Bob Ellis Mersereau is a Canadian

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in New Brunswick."Bob Mersereau's list of top 100 Canadian songs will please some, infuriate others"
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'', October 1, 2010. Since 1982, he has been a reporter on the East Coast music scene for CBC Radio, CBC Television, and the ''

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''. Nicknamed Rockin' Bob by

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, Mersereau was a frequent guest on CBC programs such as '' Morningside'' and ''

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''. Mersereau is the author of the 2007 book ''

The Top 100 Canadian Albums ''The Top 100 Canadian Albums'' is a book by journalist Bob Mersereau, published in 2007 by Goose Lane Editions. Mersereau surveyed 600 music journalists, retailers, musicians and disc jockeys of all ages, from all parts of Canada, who each subm ...

,'' its 2010 follow-up ''The Top 100 Canadian Singles,'' the 2015 book ''The History of Canadian Rock 'n' Roll,'' and most recently ''The East Coast Book of Fame: Top 50''. His daughter, Jamie Kitts, is also an author and a small-press editor.

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