Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending October 23, 1971
| TW | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Rod Stewart (Mercury 73224) | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Osmonds (MGM 14295) | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Carpenters (A&M 1289) | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Lee Michaels (A&M 1262) | ||||||
| 5 | 14 | 27 | 33 | 6 | ||
| Cher (Kapp 2146) | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Al Green (Hi 2194) | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 13 | ||
| Stampeders (Bell 45,120) | ||||||
| 8 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 15 | ||
| Free Movement (Decca 32818) | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 12 | ||
| Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54208) | ||||||
| 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 11 | ||
| Persuaders (Atco 6822) | ||||||
| 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Joan Baez (Vanguard 35138) | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Donny Osmond (MGM 14285) | ||||||
| 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Bill Withers (Sussex 219) | ||||||
| 14 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 10 | ||
| Denise LaSalle (Westbound 182) | ||||||
| 15 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 5 | ![]() | |
| Cat Stevens (A&M 1291) | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 25 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Raiders (Columbia 45453) | ||||||
| 17 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 5th Dimension (Bell 45,134) | ||||||
| 18 | 27 | 33 | 55 | 4 | ||
| James Taylor (Warner Bros. 7521) | ||||||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 11 | ||
| Tommy Roe (ABC 11307) | ||||||
| 20 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 8 | ||
| Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7105) | ||||||
| 21 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Lighthouse (Evolution 1048) | ||||||
| 22 | 35 | 42 | 62 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54209) | ||||||
| 23 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 5 | ||
| Delaney & Bonnie (Atco 6838) | ||||||
| 24 | 67 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9038) | ||||||
| 25 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 11 | ![]() | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple 1837) | ||||||
| 26 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 6 | ||
| Tommy James (Roulette 7110) | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | ![]() | |
| Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0522) | ||||||
| 28 | 34 | 41 | 44 | 9 | ||
| Freddie Hart (Capitol 3115) | ||||||
| 29 | 66 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| John Lennon (Apple 1840) | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 13 | ![]() | |
| Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7106) | ||||||
| 31 | 38 | 44 | 58 | 5 | ||
| Dawn (Bell 45,141) | ||||||
| 32 | 59 | 74 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Santana (Columbia 45472) | ||||||
| 33 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 10 | ||
| Kris Kristofferson (Monument 8525) | ||||||
| 34 | 49 | 62 | 77 | 6 | ![]() | |
| Chicago (Columbia 45467) | ||||||
| 35 | 40 | 49 | 52 | 6 | ||
| Ten Years After (Columbia 45457) | ||||||
| 36 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 9 | ||
| Four Tops (Motown 1189) | ||||||
| 37 | 51 | 71 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Grass Roots (Dunhill 4289) | ||||||
| 38 | 47 | 67 | -- | 3 | ||
| Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel 3220) | ||||||
| 39 | 48 | 59 | 64 | 5 | ||
| Fanny (Reprise 1033) | ||||||
| 40 | 45 | 61 | 70 | 7 | ||
| 8th Day (Invictus 9098) | ||||||
| 41 | 43 | 46 | 59 | 5 | ||
| Isley Brothers (T-Neck 932) | ||||||
| 42 | 44 | 48 | 60 | 7 | ||
| Messengers (Rare Earth 5032) | ||||||
| 43 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 12 | ![]() | |
| Partridge Family (Bell 45,130) | ||||||
| 44 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 13 | ![]() | |
| Paul Stookey (Warner Bros. 7511) | ||||||
| 45 | 61 | 73 | 86 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Freddie North (Mankind 12004) | ||||||
| 46 | 50 | 55 | 65 | 9 | ||
| Lou Rawls (MGM 14262) | ||||||
| 47 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 7 | ||
| Coven (Warner Bros. 7509) | ||||||
| 48 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 10 | ![]() | |
| James Brown (Polydor 14088) | ||||||
| 49 | 53 | 54 | 48 | 13 | ||
| Nite-Liters (RCA Victor 74-0461) | ||||||
| 50 | 62 | 72 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 227) | ||||||
| 51 | 52 | 57 | 66 | 5 | ||
| James Gang (ABC 11312) | ||||||
| 52 | 77 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Bread (Elektra 45751) | ||||||
| 53 | 56 | 60 | 69 | 4 | ||
| Supremes (Motown 1190) | ||||||
| 54 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 5 | ||
| Freda Payne (Invictus 9100) | ||||||
| 55 | 64 | 75 | 85 | 5 | ||
| Gayle McCormick (Dunhill 4288) | ||||||
| 56 | 70 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 48-1017) | ||||||
| 57 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 9 | ![]() | |
