| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending DECEMBER 18, 1971 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | WHAT AM I LIVING FOR
Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11317) | — | 1 |
| 2 | KEEP PLAYIN’ THAT ROCK ’N’ ROLL
Edgar Winter’s White Trash (Epic 10788) | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | UNDER MY WHEELS
Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7529) | 15 | 2 |
| 4 | LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE
Coasters (King 6385) | — | 1 |
| 5 | HOW CAN I PRETEND
Continental 4 (Jay-Walking 013) | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | MOVIN’ ON (pt. 2)
Buckwheat (London 166) | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | OPEN THE DOOR (Song For Judith)
Judy Collins (Elektra 45755) | 20 | 2 |
| 8 | REALLY WANTED YOU
Emitt Rhodes (Dunhill 4295) | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | GET UP AND GET DOWN
Dramatics (Volt 4071) | — | 1 |
| 10 | PRECIOUS AND FEW
Climax (Carousel 30,055) | 22 | 2 |
| 11 | HOPE
Mason Proffit (Ampex 11048) | 14 | 4 |
| 12 | (We’ve Got To) PULL TOGETHER
Nite-Liters (RCA Victor 74-0591) | — | 1 |
| 13 | BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN
Carpenters (A&M 1289) | 17 | 2 |
| 14 | AIN’T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73255) | 30 | 2 |
| 15 | SPACE CAPTAIN
Barbra Streisand with Fanny (Columbia 45511) | 23 | 2 |
| 16 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Carroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton (Atlantic 2847) | — | 1 |
| 17 | THE LOVE OF MY MAN
Dionne Warwicke (Scepter 12336) | 21 | 3 |
| 18 | ROCK LOVE
Steve Miller Band (Capitol 3228) | 24 | 2 |
| 19 | ANOTHER PUFF
Jerry Reed (RCA Victor 74-0613) | — | 1 |
| 20 | THE LOVE YOU LEFT BEHIND
Syl Johnson (Hi 2201) | 27 | 5 |
| 21 | YOU ARE THE ONE
Sugar Bears (Big Tree 122) | — | 1 |
| 22 | CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE YOU
Whispers (Janus 174) | 25 | 2 |
| 23 | THE PILGRIM: CHAPTER 33
Kris Kristofferson (Monument 8531) | — | 1 |
| 24 | ROCK ’N ROLL
Detroit Featuring Mitch Ryder (Paramount 0133) | — | 1 |
| 25 | SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS
War (United Artists 50867) | — | 1 |
| 26 | JUNGLE FEVER
Chakachas (Polydor 15030) | — | 1 |
| 27 | I’D DO IT ALL AGAIN
Vikki Carr (Columbia 45510) | — | 1 |
| 28 | HEY RUBY (Shut Your Mouth)
Ruby & Party Gang (Law-Ton 1544) | — | 1 |
| 29 | JOY
Apollo 100 (Mega 0050) | 18 | 3 |