Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1980

In 1980, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Forty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1980:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 5	One on One	Bob James & Earl Klugh
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 1
March 8	Every Generation	Ronnie Laws
March 15	Fun and Games	Chuck Mangione
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3	Catching the Sun	Spyro Gyra
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19	This Time	Al Jarreau
July 26
August 2	Rhapsody and Blues	The Crusaders
August 9
August 16	Give Me the Night	George Benson
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27	Winelight	Grover Washington, Jr.

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