Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending July 8, 1972

TW		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	OUTA-SPACE	2	5	8	12
Billy Preston (A&M 1320)
2	LEAN ON ME	4	8	12	11
Bill Withers (Sussex 235)
3	TROGLODYTE (CAVE MAN)	5	7	9	10
Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 48-1029)
4	SONG SUNG BLUE	1	2	4	11
Neil Diamond (Uni 55326)
5	TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW	8	10	15	8
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50910)
6	NICE TO BE WITH YOU	3	1	2	19
Gallery (Sussex 232)
7	(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT	11	13	30	8
Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
8	I NEED YOU	9	11	13	9
America (Warner Bros. 7580)
9	DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST	16	18	22	13
Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
10	AMAZING GRACE	10	12	17	9
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RCA Victor 74-0709)
11	I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE	13	16	27	8
Michael Jackson (Motown 1202)
12	TAKE IT EASY	14	19	23	8
Eagles (Asylum 11005)
13	TOO YOUNG	19	25	36	5
Donny Osmond (MGM 14407)
14	ROCKET MAN	17	20	21	11
Elton John (Uni 55328)
15	HOW CAN I BE SURE	15	17	26	9
David Cassidy (Bell 45,220)
16	CANDY MAN	7	3	3	17
Sammy Davis, Jr. (MGM 14320)
17	LAST NIGHT I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL	6	6	6	16
5th Dimension (Bell 45,195)
18	SCHOOL'S OUT	25	34	52	7
Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7596)
19	DAY BY DAY	22	28	39	9
Godspell (Bell 45,210)
20	WHERE IS THE LOVE	28	38	55	5
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2879)
21	ALL THE KING'S HORSES	24	29	42	6
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2883)
22	I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG	20	21	24	12
Frederick Knight (Stax 0117)
23	PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND	26	31	43	7
Stylistics (Avco 4595)
24	HOW DO YOU DO?	29	33	38	11
Mouth & MacNeal (Philips 40715)
25	BRANDY	33	40	65	5
Looking Glass (Epic 10874)
26	CONQUISTADOR	30	36	47	7
Procol Harum (A&M 1347)
27	ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY	45	74	84	4
Gilbert O'Sullivan (MAM 3619)
28	LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED	21	22	25	9
Cher (Kapp 2171)
29	LAYLA	34	47	60	17
Derek & Dominos (Atco 6809)
30	SYLVIA'S MOTHER	12	4	1	16
Dr. Hook (Columbia 45562)
31	HOLD HER TIGHT	44	70	--	3
Osmonds (MGM 14405)
32	OOH GIRL	18	9	5	14
Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55471)
33	SEALED WITH A KISS	38	46	54	6
Bobby Vinton (Epic 10861)
34	THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.	40	48	62	6
Donna Fargo (Dot 17409)
35	YOU SAID A BAD WORD	35	37	40	8
Joe Tex (Dial 1012)
36	WE'RE ON OUR WAY	37	39	46	7
Chris Hodge (Apple 1850)
37	BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (IN MY ARMS)	42	52	61	7
Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
38	SUPERWOMAN (WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU)	39	41	44	8
Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54216)
39	WOMAN'S GOTTA HAVE IT	36	32	33	12
Bobby Womack (United Artists 50902)
40	I'M COMING HOME	55	65	75	5
Stories (Kama Sutra 545)
41	THE RUNWAY	47	59	70	5
Grass Roots (Dunhill 4316)
42	COCONUT	52	63	72	6
Nilsson (RCA Victor 74-0718)
43	LONG COOL WOMAN	58	76	89	4
Hollies (Epic 10871)
44	POWDER BLUE MERCEDES QUEEN	43	45	48	9
Raiders (Columbia 45601)
45	GONE	54	64	73	8
Joey Heatherton (MGM 14387)
46	I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU	70	--	--	2
Al Green (Hi 2216)
47	MEN OF LEARNING	49	68	77	5
Vigrass & Osborne (Uni 55330)
48	CAT'S EYE IN THE WINDOW	48	49	51	9
Tommy James (Roulette 7126)
49	AFTER MIDNIGHT	51	62	67	7
J.J. Cale (Shelter 7321)
50	HONKY TONK (PT. 1)	60	71	80	4
James Brown (Polydor 14129)
51	RIP OFF	57	60	64	7
Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7204)
52	MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB	56	67	76	4
Wings (Apple 1851)
53	WE'RE FREE	53	57	58	12
Beverly Bremers (Scepter 12348)
54	IN THE GHETTO	63	69	71	5
Candi Staton (Fame 91000)
55	YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM	65	86	--	3
Jim Croce (ABC 11328)
56	BROWN EYED GIRL	62	75	85	4
El Chicano (Kapp 2173)
57	WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO END IT NOW	61	66	69	6
Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54220)
58	BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO	68	--	--	2
Partridge Family (Bell 45,235)
59	WAR SONG	64	85	--	3
Neil Young & Graham Nash (Reprise 1099)
60	SWEET INSPIRATION / WHERE YOU LEAD	69	83	--	3
Barbra Streisand (Columbia 45626)
61	HOLD YOUR HEAD UP	74	80	83	6
Argent (Epic 10852)
62	GOODBYE TO LOVE	--	--	--	1
Carpenters (A&M 1367)
63	STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN	71	88	--	3
Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
64	SMALL BEGINNINGS	77	89	92	5
Flash (Capitol 3345)
65	VAYA CON DIOS	72	78	87	4
Dawn (Bell 45,225)
66	LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA	76	--	--	2
Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11329)
67	VICTIM OF A FOOLISH HEART	73	79	82	5
Bettye Swann (Atlantic 2869)
68	MOTORCYCLE MAMA	79	92	--	3
Sailcat (Elektra 45782)
69	BED AND BOARD	75	82	--	3
Barbara Mason (Buddah 296)
70	POWER OF LOVE	81	--	--	2
Joe Simon (Spring 128)
71	LOOKIN' THROUGH THE WINDOWS	--	--	--	1
Jackson Five (Motown 1205)
72	POP THAT THANG	82	--	--	2
Isley Brothers (T-Neck 935)
73	SCHOOL OF LIFE	83	90	95	6
Tommy Tate (KoKo 2112)
74	TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM	78	84	88	7
Delfonics (Philly Groove 172)
75	BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY	84	91	94	6
Daniel Boone (Mercury 73281)
76	WHEN YOU SAY LOVE	--	--	--	1
Sonny & Cher (Kapp 2176)
77	HAPPY	--	--	--	1
Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19104)
78	I MISS YOU (PT. 1)	93	94	--	3
Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int'l 3516)
79	STARMAN	85	93	96	4
David Bowie (RCA Victor 74-0719)
80	DUNCAN	--	--	--	1
Paul Simon (Columbia 45638)
81	IN A BROKEN DREAM	86	100	99	4
Python Lee Jackson (GNP Crescendo 449)
82	MOTHER NATURE	87	--	--	2
Temptations (Gordy 7119)
83	EDDIE'S LOVE	89	96	98	4
Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54218)
84	YOU'RE STILL A YOUNG MAN	--	--	--	1
Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
85	ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART	95	98	100	4
Trammps (Buddah 306)
86	BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME	92	--	--	2
Mac Davis (Columbia 45618)
87	WHAT A WONDERFUL THING WE HAVE	97	--	--	2
Fabulous Rhinestones (Just Sunshine 500)
88	GO ALL THE WAY	--	--	--	1
Raspberries (Capitol 3348)
89	BACK STABBERS	--	--	--	1
O'Jays (Philadelphia Int'l 3517)
90	GOT PLEASURE	90	97	--	3
Ohio Players (Westbound 204)
91	CIRCUS	91	--	--	2
Mike Quatro Jam Band (Evolution 1062)
92	JESAHEL	94	--	--	2
English Congregation (Signpost 70004)
93	A SIMPLE MAN	96	99	--	3
Lobo (Big Tree 141)
94	DOWN ON ME	--	--	--	1
Janis Joplin (Columbia 45630)
95	THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR	--	--	--	1
B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12354)
96	BUTTERFLY	98	--	--	2
Danyel Gerard (MGM/Verve 10670)
97	POPCORN	99	--	--	2
Hot Butter (Musicor 1458)
98	EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL	--	--	--	1
Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
99	COUNTRY WOMAN	--	--	--	1
Magic Lantern (Charisma 100)
100	MY GUY	--	--	--	1
Petula Clark (MGM 14392)

