1
1950s
1950s
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Performers
Performers
4
Songs
Songs
4
Styles
Styles
5
More 1950
More 1950
100
In what decade did Rock 'N' Roll begin?
A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
1950s
100
Who was known as the "King of Rock and Roll"?
A) Elvis Presley
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
100
What hit Frank Sinatra tune, caused him to reinvent himself and the type of music wanted to sing?
A) Doggie in the Window
B) I've Got the World on a String
C) New York, New York
Doggie in the Window
100
What style of music was performed by bands such as the Platters, and the Coasters?
A) Crooner
B) Doo Wop
C) R&B
Doo Wop
100
White performers began covering popular black songs. "Covering" means doing a new version of an older song; and Elvis covered and had a huge hit with "Hound Dog." What recording studio both covered songs, but also was one of the first to promote their black performers?
A) Atlantic Records
B) Motown Records
C) Sun Records
Sun Records
200
In August of 1953, an 18-year-old truck driver named Elvis Presley walked into a small recording studio to record 2 songs as a birthday present for his mother. What Tennessee city did he do this in?
A) Graceland
B) Memphis
C) Nashville
Memphis
200
Rock music didn't just spring up one day out of nowhere, it sound owes a lot to the rhythm and blues (R&B) music of the 1940s and '50s. Who was a famous performer from that era? [Hint: he created the Rat Pack]
A) Bing Crosby
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Nat King Cole
Frank Sinatra
200
What was Elvis Presley's first hit song?
A) Blue Suede Shoes
B) Jailhouse Rock
C) That's All Right
That's All Right
200
Rock music was also influenced by country music. Country music began as far back as when, the time when colonists were coming to America from England and Scotland?
A) the late 1700s
B) the early 1900s
C) 1950s
The Late 1700s
200
Of the 3 untimely deaths of 'The Day the Music Died' plane crash, who was the young singer who performed songs such as 'La Bamba'?
A) The Big Bopper
B) Buddy Holly
C) Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
300
The Day the Music Died Day commemorates the untimely death of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. What type of celebrities were these three?
A) Athletes
B) Movie Stars
C) Rock Stars
Rock Stars
These three Rock singers died in an airplane crash on February 3, 1959, at the height of their popularity.
300
The sound of an electric guitar is at the heart of rock and roll. Who was one of the first famous rock and roll guitarists?
A) Chuck Berry
B) Eric Clapton
C) Prince
Chuck Berry
300
What was the first number 1 hit for the Supremes?
A) Baby Love
B) Stop! In the Name of Love
C) Where Did Our Love Go
Where Did Our Love Go
300
What record company was founded in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, that went on to become the most famous record studio of the 1960s?
A) Atlantic Records
B) Motown Records
C) Sun Records
Motown Records
300
Who founded Motown Records?
A) Barry Gordy
B) Jackie Wilson
C) Smokey Robinson
Barry Gordy
400
In those early days of rock, the only way to hear music if you were outdoors was to listen to it how?
A) All in your head
B) On a Boombox
C) On a Car Radio
On a Car Radio
400
Half the fun of early rock-and-roll music was dancing to it, and soon songs began coming out that started brand-new dances. Probably the most famous--and also the first--was "The Twist," performed by who?
A) Chubby Checker
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Smokey Robinson
Chubby Checker
400
What Ray Charles song was so successful and different that it practically invented the style of music called soul music?
A) Georgia on My Mind
B) Hit the Road Jack
C) What'd I Say
What'd I Say
400
After Jailhouse Rock, what hit Elvis song became the name of successful Elvis movie? [Hint: He took a gamble]
A) Blue Hawaii
B) Kissing Cousin
C) Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
400
"LP" and "45" refers to what item important to the music companies?
A) Cassettes
B) Radios
C) Records
Records
500
What was another recording studio that competed with Motown Records? [Hint: it called itself "Soulsville USA," and its biggest star was Otis Redding]
A) Apple Records
B) Capitol Records
C) Stax Records
Stax Records
500
Of the 3 untimely deaths of 'The Day the Music Died' plane crash, who was the singer that wore glasses and sang songs such as 'Peggy Sue'?
A) The Big Bopper
B) Buddy Holly
C) Ritchie Valens
Buddy Holly
500
True or False: The FBI launched an investigation into the 'hidden' meanings behind the lyrics of the song "Louie, Louie"?
A) True
B) False
True
500
What music style is a mix of hillbilly and rock 'n' roll music?
A) Bluegrass Music
B) Country Music
C) Rockabilly Music
Rockabilly Music
500
For many years, all music was recorded in "mono." What did they call it when the music was divided into two separate channels?
A) Dual
B) Fuller
C) Stereo
Stereo
