| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending AUGUST 17, 1974 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 101 | NEVER MY LOVE
Blue Swede (EMI 3938) | — | 1 |
| 102 | BOOGIE BANDS AND ONE NIGHT STANDS
Kathy Dalton (DiscReet 1210) | 123 | 2 |
| 103 | TELL ME THAT I’M WRONG
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia 46059) | 104 | 6 |
| 104 | SUMMERTIME IN THE CITY
Manhattans (Columbia 46081) | 105 | 4 |
| 105 | DESPERADO
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 11039) | 106 | 5 |
| 106 | JESSE JAMES (Is An Outlaw, Honey)
Rick Cunha (GRC 2028) | — | 1 |
| 107 | TRAVELIN’ PRAYER
Billy Joel (Columbia 10015) | — | 1 |
| 108 | ANYTIME...BABE
David Clayton-Thomas (RCA Victor 0296) | 107 | 5 |
| 109 | LEAVING WHIPPORWHILL
Leon Russell (Shelter 40277) | — | 1 |
| 110 | LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Van McCoy & Soul City Symphony (Avco 4639) | — | 2 |
| 111 | DANCING IN THE STREET
Dovells (Event 216) | — | 1 |
| 112 | JUMP BACK
Tom Scott & L.A. Express (Ode 66048) | 111 | 4 |
| 113 | YOU TURNED MY WORLD AROUND
Frank Sinatra (Reprise 1208) | 116 | 4 |
| 114 | IF I EVER LOSE THIS HEAVEN
Quincy Jones (A&M 1606) | — | 1 |
| 115 | THE NEED TO BE
Jim Weatherly (Buddah 420) | — | 1 |
| 116 | LET’S MAKE LOVE (At Home Sometime)
Escorts (Alithia 6066) | 117 | 3 |
| 117 | FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON
Yvonne Fair (Motown 1306) | 119 | 3 |
| 118 | LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING
B.W. Stevenson (RCA Victor 10012) | 109 | 2 |
| 119 | PUT THE MUSIC WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS
Olympic Runners (London 202) | 120 | 5 |
| 120 | DO IT, FLUID
Blackbyrds (Fantasy 729) | 122 | 2 |
| 121 | I NEED IT JUST AS BAD AS YOU
Laura Lee (Invictus 1264) | 121 | 3 |
| 122 | SHANG-A-LANG
Tinker’s Moon (Polydor 15091) | 114 | 3 |
| 123 | SAVE THE SUNLIGHT
Herb Alpert & T.J.B. featuring Lani Hall (A&M 1542) | — | 3 |
| 124 | I WISH IT WAS ME YOU LOVED
Dells (Cadet 5702) | 110 | 6 |
| 125 | GAME CALLED LOVE
Originals (Soul 35113) | 113 | 4 |