Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1985

In 1985, 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 1985:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 5	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16	Straight to the Heart	David Sanborn
February 23
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11	Magic Touch	Stanley Jordan
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6	Soda Fountain Shuffle	Earl Klugh
July 13
July 20
July 27	Dancing in the Sun	George Howard
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5
October 12	Harlequin	Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
October 19	Skin Dive	Michael Franks
October 26
November 2
November 9	Live in London	Al Jarreau
November 16	Black Codes (From the Underground)	Wynton Marsalis
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14	Fables	Jean-Luc Ponty
December 21
December 28

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984

Charting the Charts: Chuck Mangione – Fun and Games (1980)

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Here’s a look at how the Chuck Mangione album Fun and Games fared on various charts:

1980
Date	Billboard Jazz (50)	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Cash Box Jazz (40)
Feb 23	23	66	62	15
March 1	2	29	15	7
March 8	2	10	10	3
March 15	1	8	10	1
March 22	1	8	9	1
March 29	2	8	9	1
April 5	2	8	12	1
April 12	3	14	15	1
April 19	3	19	18	1
April 26	4	28	21	1
May 3	4	30	25	4
May 10	5	38	37	5
May 17	5	54	43	5
May 24	5	75	52	4
May 31	9	82	71	4
June 7	11	83	77	9
June 14	11	103	89	11
June 21	12	153	146	11
June 28	13	159	161	12
July 5	23	170	167	16
July 12	25	186	195	18
July 19	25	199		20
July 26	28	200		24
Aug 2	28			28
Aug 9	29			33
Aug 16	29			33
Aug 23	35			34
Aug 30	35			35
Sept 6	33			38
Sept 13	32			38
Sept 20	33			38
Sept 27	33			39
Oct 4	41			39
Oct 11	43			40

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REVIEWS:

Billboard, February 16, 1980, p. 91

Cash Box, February 9. 1980, p. 15

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Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1984

In 1984, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Thirty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1984:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 7	Backstreet	David Sanborn
January 14	December	George Winston
January 21
January 28	Backstreet	David Sanborn
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 3
March 10
March 17	Imagine This	Pieces of a Dream
March 24
March 31	Backstreet	David Sanborn
April 7	Wishful Thinking	Earl Klugh
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19	Rejoicing	Pat Metheny with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16	Wishful Thinking	Earl Klugh
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11	Access All Areas	Spyro Gyra
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
October 20
October 27
November 3	Inside Moves	Grover Washington, Jr.
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
December 15
December 22
December 29

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983

Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1983

In 1983, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Thirty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1983:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 1	Two of a Kind	Bob James & Earl Klugh
January 8
January 15	The Best is Yet to Come	Grover Washington, Jr.
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16	Procession	Weather Report
April 23
April 30	Jarreau	Al Jarreau
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28	Low Ride	Earl Klugh
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25	Jarreau	Al Jarreau
July 2	In Your Eyes	George Benson
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15/td>	Individual Choice	Jean-Luc Ponty
October 22
October 29	Foxie	Bob James
November 5
November 12
November 19	Individual Choice	Jean-Luc Ponty
November 26
December 3
December 10	Backstreet	David Sanborn
December 17
December 24
December 31

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982

Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1982

In 1982, 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 1982:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 2	The George Benson Collection	George Benson
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13	Come Morning	Grover Washington, Jr.
February 20
February 27
March 6
March 13	The George Benson Collection	George Benson
March 20
March 27
April 3	The Dude	Quincy Jones
April 10
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8	Breakin’ Away	Al Jarreau
May 15
May 22
May 29	We Want Miles	Miles Davis
June 5
June 12	Offramp	Pat Metheny Group
June 19
June 26
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7	Hands Down	Bob James
August 14	As We Speak	David Sanborn
August 21	Offramp	Pat Metheny Group
August 28
September 4
September 11	Hands Down	Bob James
September 18
September 25
October 2	As We Speak	David Sanborn
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30	Incognito	Spyro Gyra
November 6
November 13
November 20	Two of a Kind	Bob James & Earl Klugh
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981

Dr. Smooth’s Flashback #14: Billboard/Cash Box/Record World charts of June 10, 1978

Spend an hour remembering some of the most popular jazz of 1978 as listed on the Top 40 Jazz Albums charts in the June 10, 1978 issues of Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World magazines.

Playlist:

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Track 1: “Daisy Mae” by Raul de Souza, from the album Don’t Ask My Neighbors.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	34
Cash Box	33
Record World	24

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Track 2: “Magic in Your Eyes” by Earl Klugh, from the album Magic in Your Eyes.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	33
Cash Box	38
Record World	15

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Track 3: “Lotus Blossom” by David Sanborn from the album Heart to Heart.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	23
Cash Box	23
Record World	31

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Track 4: “Superwoman” by Noel Pointer, from the #39 album of the week, Hold On.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	17
Cash Box	25
Record World	26

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Track 5: “Mead” by Spyro Gyra, from the album Spyro Gyra.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	20
Cash Box	21
Record World	21

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Track 6: “Loveland” by Lonnie Liston Smith from the album Loveland.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	11
Cash Box	8
Record World	10

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Track 7: “Love Island” by Deodato, from the album Love Island.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	10
Cash Box	9
Record World	8

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Track 8: “Rainbow Seeker” by Joe Sample, from the album, Rainbow Seeker.  

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	3
Cash Box	6
Record World	5

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Track 9: “Modern Man” by Stanley Clarke, from the album Modern Man.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	7
Cash Box	3
Record World	3

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Track 10: “Windsong” by George Benson, from the album, Weekend in L.A.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	1
Cash Box	2
Record World	2

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Track 11: “Feels So Good” by Chuck Mangione from the album Feels So Good.

Jazz Album Charts:	June 10, 1978
Billboard	2
Cash Box	1
Record World	1

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Thanks to Herc of Herc’s Hideaway for research assistance and support.

Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1981

In 1981, 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 1981:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 3	Winelight	Grover Washington, Jr.
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4	The Clarke-Duke Project	Stanley Clarke & George Duke
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15	The Man with the Horn	Miles Davis
August 22
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19	Breakin’ Away	Al Jarreau
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26	The George Benson Collection	George Benson

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980

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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Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1979

In 1979 issue, 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 1979:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 6	Touchdown	Bob James
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10
March 17	Carmel	Joe Sample
March 24	Livin’ Inside Your Love	George Benson
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2	Paradise	Grover Washington, Jr.
June 9
June 16
June 23	Street Life	The Crusaders
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1	One on One	Bob James & Earl Klugh
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

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Charting the Charts: Grover Washington, Jr – A Secret Place (1976)

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Here’s a look at how the Grover Washington, Jr. album A Secret Place fared on various charts (chart peaks in bold):

1977	Billboard			Cash Box			Record World*
Date	200	Jazz	Soul	200	Jazz	R&B	200	Jazz	R&B
Jan 1					31
Jan 8			45	159	9	59	109
Jan 15	121	10	37	109	2	50	72	3	18
Jan 22	71		15	87	2	36	60
Jan 29	51	1	11	73	1	19	54	1	13
Feb 5	41		9	65	1	17	49	1	12
Feb 12	39	1	7	58	1	16	44	1	12
Feb 19	36		7	54	2	14	40	2	11
Feb 26	33	2	12	51	2	13	45
Mar 5	31		12	48	2	12	65	2	11
Mar 12	31	2	12	63	2	14	67	3	17
Mar 19	42		12	71	2	14	71	3	24
Mar 26	39	2	15	76	3	20	81	3
Apr 2	55		15	76	3	28	130	4
Apr 9	132	2	17	119	3	43
Apr 16	132		48	122	4	50	166
Apr 23	178	4	48	148	7	62
Apr 30	195			173	8	71
May 7					9
May 14		7			10			18
May 21					11			22
May 28		11			10			33
Jun 4					10			35
Jun 11		12			12
Jun 18					20
Jun 25		12			23
Jul 2					29
Jul 9		34
1977	Billboard			Cash Box			Record World*

*Record World chart data incomplete, will update as information becomes available

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