Album of the Day

George Benson had paid his dues with more than a dozen studio albums to his credit when he hit the jackpot with BREEZIN'. His first collection for Warner Bros., it was recorded at Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood with producer Tommy LiPuma behind the boards and features plenty of the performer's fluid guitar work on such songs as the title track and self-penned “So This Is Love?” The set also includes one vocal number, the Top 10 hit “This Masquerade,” which went on to win the Grammy for Record of the Year and broadened Benson's audience considerably. BREEZIN' was the #1 album on the Billboard 200 this week in 1976 and the set topped the magazine's Jazz and R&B charts as well.