title: List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
text: # List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
  
  These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1972 as published in Cash Box magazine.
  
  | Issue Date | Song | Artist |
  | - | - | - |
  | January 1 | "Got to Be There" | Michael Jackson |
  | January 8 | "American Pie" | Don McLean |
  | January 15 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie |
  | January 22 | "American Pie" | Don McLean |
  | January 29 | "American Pie" | Don McLean |
  | February 5 | "American Pie" | Don McLean |
  | February 12 | "Let's Stay Together" | Al Green |
  | February 19 | "Let's Stay Together" | Al Green |
  | February 26 | "Precious and Few" | Climax |
  | March 4 | "Without You" | Nilsson |
  | March 11 | "Without You" | Nilsson |
  | March 18 | "Heart of Gold" | Neil Young |
  | March 25 | "A Horse with No Name" | America |
  | April 1 | "A Horse with No Name" | America |
  | April 8 | "A Horse with No Name" | America |
  | April 15 | "Rockin Robin" | Michael Jackson |
  | April 22 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Roberta Flack |
  | April 29 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Roberta Flack |
  | May 6 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Roberta Flack |
  | May 13 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Roberta Flack |
  | May 20 | "I'll Take You There" | The Staple Singers |
  | May 27 | "I'll Take You There" | The Staple Singers |
  | June 3 | "Oh Girl" | The Chi-Lites |
  | June 10 | "The Candy Man" | Sammy Davis, Jr. |
  | June 17 | "Sylvia's Mother" | Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show |
  | June 24 | "Nice to Be with You" | Gallery |
  | July 1 | "Song Sung Blue" | Neil Diamond |
  | July 8 | "Outa-Space" | Billy Preston |
  | July 15 | "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers |
  | July 22 | "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers |
  | July 29 | "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
  | August 5 | "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" | Wayne Newton |
  | August 12 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
  | August 19 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
  | August 26 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | Gilbert O'Sullivan |
  | September 2 | "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" | Looking Glass |
  | September 9 | "I'm Still in Love with You" | Al Green |
  | September 16 | "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" | The Hollies |
  | September 23 | "Back Stabbers" | The O'Jays |
  | September 30 | "Black and White" | Three Dog Night |
  | October 7 | "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" | Mac Davis |
  | October 14 | "Everybody Plays the Fool" | Main Ingredient |
  | October 21 | "My Ding-a-Ling" | Chuck Berry |
  | October 28 | "My Ding-a-Ling" | Chuck Berry |
  | November 4 | "Nights in White Satin" | The Moody Blues |
  | November 11 | "Burning Love" | Elvis Presley |
  | November 18 | "I Can See Clearly Now" | Johnny Nash |
  | November 25 | "I'll Be Around" | The Spinners |
  | December 2 | "I'd Love You to Want Me" | Lobo |
  | December 9 | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | The Temptations |
  | December 16 | "I Am Woman" | Helen Reddy |
  | December 23 | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Billy Paul |
  | December 30 | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Billy Paul |
  