murderers' row

A term initially used to describe the devastatingly effective batting line up of the 1927 New York Yankees; now the phrase is commonly used more broadly to refer to any particularly successful and/or powerful group of people.

Term to define the cream of the crop of any group of people, good or bad. As much as I hate to admit it, the term was originally coined by the 1927 Yankees, who were unquestionably the best baseball team ever, but you can use it in other ways, for instance, the WWE roster in early 2000 was the murderers row of wrestling talent. On the other hand, the 19 9/11 hijackers were a murderers row of terrorists that are burning in hell.

Song by Alan Jackson & George Strait; referring to the new sound of pop-like country music by almost all new country artists. Many fans of original country music agree that pop country isn't true to traditional country, and shouldn't be considered true country music.