CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending AUGUST 26, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1ALONE AGAIN (Naturally)
    Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM 3619)
  1  1  211
  2BRANDY (You’re A Fine Girl)
    Looking Glass (Epic 10874)
  2  2  312
  3I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2216)
  4  911  9
  4LONG COOL WOMAN (In A Black Dress)
    Hollies (Epic 10871)
  5  81011
  5(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
  3  3  415
  6HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
    Argent (Epic 10852)
10142013
  7BACK STABBERS
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3517)
192432  8
  8GOODBYE TO LOVE
    Carpenters (A&M 1367)
121719  8
  9THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.
    Donna Fargo (Dot 17409)
  9111313
10YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM
    Jim Croce (ABC 11328)
11131610
11ROCK AND ROLL (pt. 2)
    Gary Glitter (Bell 45,237)
172230  7
12COCONUT
    Nilsson (RCA Victor 74-0718)
18212513
13BABY DON’T GET HOOKED ON ME
    Mac Davis (Columbia 45618)
344048  9
14HAPPY
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19104)
151823  8
15LOOKIN’ THROUGH THE WINDOWS
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1205)
161924  8
16SEALED WITH A KISS
    Bobby Vinton (Epic 10861)
14161713
17THE GUITAR MAN
    Bread (Elektra 45803)
233039  6
18BLACK AND WHITE
    Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4317)
254861  5
19BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
20202114
20MOTORCYCLE MAMA
    Sailcat (Elektra 45782)
21232710
21POWER OF LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 128)
273240  9
22DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST
    Wayne Newton (Chelsea 0100)
  7  4  120
23SCHOOL’S OUT
    Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7596)
  6  6  614
24BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
    Daniel Boone (Mercury 73281)
29344213
25BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
    Partridge Family (Bell 45,235)
262931  9
26RUN TO ME
    Bee Gees (Atco 6896)
324252  6
27SATURDAY IN THE PARK
    Chicago (Columbia 45657)
374557  5
28YOU’RE STILL A YOUNG MAN
    Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
333845  8
29JOIN TOGETHER
    The Who (Decca 32983)
353946  7
30SMALL BEGINNINGS
    Flash (Capitol 3345)
31353712
31POP THAT THANG
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 935)
363744  9
32EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
485463  8
33GO ALL THE WAY
    Raspberries (Capitol 3348)
384351  8
34GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14139)
444960  5
35HONKY CAT
    Elton John (Uni 55343)
4660  3
36POPCORN
    Hot Butter (Musicor 1458)
424756  9
37WHEN YOU SAY LOVE
    Sonny & Cher (Kapp 2176)
303135  8
38THIS WORLD
    Staple Singers (Stax 0137)
455162  6
39PLAY ME
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55346)
4961  3
40PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
    Crusaders (Blue Thumb 208)
414453  8
41STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
    Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
43465010
42HOW DO YOU DO?
    Mouth & MacNeal (Philips 40715)
  8  5  818
43SPEAK TO THE SKY
    Rick Springfield (Capitol 3340)
547079  5
44BEN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1207)
556573  4
45MY DING-A-LING
    Chuck Berry (Chess 2131)
536271  5
46I MISS YOU (pt. 1)
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l 3516)
40414310
47MY MAN, A SWEET MAN
    Millie Jackson (Spring 127)
515565  5
48WHERE IS THE LOVE
    Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2879)
13  7  712
49EASY LIVIN’
    Uriah Heep (Mercury 73307)
576469  6
50LEAN ON ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 235)
28251218
51I BELIEVE IN MUSIC
    Gallery (Sussex 239)
596776  4
52ROCK ME ON THE WATER
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 11006)
616978  4
53AMERICA
    Yes (Atlantic 2899)
627181  4
54WHOLY HOLY
    Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2901)
5866  3
55LOVE SONG
    Tommy James (Roulette 7130)
606372  5
56BURNING LOVE
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 74-0769)
71  2
57ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART
    Trammps (Buddah 306)
56596711
58THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
    Arlo Guthrie (Reprise 1103)
707984  4
59IF YOU LEAVE ME TONIGHT I’LL CRY
    Jerry Wallace (Decca 32989)
636870  6
60WHY
    Donny Osmond (MGM 14424)
6474  3
61YOU WEAR IT WELL
    Rod Stewart (Mercury 73330)
72  2
62A SIMPLE MAN
    Lobo (Big Tree 141)
52535510
63DAY BY DAY
    Godspell (Bell 45,210)
2210  916
64IN THE QUIET MORNING
    Joan Baez (A&M 1362)
677282  6
65GERONIMO’S CADILLAC
    Michael Murphey (A&M 1368)
7686  3
66THINK (About It)
    Lyn Collins (People 608)
6876  3
67(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
    Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73301)
697890  6
68NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
    Moody Blues (Deram 85023)
788894  6
69FREDDIE’S DEAD (Theme From “Superfly”)
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1975)
84  2
70DOWN BY THE RIVER
    Albert Hammond (Mums 6009)
737580  6
71TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50910)
2412  515
72USE ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 241)
86  2
73DON’T TAKE MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS
    Soul Children (Stax 0132)
747783  6
74TOAST TO THE FOOL
    Dramatics (Volt 4082)
758089  4
75GARDEN PARTY
    Rick Nelson & Stone Canyon Band (Decca 32980)
8798  3
76YOUR WONDERFUL, SWEET SWEET LOVE
    Supremes (Motown 1206)
798398  4
77IN THE GHETTO
    Candi Staton (Fame 91000)
47363812
78TIGHT ROPE
    Leon Russell (Shelter 7325)
88  2
79SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS
    Ramsey Lewis (Columbia 45634)
808187  5
80SUMMER SUN
    Jamestown Massacre (Warner Bros. 7603)
828486  5
81A PIECE OF PAPER
    Gladstone (ABC 11327)
90100   3
82ALABAMA WILD MAN
    Jerry Reed (RCA Victor 74-0738)
838588  5
83WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Travis Wammack (Fame 91001)
858996  5
84SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
    Bobby Womack & Peace (United Artists 50946)
  1
85GOOD TIME CHARLIE’S GOT THE BLUES
    Danny O’Keefe (Signpost 70006)
  1
86JACKIE WILSON SAID (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
    Van Morrison (Warner Bros. 7616)
99  2
87IN TIME
    Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40071)
9192  3
88FROM THE BEGINNING
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion 44158)
  1
89HOW COULD I LET YOU GET AWAY
    Spinners (Atlantic 2904)
9293  3
90LOVING YOU JUST CROSSED MY MIND
    Sam Neely (Capitol 3381)
9497  3
91(It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
    Four Tops (Motown 1210)
  1
92I COULD NEVER BE HAPPY
    Emotions (Volt 4083)
9596100   4
93BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR
    Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount 0169)
9395  3
94GUESS WHO
    B.B. King (ABC 11330)
  1
95A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
    Lenny Welch (Atco 6894)
97  2
96I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
    Johnny Nash (Epic 10902)
  1
97FEEL ALRIGHT
    Cargoe (Ardent 2901)
98  2
98ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
    Jackie DeShannon (Atlantic 2871)
  1
99WITCHY WOMAN
    Eagles (Asylum 11008)
  1
100 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
    Temprees (We Produce 1808)
  1
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