CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending JANUARY 12, 1974
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1TIME IN A BOTTLE
    Jim Croce (ABC 11405)
  2  3  4  9
  2THE JOKER
    Steve Miller Band (Capitol 3732)
  3  4  713
  3SHOW AND TELL
    Al Wilson (Rocky Road 30073)
  5  6  815
  4SMOKIN’ IN THE BOY’S ROOM
    Brownsville Station (Big Tree 16011)
  9152012
  5HELEN WHEELS
    Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple 1869)
  61115  9
  6LIVING FOR THE CITY
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54242)
  7  81210
  7YOU’RE SIXTEEN
    Ringo Starr (Apple 1870)
  81219  6
  8LEAVE ME ALONE (Ruby Red Dress)
    Helen Reddy (Capitol 3768)
  1  2  312
  9NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP
    Barry White (20th Century 2058)
10141611
10THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
    Charlie Rich (Epic 11040)
  4  1  116
11I’VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION
    Gladys Knight & Pips (Buddah 393)
121724  8
12THE WAY WE WERE
    Barbra Streisand (Columbia 45944)
142332  7
13LOVE’S THEME
    Love Unlimited Orchestra (20th Century 2069)
152441  7
14AMERICANS
    Byron MacGregor (Westbound 222)
4181  3
15LIVIN’ FOR YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2257)
172126  8
16LET ME BE THERE
    Olivia Newton-John (MCA 40101)
19222512
17ME AND BABY BROTHER
    War (United Artists 350)
18192210
18WALK LIKE A MAN
    Grand Funk (Capitol 3760)
212630  9
19UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
    Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2995)
253343  9
20ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
    Donny Osmond (MGM 14677)
232834  9
21SPIDERS AND SNAKES
    Jim Stafford (MGM 14648)
24293511
22GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
    Elton John (MCA 40148)
11  7  512
23HELLO IT’S ME
    Todd Rundgren (Bearsville 0009)
13  5  216
24D’YER MAK’ER
    Led Zeppelin (Atlantic 2986)
16161714
25I SHALL SING
    Garfunkel (Columbia 45983)
395263  4
26JIM DANDY
    Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6948)
405568  6
27AMERICAN TUNE
    Paul Simon (Columbia 45900)
283036  7
28TELL HER SHE’S LOVELY
    El Chicano (MCA 40104)
293137  9
29MIND GAMES
    John Lennon (Apple 1868)
22101110
30IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER
    Merle Haggard (Capitol 3746)
35435010
31TOP OF THE WORLD
    Carpenters (A&M 1468)
3025  916
32IF YOU’RE READY (Come Go With Me)
    Staple Singers (Stax 0179)
20  91011
33WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY
    Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell 45,424)
26131410
34LET YOUR HAIR DOWN
    Temptations (Gordy 7133)
435362  5
35KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY
    Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 45953)
374144  8
36THE RIVER OF LOVE
    B.W. Stevenson (RCA Victor 0171)
364045  9
37I LOVE
    Tom T. Hall (Mercury 73436)
688488  4
38MIDNIGHT RIDER
    Gregg Allman (Capricorn 0035)
526274  4
39TEENAGE LAMENT ’74
    Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7762)
506890  4
40HANGIN’ AROUND
    Edgar Winter Group (Epic 11069)
425159  6
41SISTER MARY ELEPHANT (Shudd-Up!)
    Cheech & Chong (Ode 66041)
444446  9
42LOVE SONG
    Anne Murray (Capitol 3776)
495866  5
43ROCK ON
    David Essex (Columbia 45940)
515967  8
44THIS TIME I’M GONE FOR GOOD
    Bobby Blue Bland (Dunhill 4369)
454547  9
45I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN
    Ann Peebles (Hi 2248)
46474818
46LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 11026)
485058  6
47STONED TO THE BONE (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14210)
474849  9
48PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3535)
7688  3
49JUNGLE BOOGIE
    Kool & Gang (De-Lite 559)
576778  5
50A FOOL SUCH AS I
    Bob Dylan (Columbia 45982)
556479  4
51PLEASE, DADDY
    John Denver (RCA Victor 0182)
566570  8
52ABRA-CA-DABRA
    DeFranco Family (20th Century 2070)
5975  3
53JOY (pt. 1)
    Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9085)
607281  4
54WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW?
