| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Record World |
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| Jan 3 | Winelight Grover Washington, Jr. |
Winelight Grover Washington, Jr. |
Winelight Grover Washington, Jr. |
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| July 4 | The Clarke/Duke Project Stanley Clarke & George Duke |
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| July 11 | The Clarke/Duke Project Stanley Clarke & George Duke |
The Clarke/Duke Project Stanley Clarke & George Duke |
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| July 18 | Winelight Grover Washington, Jr. |
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| July 25 | Voyeur David Sanborn |
The Man with the Horn Miles Davis |
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| Aug 1 | As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays |
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| Aug 8 | Winelight Grover Washington, Jr. |
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| Aug 15 | The Man with the Horn Miles Davis |
The Man with the Horn Miles Davis |
(chart unavailable) |
| Aug 22 | The Man with the Horn Miles Davis |
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| Aug 29 | |||
| Sept 5 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
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| Sept 12 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
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| Sept 19 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
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| Oct 31 | Freetime Spyro Gyra |
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| Nov 14 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
(chart unavailable) | |
| Nov 21 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
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| Nov 28 | (chart unavailable) | ||
| Dec 5 | Breakin’ Away Al Jarreau |
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| Dec 12 | The George Benson Collection | ||
| Dec 19 | (chart unavailable) | ||
| Dec 26 | The George Benson Collection | The George Benson Collection | |
| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Record World |
