THE RIVER
    Albert Hammond (Mums 6009)
707375  7
69GOOD TIME CHARLIE’S GOT THE BLUES
    Danny O’Keefe (Signpost 70006)
85  2
70TOAST TO THE FOOL
    Dramatics (Volt 4082)
747580  5
71A PIECE OF PAPER
    Gladstone (ABC 11327)
8190100   4
72WHERE IS THE LOVE
    Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2879)
4813  713
73YOUR WONDERFUL, SWEET SWEET LOVE
    Supremes (Motown 1206)
767983  5
74SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
    Bobby Womack & Peace (United Artists 50946)
84  2
75DON’T EVER BE LONELY (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50954)
  1
76JACKIE WILSON SAID (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
    Van Morrison (Warner Bros. 7616)
8699  3
77FROM THE BEGINNING
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion 44158)
88  2
78SUMMER SUN
    Jamestown Massacre (Warner Bros. 7603)
808284  6
79I’LL BE AROUND
    Spinners (Atlantic 2904)
  1
80IF I COULD REACH YOU
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,261)
  1
81WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Travis Wammack (Fame 91001)
838589  6
82WOMAN DON’T GO ASTRAY
    King Floyd (Chimneyville 443)
  1
83DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
    Temprees (We Produce 1808)
100   2
84THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
    Chi Coltrane (Columbia 45640)
  1
85LOVING YOU JUST CROSSED MY MIND
    Sam Neely (Capitol 3381)
909497  4
86IN TIME
    Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40071)
879192  4
87WITCHY WOMAN
    Eagles (Asylum 11008)
99  2
88I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
    Johnny Nash (Epic 10902)
96  2
89I WILL NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
    Glen Campbell (Capitol 3411)
  1
90LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
    Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros. 7619)
  1
91(It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
    Four Tops (Motown 1210)
91  2
92GUESS WHO
    B.B. King (ABC 11330)
94  2
93KEEP ON RUNNING
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54223)
  1
94FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER
    Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia 45663)
  1
95BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR
    Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0169)
939395  4
96ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
    Jackie DeShannon (Atlantic 2871)
98  2
97BUZZY BROWN
    Tim Davis (Metromedia 253)
  1
98FEEL ALRIGHT
    Cargoe (Ardent 2901)
9798  3
99MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
    Five Man Electrical Band (Lion 127)
  1
100 A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
    Lenny Welch (Atco 6894)
9597  3
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