Bob Mersereau

'''Bob Ellis Mersereau''' is a Canadian arts journalist.<ref>Duda, Christopher – [http://www.sugarbuzzmagazine.com/bands/bobmersereau/bob.html "Bob Mersereau – The Top 100 Canadian Singles Interview"] – ''SugarBuzz Magazine''.</ref><ref>Hurlbert, Wayne – [https://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/bob-mersereau-top-100-canadian-singles.html "Bob Mersereau: The Top 100 Canadian Singles – Author interview"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015183903/http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/bob-mersereau-top-100-canadian-singles.html |date=October 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/book-lists-top-canadian-singles-1.892666 "Book lists top Canadian singles"] ''CBC News''</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150612151631/http://www.ctvnews.ca/american-woman-tops-best-canadian-songs-list-1.558352 "'American Woman' tops best Canadian songs list"] ''CTV News''</ref><ref>Rockingham, Graham – [http://www.thespec.com/print/article/263006 "Randy Bachman: lord of the song"] ''The Spec''</ref>

He is a music columnist and longtime arts reporter for CBC Television in New Brunswick.<ref name=straight>[https://www.straight.com/article-351070/vancouver/bob-mersereau-list-top-100-canadian-songs-will-please-some-infuriate-others "Bob Mersereau's list of top 100 Canadian songs will please some, infuriate others"]. ''The Georgia Straight'', October 1, 2010.</ref> Since 1982, he has been a reporter on the East Coast music scene for CBC Radio, CBC Television, and the ''Telegraph-Journal''. Nicknamed Rockin' Bob by Peter Gzowski, Mersereau was a frequent guest on CBC programs such as ''Morningside'' and ''Sounds Like Canada''.

Mersereau is the author of the 2007 book ''The Top 100 Canadian Albums,'' its 2010 follow-up ''The Top 100 Canadian Singles,''<ref name=straight /> 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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