CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending JUNE 3, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1OH GIRL
    Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55471)
  2  4  8  9
  2THE CANDY MAN
    Sammy Davis Jr. (MGM 14320)
  5152812
  3LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME
    Al Green (Hi 2211)
  3  3  411
  4SYLVIA’S MOTHER
    Dr. Hook & Medicine Show (Columbia 45562)
15233011
  5LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1199)
  6  916  7
  6I’LL TAKE YOU THERE
    Staple Singers (Stax 0125)
  1  1  310
  7NICE TO BE WITH YOU
    Gallery (Sussex 232)
19242714
  8WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE
    Love Unlimited (Uni 55319)
  9161912
  9HOT ROD LINCOLN
    Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0146)
  7  81711
10TUMBLING DICE
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19103)
111926  7
11MORNING HAS BROKEN
    Cat Stevens (A&M 1335)
13182311
12SONG SUNG BLUE
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55326)
162634  6
13THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
    Roberta Flack (Atlantic 2864)
  4  2  114
14(Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,195)
17212411
15I SAW THE LIGHT
    Todd Rundgren (Bearsville 0003)
22283710
16SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS
    War (United Artists 50867)
12131324
17IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
    Carpenters (A&M 1351)
182225  6
18OUTA-SPACE
    Billy Preston (A&M 1320)
334049  7
19I NEED YOU
    America (Warner Bros. 7580)
325367  4
20DIARY
    Bread (Elektra 45784)
293442  7
21TAXI
    Harry Chapin (Elektra 45770)
21202114
22ISN’T LIFE STRANGE
    Moody Blues (Threshold 67009)
283239  7
23ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT
    Millie Jackson (Spring 123)
31354111
24LOVE THEME FROM “THE GODFATHER” (Speak Softly Love)
    Andy Williams (Columbia 45579)
253033  9
25SMILIN’
    Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10850)
262935  8
26TROGLODYTE (Cave Man)
    Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 48-1029)
375769  5
27SOMEDAY NEVER COMES
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 676)
303643  6
28OLD MAN
    Neil Young (Reprise 1084)
343947  6
29ROCKET MAN
    Elton John (Uni 55328)
364253  6
30ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOL YARD
    Paul Simon (Columbia 45585)
  8  71010
31DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST
    Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
384350  8
32I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG
    Frederick Knight (Stax 0117)
394554  7
33LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED
    Cher (Kapp 2171)
435675  4
34BACK OFF BOOGALOO
    Ringo Starr (Apple 1849)
10101411
35HOW CAN I BE SURE
    David Cassidy (Bell 45,220)
485874  4
36LEAN ON ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 235)
505976  6
37I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1202)
5471  3
38IMMIGRATION MAN
    Graham Nash & David Crosby (Atlantic 2873)
445262  5
39THERE IT IS (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14125)
404655  6
40DOCTOR MY EYES
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 11004)
14121513
41AMAZING GRACE
    Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RCA Victor 74-0709)
566477  4
42WOMAN’S GOTTA HAVE IT
    Bobby Womack (United Artists 50902)
525560  7
43AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE
    Supremes (Motown 1200)
454756  6
44LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL
    Little Jimmy Osmond (MGM 14376)
464857  7
45I’M MOVIN’ ON
    John Kay (Dunhill 4309)
475465  8
46LIFE AND BREATH
    Climax (Rocky Road 30061)
495161  6
47ROCKIN’ ROBIN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1197)
20  5  214
48I GOTCHA
    Joe Tex (Dial 1010)
24  6  519
49HOT ’N’ NASTY
    Humble Pie (A&M 1349)
596879  6
50SUPERWOMAN (Where Were You When I Needed You)
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54216)
6073  3
51YOU’RE THE MAN (pt. 1)
    Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54221)
586981  4
52IT DOESN’T MATTER
    Stephen Stills (Atlantic 2876)
576271  4
53HOW DO YOU DO?
    Mouth & MacNeal (Philips 40715)
627578  6
54YOU SAID A BAD WORD
    Joe Tex (Dial 1012)
6380  3
55POWDER BLUE MERCEDES QUEEN
    Raiders (Columbia 45601)
647788  4
56TAKE IT EASY
    Eagles (Asylum 11005)
7896  3
57(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
6785  3
58CAT’S EYE IN THE WINDOW
    Tommy James (Roulette 7126)
667080  4
59TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50910)
6987  3
60THE YOUNG NEW MEXICAN PUPPETEER
    Tom Jones (Parrot 40070)
616670  5
61DAY BY DAY
    Godspell (Bell 45,210)
718999  4
62WALK IN THE NIGHT
    Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35095)
53505210
63WE’RE FREE
    Beverly Bremers (Scepter 12348)
656566  7
64PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND
    Stylistics (Avco 4595)
76  2
65FUNK FACTORY
    Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2878)
7588  3
66WE’RE ON OUR WAY
    Chris Hodge (Apple 1850)
91  2
67I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
    Jerry Butler (Mercury 73290)
727887  4
68I GOT SOME HELP I DON’T NEED
    B.B. King (ABC 11321)
687273  7
69ALL THE KING’S HORSES
    Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2883)
  1
70GUNS, GUNS, GUNS
    Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0708)
7483  3
71RIDE, SALLY, RIDE
    Dennis Coffey (Sussex 237)
80  2
72RIP OFF
    Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7204)
82  2
73AN AMERICAN TRILOGY
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 74-0672)
737984  5
74TO GET TO YOU
    Jerry Wallace (Decca 32914)
778489  7
75CONQUISTADOR
    Procol Harum (A&M 1347)
85  2
76LAYLA
    Derek & Dominos (Atco 6809)
8112
77JUST AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME (pt. 1)
    Independents (Wand 11245)
798695  5
78SCHOOL’S OUT
    Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7596)
88  2
79SOME DAY I’LL BE A FARMER
    Melanie (Neighborhood 4204)
8390  3
80SEALED WITH A KISS
    Bobby Vinton (Epic 10861)
  1
81WE’VE COME TOO FAR TO END IT NOW
    Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54220)
  1
82PASS THE PEAS
    JB’s (People 607)
869297  4
83BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
94  2
84COCONUT
    Nilsson (RCA Victor 74-0718)
  1
85GONE
    Joey Heatherton (MGM 14387)
9097  3
86THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.
    Donna Fargo (Dot 17409)
  1
87LOVE THEME FROM “THE GODFATHER”
    Nino Rota (Paramount 0152)
849192  5
88BEAUTIFUL
    Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 1088)
9298  3
89KATE
    Johnny Cash & Tennessee Three (Columbia 45590)
93  2
90DARLING BE HOME SOON
    Association (Columbia 45602)
95  2
91TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM
    Delfonics (Philly Groove 172)
96  2
92AFTER MIDNIGHT
    J.J. Cale (Shelter 7321)
100   2
93WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD
    John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple 1848)
  1
94FRANCENE
    ZZ Top (London 179)
98  2
95HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
    Argent (Epic 10852)
  1
96IT’S THE SAME OLD LOVE
    Courtship (Tamla 54217)
99  2
97HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME
    David T. Walker (Ode 66025)
97100   3
98BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
    Daniel Boone (Mercury 73281)
  1
99GOTTA BE FUNKY
    Monk Higgins & Specialties (United Artists 50897)
  1
100 SCHOOL OF LIFE
    Tommy Tate (KoKo 2112)
  1
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