Smooth jazz radio top thirty most played for the seven days ending January 12, 2007. During a week when it was announced that Kenny G’s syndicated weekend mid-day show has been picked up by WNUA Chicago his current radio single, ‘You’re Beautiful’ from the CD ‘I’m In The Mood For Love’ is up two places at 11. Lee Ritenour is a new entry at 27 with the title track from his current album ‘Smoke N Mirrors’. It joins the first single from the album, his cover of the Patrice Rushen classic ‘Forget Me Nots’ which is still there at 26. This week’s other new entry is from the successful, yet improbable, Corrine Bailey Rae. Taken from her self titled debut that garnered the huge 2006 hit ‘Put Your Records On’, her latest single ‘Like A Star’ is at 30. Much more our cup of tea in the vocal department is the sensational Pattie Austin and, after only two weeks on the chart, her version of ‘So Amazing’ from the ‘Forever for Always for Luther II’ CD is at 23. The George Benson Al Jarreau collaboration ‘Mornin’ remains at number one but favorite to displace it soon is ‘Give Me The Reason’. Also from the ‘Forever for Always for Luther II’ album this Kirk Whalum interpretation is looking strong at 2.
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