topliner

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In his own music, he often multitracks his trumpet and French horn into a supportive brass choir, as he does in “More and More,” a collaboration with Edie Brickell as a topliner.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Like any other quality pop topliner, Greenspan would start with a wordless vocal melody, one that’d exist as near-gibberish before he’d start stumbling onto key phrases.

From The Verge • Feb. 4, 2016

So why not Danny DeVito as the topliner of the highly liked summer hit Ruthless People?

From Time Magazine Archive

"I always thought Ralston was cast for a topliner," continued the hostess, as he modestly evaded their congratulations.

From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny

Must be some kind of a war on the slate, or Old Hickory'd never called for a topliner like George Wesley Jones to come on the carpet.

From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster