Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Radio & Records
Jan 8	Two of a Kind Bob James & Earl Klugh	Two of a Kind Bob James & Earl Klugh	Two of a Kind Bob James & Earl Klugh
Jan 15		The Best is Yet to Come Grover Washington, Jr.
Jan 22
Jan 31
Feb 5
Feb 12			The Best is Yet to Come Grover Washington, Jr.
Feb 19
Feb 26
Mar 5
Mar 12
Mar 19			Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band
Mar 26			Asphalt Gardens George Howard
Apr 2
Apr 9			The Hunter Joe Sample
Apr 16		Procession Weather Report
Apr 23
Apr 30		Jarreau Al Jarreau
May 7
May 14	Jarreau Al Jarreau
May 21			Low Ride Earl Klugh
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			Les Fleurs Ramsey Lewis
July 30
Aug 6
Aug 13			City Kids Spyro Gyra
Aug 20
Aug 27
Sept 3
Sept 10
Sept 17	In Your Eyes George Benson
Sept 24
Oct 1
Oct 8
Oct 15		Individual Choice Jean-Lun Ponty	Foxie Bob James
Oct 22
Oct 29		Foxie Bob James
Nov 5
Nov 12
Nov 19		Individual Choice Jean-Luc Ponty
Nov 26			Soft Shoulder Generation Band
Dec 3
Dec 10		Backstreet David Sanborn	Backstreet David Sanborn
Dec 17
Dec 24
Dec 31
Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Radio & Records