| Carole King (Ode 66019) | ||||||
| 58 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 10 | ![]() | |
| Dells (Cadet 5683) | ||||||
| 59 | 71 | 82 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7110) | ||||||
| 60 | 69 | 78 | 84 | 5 | ||
| Paul Anka (Buddah 252) | ||||||
| 61 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 18 | ![]() | |
| Undisputed Truth (Gordy 7108) | ||||||
| 62 | 68 | 70 | 76 | 7 | ||
| Tom T. Hall (Mercury 73221) | ||||||
| 63 | 78 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Bee Gees (Atco 6847) | ||||||
| 64 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 6 | ||
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (United Artists 50817) | ||||||
| 65 | 39 | 18 | 19 | 13 | ![]() | |
| Mac & Katie Kissoon (ABC 11306) | ||||||
| 66 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 6 | ||
| Springwell (Parrot 359) | ||||||
| 67 | 63 | 68 | 78 | 5 | ||
| Ponderosa Twins + One (Horoscope 102) | ||||||
| 68 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Tom Jones (Parrot 40067) | ||||||
| 69 | 73 | 77 | 88 | 4 | ||
| Mark Lindsay (Columbia 45462) | ||||||
| 70 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 6 | ||
| Layng Martine (Barnaby 2041) | ||||||
| 71 | 76 | 89 | 96 | 4 | ||
| Lettermen (Capitol 3192) | ||||||
| 72 | 74 | 81 | -- | 3 | ||
| Chicago (Columbia 45467b) | ||||||
| 73 | 89 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2837) | ||||||
| 74 | 79 | 91 | 94 | 4 | ||
| Yes (Atlantic 2819) | ||||||
| 75 | 87 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Sonny & Cher (Kapp 2151) | ||||||
| 76 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Melanie (Neighborhood 4201) | ||||||
| 77 | 81 | 92 | 100 | 4 | ||
| Humble Pie (A&M 1282) | ||||||
| 78 | 88 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Jean Knight (Stax 0105) | ||||||
| 79 | 83 | 86 | -- | 3 | ||
| Delfonics (Philly Groove 169) | ||||||
| 80 | 82 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Pop-Tops (ABC 11311) | ||||||
| 81 | 92 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Les Crane (Warner Bros. 7520) | ||||||
| 82 | 97 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Van Morrison (Warner Bros. 7518) | ||||||
| 83 | 86 | 88 | -- | 3 | ||
| Donnie Elbert (All Platinum 2330) | ||||||
| 84 | 99 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| New Birth (RCA Victor 74-0520) | ||||||
| 85 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia 45477) | ||||||
| 86 | 91 | 93 | 95 | 4 | ||
| Staple Singers (Stax 0104) | ||||||
| 87 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55462) | ||||||
| 88 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 5 | ||
| Nolan (Lizard 21008) | ||||||
| 89 | 96 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| James Darren (Kirshner 5015) | ||||||
| 90 | 84 | 83 | 87 | 5 | ||
| Jody Miller (Epic 10785) | ||||||
| 91 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Barbra Streisand (Columbia 45471) | ||||||
| 92 | 100 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| The Band (Capitol 3199) | ||||||
| 93 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Traffic (United Artists 50841) | ||||||
| 94 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Olivia Newton-John (Uni 55304) | ||||||
| 95 | 80 | 84 | 89 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Fortunes (Capitol 3179) | ||||||
| 96 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Bobby Byrd (BrownStone 4203) | ||||||
| 97 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Bullet (Big Tree 123) | ||||||
| 98 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Davy Jones (Bell 45,136) | ||||||
| 99 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Intruders (Gamble 4016) | ||||||
| 100 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Peter Nero (Columbia 45399) | ||||||
designates a song that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that was down more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that entered the chart this week
Songs which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:
• "Story In Your Eyes" by Moody Blues (# 29)
• "Spanish Harlem" by Aretha Franklin (# 41)
• "Marianne" by Stephen Stills (# 42)
• "The Breakdown (pt. 1)" by Rufus Thomas (# 46)
• "Saturday Morning Confusion" by Bobby Russell (# 54)
• "Where Evil Grows" by Poppy Family (# 55)
• "Talk It Over In The Morning" by Anne Murray (# 85)
• "I'm So Glad" by Fuzz (# 90)
• "Chokin' Kind" by Z.Z. Hill (# 94)
• "Everything's Alright" by Jesus Christ Superstar (# 95)
• "Valerie" by Cymarron (# 98)
Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:
| Rank | Song | Artist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon | |||||
| 102 | Jerry Butler | |||||
| 103 | Michael Nesmith | |||||
| 104 | Don Nix | |||||
| 105 | Popcorn Wylie | |||||
| 106 | Bob Seger | |||||
| 107 | New Seekers | |||||
| 108 | Shirley Bassey | |||||
| 109 | Manfred Mann | |||||
| 110 | Rose Colored Glass | |||||
| 111 | Emotions | |||||
| 112 | New Riders Of The Purple Sage | |||||
| 113 | Vikki Carr | |||||
| 114 | Edgar Winter's White Trash | |||||
| 115 | Newcomers | |||||
| 116 | Ohio Players | |||||
| 117 | Eddie Kendricks | |||||
| 118 | Jimi Hendrix | |||||
| 119 | Glen Campbell & Anne Murray | |||||
| 120 | Sammi Smith | |||||