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:

   • "I Saw The Light" by Todd Rundgren (# 23)
   • "Diary" by Bread (# 27)
   • "I'll Take You There" by Staple Singers (# 31)
   • "Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love" by Love Unlimited (# 32)
   • "Tumbling Dice" by Rolling Stones (# 41)
   • "Hot 'n' Nasty" by Humble Pie (# 46)
   • "Life And Breath" by Climax (# 50)
   • "Funk Factory" by Wilson Pickett (# 59)
   • "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by David T. Walker (# 66)
   • "Beautiful" by Gordon Lightfoot (# 67)
   • "Little Bit O' Soul" by Bullet (# 80)
   • "Nobody But You" by Loggins & Messina (# 88)
   • "I Refuse To Smile" by Mandrill (#100)


Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:

Rank	Song	Artist
101	BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO	Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti
102	CAFE	Malo
103	I AM WOMAN	Helen Reddy
104	IS IT YOU GIRL	Betty Wright
105	IF I WERE A CARPENTER	Bob Seger
106	THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT	Billy Preston
107	SUMMER SUN	Jamestown Massacre
108	VANILLA OLAY	Jackie DeShannon
109	LITTLE WOMAN LOVE	Wings
110	IN THE QUIET MORNING	Joan Baez
111	METAL GURU	T. Rex
112	PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT	Crusaders
113	I ONLY MEANT TO WET MY FEET	Whispers
114	I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR	New Riders Of The Purple Sage
115	CITY OF NEW ORLEANS	Arlo Guthrie
116	LOVE, LOVE, LOVE	J.R. Bailey
117	APRIL FOOLS	Aretha Franklin
118	MARCELLA	Beach Boys
119	IS THERE ANYONE HOME	Jimmy Druiett
120	WILD EYES	Stampeders
121	MISTY BLUE	Joe Simon
122	WE'RE ALMOST HOME	Solomon Burke
123	BABY, I'M FOR REAL	Esther Phillips
124	WHO HAS THE ANSWERS?	Andy Kim
125	BAD SIDE OF THE MOON	April Wine
126	ALL DOWN THE LINE	Rolling Stones
127	ROCK & ROLL (PT. 2)	Gary Glitter
128	HE'S AN INDIAN COWBOY IN THE RODEO	Buffy Sainte-Marie
129	EASY LIVIN'	Uriah Heep
130	THINK (ABOUT IT)	Lyn Collins