Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending April 20, 1974
| TW | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| MFSB (Philadelphia Int'l 3540) | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Elton John (MCA 40198) | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Gladys Knight & Pips (Buddah 403) | ||||||
| 4 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 7 | ||
| Grand Funk (Capitol 3840) | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Sister Janet Mead (A&M 1491) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Redbone (Epic 11035) | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Blue Swede (EMI 3627) | ||||||
| 8 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 8 | ||
| Ringo Starr (Apple 1872) | ||||||
| 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Bobby Womack (United Artists 375) | ||||||
| 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Jim Croce (ABC 11424) | ||||||
| 11 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 7 | ||
| Helen Reddy (Capitol 3845) | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
| John Denver (RCA Victor 0213) | ||||||
| 13 | 19 | 24 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4382) | ||||||
| 14 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 11 | ||
| Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 0205) | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury 73457) | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 11 | ||
| Billy Joel (Columbia 45963) | ||||||
| 17 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 9 | ||
| Mike Oldfield (Virgin 55100) | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 | ||
| Charlie Rich (Epic 11091) | ||||||
| 19 | 26 | 35 | 44 | 7 | ||
| Jackson Five (Motown 1286) | ||||||
| 20 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 10 | ||
| Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown 1269) | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 12 | ||
| Sami Jo (MGM South 7029) | ||||||
| 22 | 25 | 31 | 42 | 5 | ||
| Chicago (Columbia 46020) | ||||||
| 23 | 24 | 29 | 37 | 9 | ||
| Staple Singers (Stax 0196) | ||||||
| 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Carly Simon & James Taylor (Elektra 45880) | ||||||
| 25 | 33 | 46 | 64 | 6 | ||
| Marvin Hamlisch (MCA 40174) | ||||||
| 26 | 30 | 39 | 50 | 6 | ||
| Al Green (Hi 2262) | ||||||
| 27 | 28 | 33 | 40 | 7 | ||
| James Brown (Polydor 14223) | ||||||
| 28 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Maria Muldaur (Reprise 1183) | ||||||
| 29 | 54 | 84 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Carpenters (A&M 1521) | ||||||
| 30 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 8 | ||
| Joni Mitchell (Asylum 11034) | ||||||
| 31 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Terry Jacks (Bell 45,432) | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 12 | ||
| Bloodstone (London 1052) | ||||||
| 33 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 6 | ||
| Cat Stevens (A&M 1503) | ||||||
| 34 | 42 | 53 | 76 | 4 | ||
| Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54245) | ||||||
| 35 | 47 | 62 | 71 | 6 | ![]() | |
| Stylistics (Avco 4634) | ||||||
| 36 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 7 | ||
| Gilbert O'Sullivan (MAM 3636) | ||||||
| 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple 1871) | ||||||
| 38 | 39 | 40 | 46 | 11 | ||
| Bill Amesbury (Casablanca 0001) | ||||||
| 39 | 43 | 49 | 60 | 8 | ||
| Albert Hammond (Mums 6026) | ||||||
| 40 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ![]() | |
| Cher (MCA 40161) | ||||||
| 41 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 17 | ![]() | |
| Mocedades (Tara 100) | ||||||
| 42 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 22 | ![]() | |
| David Essex (Columbia 45940) | ||||||
| 43 | 85 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Ray Stevens (Barnaby 600) | ||||||
| 44 | 40 | 41 | 47 | 9 | ||
| Steve Miller Band (Capitol 3837) | ||||||
| 45 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 8 | ||
| Guess Who (RCA Victor 0217) | ||||||
| 46 | 58 | 87 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2999) | ||||||
| 47 | 52 | 57 | 59 | 12 | ||
| Billy Paul (Philadelphia Int'l 3538) | ||||||
| 48 | 49 | 51 | 53 | 8 | ||
| Al Wilson (Rocky Road 30076) | ||||||
| 49 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 7 | ||
| Temptations (Gordy 7135) | ||||||
| 50 | 51 | 61 | 72 | 5 | ||
| Todd Rundgren (Bearsville 0020) | ||||||
| 51 | 65 | 76 | 87 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Lobo (Big Tree 15001) | ||||||
| 52 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 5 | ||
| Cozy Powell (Chrysalis 2029) | ||||||
| 53 | 56 | 65 | 80 | 6 | ||
| Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 46007) | ||||||
| 54 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 7 | ||
| Tanya Tucker (Columbia 45991) | ||||||
| 55 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 6 | ||
| Herbie Hancock (Columbia 46002) | ||||||
| 56 | 62 | 73 | 82 | 4 | ||
| Five Man Electrical Band (Polydor 14221) | ||||||
| 57 | 63 | 79 | -- | 3 | ||
