More good suggestions

Apologies for less than prompt posting. I've been working on a couple of sample profiles. I plan to submit them tomorrow. I'll post them to the site shortly thereafter.

In the meantime, (Rev) Jeb Magruder writes in:

I would have to argue in favor of the Carpenters. They were not only absolutely huge for quite a few years, they have hip cred which I don't understand any more than I understand the enduring popularity of Abba. And for that matter, are David Cassidy or the Osmonds popular enough to warrant inclusion? I didn't think so....

My wife also suggested the Partridge Family and the Osmonds. They wouldn't qualify on the basis of chart positions. But the former deputy director of the Committee to Re-elect the President notes:

With the Osmonds as well as Cassidy/Partridge Family, I would say that the magnitude of their success (teen mags, TV appearances, hysteria on the part of teenage girls) outweighs their chart impact. But that's my inner 12-year-old girl talking.

Well played, Mr. Magruder, but with only 100 artists to play with, I don't think they make the cut.

I would also include the Monkees and Herb Alpert, both of whom were the most popular recording artists in the world for a spell in the '60s, and whose popularity has endured, in fits and starts to this very day.

Haldeman also suggested the Monkees. Both are definitely on the upper B-list and will go on if any artists are poached by the rock book. Magruder notes that Alpert outsold the Beatles in 1966 and the Monkees outsold the Beatles in 1967.

If you're going to include Phil Spector, will you not also include Burt Bacharach?

Another excellent point. I will try. I'm also thinking of deep-sixing the girl groups in favor of a chapter on The Brill Building writers.

Snoop Dogg but no Dr. Dre?

Dre should replace Snoop, who would need at least a paragraph in such a chapter.

And finally, did my buddies Duran Duran have enough hits back in the day to warrant inclusion?

Yes they did. That was an oversight on my part.