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Brunning, Bob & James Pickering. Chart Toppers: The Great Performers of Popular Music over the Last 50 Years. Firefly. 2009. 344p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-55407-496-9. $29.95. REF
This one-volume resource covers over 140 musical performers and musical groups that Brunning (who played bass with Fleetwood Mac and is a teacher) and Pickering (the author of many books for children) feel have made an outstanding contribution to the field of popular music. The first of two sections is a review of famous performers and groups in each decade from the 1960s through 1990s. The second section is a review of artists in specific musical styles, with chapters on the great names in …