| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending OCTOBER 2, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY
Newcomers (Stax 0099) | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | SOLO
Billie Sans (Invictus 9102) | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | I’M AN EASY RIDER
My Friends (Rare Earth 5036) | 19 | 2 |
| 4 | TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNING
Anne Murray (Capitol 3159) | — | 1 |
| 5 | I CAN’T GIVE BACK THE LOVE I FEEL FOR YOU
Vikki Carr (Columbia 45454) | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | OLENA
Don Nix (Elektra 45746) | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | LORD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL
Black Oak Arkansas (Atco 6829) | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | I KNOW I’M IN LOVE
Chee-Chee & Peppy (Buddah 225) | 15 | 3 |
| 9 | MONKEY SPANNER
Dave & Ansell Collins (Big Tree 125) | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (For Loving Me)
Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55458) | — | 1 |
| 11 | SAUNDERS’ FERRY LINE
Sammi Smith (Mega 0039) | — | 1 |
| 12 | GIMME SOME LOVIN’ (pt. 1)
Traffic, Etc. (United Artists 50841) | — | 1 |
| 13 | MONKEY TAMARIND
Beginning Of The End (Alston 4599) | — | 1 |
| 14 | CHOKIN’ KIND
Z.Z. Hill (Mankind 12007) | — | 1 |
| 15 | GOTTA’ GET OVER THE HUMP
Simtec & Wylie (Mister Chand 8005) | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE
Bad Habits (Paula 353) | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | GIRL, I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU
Cherokee (Dunhill 11304) | 20 | 2 |
| 18 | FRIENDS OF MINE
McGuinness Flint (Capitol 3186) | 17 | 2 |
| 19 | KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
Road Home (Dunhill 4285) | 13 | 2 |
| 20 | DESDEMONA
Searchers (RCA Victor 74-0484) | — | 1 |