CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending SEPTEMBER 9, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2216)
  3  3  411
  2LONG COOL WOMAN (In A Black Dress)
    Hollies (Epic 10871)
  4  4  513
  3ALONE AGAIN (Naturally)
    Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM 3619)
  2  1  113
  4BACK STABBERS
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3517)
  6  71910
  5BRANDY (You’re A Fine Girl)
    Looking Glass (Epic 10874)
  1  2  214
  6HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
    Argent (Epic 10852)
  5  61015
  7YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM
    Jim Croce (ABC 11328)
  9101112
  8ROCK AND ROLL (pt. 2)
    Gary Glitter (Bell 45,237)
101117  9
  9BABY DON’T GET HOOKED ON ME
    Mac Davis (Columbia 45618)
11133411
10BLACK AND WHITE
    Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4317)
131825  7
11THE GUITAR MAN
    Bread (Elektra 45803)
141723  8
12SATURDAY IN THE PARK
    Chicago (Columbia 45657)
172737  7
13GOODBYE TO LOVE
    Carpenters (A&M 1367)
  7  81210
14EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
25324810
15POWER OF LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 128)
18212711
16THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.
    Donna Fargo (Dot 17409)
  8  9  915
17RUN TO ME
    Bee Gees (Atco 6896)
232632  8
18COCONUT
    Nilsson (RCA Victor 74-0718)
12121815
19GO ALL THE WAY
    Raspberries (Capitol 3348)
26333810
20BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
    Daniel Boone (Mercury 73281)
22242915
21GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14139)
273444  7
22YOU’RE STILL A YOUNG MAN
    Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
24283310
23HONKY CAT
    Elton John (Uni 55343)
303546  5
24MY DING-A-LING
    Chuck Berry (Chess 2131)
384553  7
25POPCORN
    Hot Butter (Musicor 1458)
31364211
26PLAY ME
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55346)
333949  5
27POP THAT THANG
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 935)
29313611
28JOIN TOGETHER
    The Who (Decca 32983)
282935  9
29SPEAK TO THE SKY
    Rick Springfield (Capitol 3340)
354354  7
30BEN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1207)
374455  6
31BURNING LOVE
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 74-0769)
445671  4
32STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
    Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
39414312
33WHY
    Donny Osmond (MGM 14424)
476064  5
34EASY LIVIN’
    Uriah Heep (Mercury 73307)
434957  8
35MOTORCYCLE MAMA
    Sailcat (Elektra 45782)
19202112
36MY MAN, A SWEET MAN
    Millie Jackson (Spring 127)
414751  7
37YOU WEAR IT WELL
    Rod Stewart (Mercury 73330)
516172  4
38LOOKIN’ THROUGH THE WINDOWS
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1205)
15151610
39I BELIEVE IN MUSIC
    Gallery (Sussex 239)
455159  6
40THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
    Arlo Guthrie (Reprise 1103)
505870  6
41BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
21192016
42(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
16  5  317
43THIS WORLD
    Staple Singers (Stax 0137)
363845  8
44AMERICA
    Yes (Atlantic 2899)
495362  6
45ROCK ME ON THE WATER
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 11006)
485261  6
46NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
    Moody Blues (Deram 85023)
566878  8
47SEALED WITH A KISS
    Bobby Vinton (Epic 10861)
20161415
48IF YOU LEAVE ME TONIGHT I’LL CRY
    Jerry Wallace (Decca 32989)
555963  8
49USE ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 241)
607286  4
50LOVE SONG
    Tommy James (Roulette 7130)
525560  7
51FREDDIE’S DEAD (Theme From “Superfly”)
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1975)
596984  4
52HAPPY
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19104)
32141510
53DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST
    Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
3422  722
54GARDEN PARTY
    Rick Nelson & Stone Canyon Band (Decca 32980)
637587  5
55ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART
    Trammps (Buddah 306)
57575613
56PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
    Crusaders (Blue Thumb 208)
40404110
57GERONIMO’S CADILLAC
    Michael Murphey (A&M 1368)
616576  5
58TIGHT ROPE
    Leon Russell (Shelter 7325)
677888  4
59DON’T EVER BE LONELY (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50954)
75  2
60GOOD TIME CHARLIE’S GOT THE BLUES
    Danny O’Keefe (Signpost 70006)
6985  3
61THINK (About It)
    Lyn Collins (People 608)
656668  5
62A PIECE OF PAPER
    Gladstone (ABC 11327)
718190  5
63SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
    Bobby Womack & Peace (United Artists 50946)
7484  3
64DOWN BY THE RIVER
    Albert Hammond (Mums 6009)
687073  8
65ROCK ME BABY
    David Cassidy (Bell 45,260)
  1
66IN THE QUIET MORNING
    Joan Baez (A&M 1362)
646467  8
67FROM THE BEGINNING
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion 44158)
7788  3
68TOAST TO THE FOOL
    Dramatics (Volt 4082)
707475  6
69IF I COULD REACH YOU
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,261)
80  2
70YOUR WONDERFUL, SWEET SWEET LOVE
    Supremes (Motown 1206)
737679  6
71WOMAN DON’T GO ASTRAY
    King Floyd (Chimneyville 443)
82  2
72I’LL BE AROUND
    Spinners (Atlantic 2904)
79  2
73JACKIE WILSON SAID (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
    Van Morrison (Warner Bros. 7616)
768699  4
74THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
    Chi Coltrane (Columbia 45640)
84  2
75I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
    Johnny Nash (Epic 10902)
8896  3
76LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
    Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros. 7619)
90  2
77LOVING YOU JUST CROSSED MY MIND
    Sam Neely (Capitol 3381)
859094  5
78WITCHY WOMAN
    Eagles (Asylum 11008)
8799  3
79WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Travis Wammack (Fame 91001)
818385  7
80DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
    Temprees (We Produce 1808)
83100   3
81DON’T HIDE YOUR LOVE
    Cher (Kapp 2184)
  1
82SUMMER SUN
    Jamestown Massacre (Warner Bros. 7603)
788082  7
83I WILL NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
    Glen Campbell (Capitol 3411)
89  2
84(It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
    Four Tops (Motown 1210)
9191  3
85EVIL WAYS
    Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles (Columbia 45666)
  1
86GUESS WHO
    B.B. King (ABC 11330)
9294  3
87FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER
    Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia 45663)
94  2
88KEEP ON RUNNING
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54223)
93  2
89STOP DOGGIN’ ME
    Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0142)
  1
90BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR
    Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0169)
959393  5
91BUZZY BROWN
    Tim Davis (Metromedia 253)
97  2
92I AM WOMAN
    Helen Reddy (Capitol 3350)
  3
93MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
    Five Man Electrical Band (Lion 127)
99  2
94THAT’S HOW LOVE GOES
    Jermaine Jackson (Motown 1201)
  1
95A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
    Lenny Welch (Atco 6894)
100 9597  4
96SLAUGHTER
    Billy Preston (A&M 1380)
  1
97FEEL ALRIGHT
    Cargoe (Ardent 2901)
989798  4
98WITH PEN IN HAND
    Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 50938)
  1
99LADY ELEANOR
    Lindisfarne (Elektra 45799)
  1
100 SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH ME
    Austin Roberts (Chelsea 0101)
  1
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