    Melanie (Neighborhood 4213)
545760  8
55IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY
    Jim Croce (ABC 11413)
62  2
56CAN THIS BE REAL
    Natural Four (Curtom 1990)
616675  4
57LAST TIME I SAW HIM
    Diana Ross (Motown 1278)
6478  3
58BIG TIME OPERATOR
    Keith Hampshire (A&M 1486)
586164  8
59BOOGIE DOWN
    Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54243)
7385  3
60YOU’RE SO UNIQUE
    Billy Preston (A&M 1492)
7486  3
61A SONG I’D LIKE TO SING
    Kris & Rita (A&M 1475)
33373910
62RAISED ON ROBBERY
    Joni Mitchell (Asylum 11029)
6577  3
63BABY COME CLOSE
    Smokey Robinson (Tamla 54239)
636973  8
64SHOWDOWN
    Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists 337)
677376  6
65ROCKIN’ ROLL BABY
    Stylistics (Avco 4625)
27202114
66MY SWEET LADY
    Cliff DeYoung (MCA 40156)
799499  4
67JESSICA
    Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn 0036)
7079  3
68BLUE COLLAR
    Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury 73417)
697171  7
69LET ME GET TO KNOW YOU
    Paul Anka (Fame 345)
727685  5
70INSPIRATION
    Paul Williams (A&M 1479)
717477  6
71STAR
    Stealers Wheel (A&M 1483)
758089  4
72DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (Heartbreaker)
    Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19109)
  1
73LAST KISS
    Wednesday (Sussex 507)
778284  9
74LAST KISS
    J. Frank Wilson & Cavaliers (Virgo 506)
78838624
75WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2252)
86  2
76COME AND GET YOUR LOVE
    Redbone (Epic 11035)
98  2
77TRYING TO HOLD ON TO MY WOMAN
    Lamont Dozier (ABC 11407)
8898  3
78I LIKE TO LIVE THE LOVE
    B.B. King (ABC 11406)
828791  5
79MY MUSIC
    Loggins & Messina (Columbia 45952)
31181312
80JOLENE
    Dolly Parton (RCA Victor 0145)
848994  4
81WOLD
    Harry Chapin (Elektra 45874)
8590  3
82ERES TU (Touch The Wind)
    Mocedades (Tara 100)
94100   3
83WANG DANG DOODLE
    Pointer Sisters (Blue Thumb 243)
879195  4
84MEADOWS
    Joe Walsh (Dunhill 4373)
8999  3
85DARK LADY
    Cher (MCA 40161)
  1
86DADDY WHAT IF
    Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 0197)
97  2
87IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (But In My Heart It’s Spring)
    Love Unlimited (20th Century 2062)
9093  3
88THE AMERICANS (A Canadian’s Opinion)
    Gordon Sinclair (Avco 4628)
  1
89THIS IS YOUR SONG
    Don Goodwin (Silver Blue 806)
9297100   4
90JUST YOU ’N’ ME
    Chicago (Columbia 45933)
3432  617
91COULD YOU EVER LOVE ME AGAIN
    Gary & Dave (London 200)
919296  8
92FLASHBACK
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,425)
939598  4
93ONE TIN SOLDIER, THE LEGEND OF BILLY JACK
    Coven (Warner Bros. 0101)
9617
94SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LOVE AND TOMORROW
    Roy Clark (Dot 17480)
959697  4
95PAINTED LADIES
    Ian Thomas (Janus 224)
32272713
96CAN’T SAY NOTHIN’
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1993)
99  2
97LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING
    Johnny Mathis (Columbia 45975)
  1
98SEXY MAMA
    Moments (Stang 5052)
100   2
99I GOT A NAME
    Jim Croce (ABC 11389)
83422916
100 SEASONS IN THE SUN
    Terry Jacks (Bell 45,432)
  1
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