| Olivia Newton-John (MCA 40209) | ||||||
| 58 | 66 | 90 | 94 | 5 | ||
| Lois Fletcher (Playboy 50049) | ||||||
| 59 | 76 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple 1873) | ||||||
| 60 | 80 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Jim Stafford (MGM 14718) | ||||||
| 61 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 10 | ![]() | |
| Barry White (20th Century 2077) | ||||||
| 62 | 64 | 68 | 83 | 4 | ||
| Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell 45,450) | ||||||
| 63 | 73 | 86 | -- | 3 | ||
| Nilsson (RCA Victor 0246) | ||||||
| 64 | 70 | 77 | 88 | 7 | ||
| Leon Haywood (20th Century 2065) | ||||||
| 65 | 68 | 74 | 86 | 4 | ||
| Barbra Streisand (Columbia 46024) | ||||||
| 66 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 6 | ||
| Creative Source (Sussex 509) | ||||||
| 67 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 7 | ||
| Johnny Nash (Epic 11070) | ||||||
| 68 | 83 | 93 | 95 | 4 | ![]() | |
| Mac Davis (Columbia 46004) | ||||||
| 69 | 53 | 55 | 63 | 16 | ![]() | |
| Think (Big Tree 15000) | ||||||
| 70 | 71 | 81 | -- | 3 | ||
| Art Garfunkel (Columbia 46030) | ||||||
| 71 | 81 | 94 | -- | 3 | ||
| Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros. 7795) | ||||||
| 72 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 10 | ![]() | |
| Peppers (Event 213) | ||||||
| 73 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 8 | ||
| Ian Lloyd & Stories (Kama Sutra 588) | ||||||
| 74 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 7 | ||
| Martha Reeves (MCA 40194) | ||||||
| 75 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Anne Murray (Capitol 3867) | ||||||
| 76 | 77 | 80 | 84 | 4 | ||
| Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2253) | ||||||
| 77 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 6 | ||
| Emotions (Volt 4106) | ||||||
| 78 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| O'Jays (Philadelphia Int'l 3544) | ||||||
| 79 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 6 | ||
| Gene Redding (Haven 7000) | ||||||
| 80 | 89 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 1194) | ||||||
| 81 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Bland (Dunhill 4379) | ||||||
| 82 | 88 | 96 | 97 | 35 | ||
| Bill Haley & Comets (MCA 60025) | ||||||
| 83 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 9 | ||
| Lou Christie (Three Brothers 402) | ||||||
| 84 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Rick Cunha (GRC 2016) | ||||||
| 85 | 91 | 98 | 99 | 4 | ||
| Melba Montgomery (Elektra 45883) | ||||||
| 86 | 92 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int'l 3543) | ||||||
| 87 | 90 | 95 | 96 | 6 | ||
| Stu Nunnery (Evolution 1088) | ||||||
| 88 | 99 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Kool & Gang (De-Lite 561) | ||||||
| 89 | 95 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Bo Donaldson & Heywoods (ABC 11435) | ||||||
| 90 | 96 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Bill Withers (Sussex 513) | ||||||
| 91 | 93 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| ZZ Top (London 203) | ||||||
| 92 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Paper Lace (Mercury 73479) | ||||||
| 93 | 97 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Graham Central Station (Warner Bros. 7782) | ||||||
| 94 | 100 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| William DeVaughn (Roxbury 0236) | ||||||
| 95 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Hollies (Epic 11100) | ||||||
| 96 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Gregg Allman (Capricorn 0042) | ||||||
| 97 | 98 | 100 | -- | 3 | ||
| Apple & Appleberry (ABC 11415) | ||||||
| 98 | -- | -- | 65 | 7 | ||
| Seals & Crofts (Warner Bros. 7771) | ||||||
| 99 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists 405) | ||||||
| 100 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Love Unlimited (20th Century 2082) | ||||||
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:
• "Mighty Love (pt. 1)" by Spinners (# 37)
• "There Won't Be Anymore" by Charlie Rich (# 44)
• "On A Night Like This" by Bob Dylan (# 45)
• "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks (# 46)
• "Skybird" by Neil Diamond (# 60)
• "I'll Be The Other Woman" by Soul Children (# 78)
• "Steam Heat" by Pointer Sisters (# 84)
• "Might Just Take Your Life" by Deep Purple (# 87)
• "Simone" by Henry Gross (# 94)
Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:
| Rank | Song | Artist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Jimmy Buffett | |||||
| 102 | Undisputed Truth | |||||
| 103 | Linda Ronstadt | |||||
| 104 | Boz Scaggs | |||||
| 105 | 10cc | |||||
| 106 | Deodato / Airto | |||||
| 107 | Frank Sinatra | |||||
| 108 | Leon Russell | |||||
| 109 | Ike & Tina Turner | |||||
| 110 | Willie Hutch | |||||
| 111 | Bobbi Humphrey | |||||
| 112 | Kiss | |||||
| 113 | Aerosmith | |||||
| 114 | Ozark Mountain Daredevils | |||||
| 115 | B.W. Stevenson | |||||
| 116 | Streakers | |||||
| 117 | Blue Magic | |||||
| 118 | Suzi Quatro | |||||
| 119 | Ventures | |||||
| 120 | Flesh Gordon | |||||


