Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending May 27, 1972

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

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:

   • "Baby Blue" by Badfinger (# 37)
   • "You Are The One" by Sugar Bears (# 38)
   • "Lay-Away" by Isley Brothers (# 41)
   • "Day Dreaming" by Aretha Franklin (# 44)
   • "Everything Good Is Bad" by 100 Proof Aged In Soul (# 49)
   • "Jubilation" by Paul Anka (# 60)
   • "In The Rain" by Dramatics (# 61)
   • "Family Of Man" by Three Dog Night (# 63)
   • "Mister Can't You See" by Buffy Sainte-Marie (# 74)
   • "Changes" by David Bowie (# 76)
   • "Speak Softly Love" by Al Martino (# 81)
   • "Upsetter" by Grand Funk Railroad (# 82)
   • "Ain't Wasting Time No More" by Allman Brothers Band (# 94)
   • "Ain't That Peculiar" by Fanny (# 99)


Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:

Rank	Song	Artist
101	WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO END IT NOW	Smokey Robinson & Miracles
102	GOTTA BE FUNKY	Monk Higgins & Specialties
103	FEEL GOOD	Ike & Tina Turner
104	GOT PLEASURE	Ohio Players
105	THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.	Donna Fargo
106	IF YOU GOT A LOVE YOU BETTER HOLD ONTO IT	Bobby Byrd
107	LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT (PT. 1)	Buddy Miles
108	I CAN'T QUIT YOUR LOVE	Four Tops
109	FEEL THE NEED	Damon Shawn
110	WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY	Delaney & Bonnie
111	VANILLA OLAY	Jackie DeShannon
112	HOLD YOUR HEAD UP	Argent
113	WILD EYES	Stampeders
114	KUM BA YAH	Hillside Singers
115	HOLD ON TO FREEDOM	Lee Michaels
116	LITTLE DOG HEAVEN	June Jackson
117	THUNDERMAMA	Thundermama
118	BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY	Daniel Boone
119	SWEETER THAN SWEETNESS	Freddie North
120	THE LIVIN' I'M DOIN' AIN'T WORTH THE LOVIN' I'M GETTIN'	Mike Kennedy
121	BUTTERFLY	Danyel Gerard
122	BODY AND SOUL	Soul Generation
123	NOBODY BUT YOU	Loggins & Messina
124	SONG FOR PAULA	Bobby Whitlock
125	THE MASTERPIECE	Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
126	IN A BROKEN DREAM	Python Lee Jackson
127	I THANK YOU	Donny Hathaway & June Conquest
128	LOVE, LOVE, LOVE	J.R. Bailey
129	IN THE GHETTO	Candi Staton
130	MIGHTY MIGHTY AND ROLY POLY	Mal
131	I ONLY MEANT TO WET MY FEET	Whispers
132	I CAN FEEL YOU	Addrisi Brothers
133	I CAN FEEL IT	Chase