1. 1950’s Rock and Roll Review

2. Question 1 Who sang the song Rock Around the Clock?

3. Answer 1 Bill Haley and his Comets

4. Question 2 What is the title of the first Rock and Roll record?

5. Answer 2 Rocket 88 by Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston

6. Question 3 Name the tune and artist.

7. Answer 3 Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley (1956)

8. Question 4 Who coined or first used the phrase Rock and Roll?

9. Answer 4 Alan Freed

10. Question 5 Who wrote and sang the original version of Tutti Fruitti?

11. Answer 5 Little Richard (1955)

12. Question 6 Name the tune and artist.

13. Answer 6 Lollipop by the Chordettes (1958)

14. Question 7 What was the name of the TV show hosted by Dick Clark?

15. Answer 7 American Bandstand

16. Question 8 Name the 3 music artists that died in the Iowa plane crash.

17. Answer 8 Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens The Big Bopper

18. Question 9 Name the tune and artist.

19. Answer 9 Rocket 88 by Ike Turner and Jackie Brengsten (1951)

20. Question 10 What was the electric blues song that influenced many early rock musicians? It is also the name of a famous Rock and Roll band.

21. Answer 10 Rollin Stone by Muddy Waters (1950)

22. Question 11 What famous guitarist helped promote the Gibson electric solid body guitar?

23. Answer 11 Les Paul

24. Question 12 Name the tune and artist

25. Answer 12 That’ll Be the Day by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957)

26. Question 13 Name three small record companies that were successful in the 1950’s

27. Answer 13 Atlantic Chess Imperial Sun Tamla/Motown

28. Question 14 What’s the name of the King of Rock and Roll who recorded his first song in 1953 for his mom’s birthday?

29. Answer 14 Elvis Presley

30. Question 15 Name the tune and artist.

31. Answer 15 Tutti Fruitti by Little Richard (1955)

32. Question 16 Name the tune and artist.

33. Answer 16 Rock around the Clock by Bill Haley and his Comets (1954)

34. Question 17 Name the tune and artist

35. Answer 17 Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins

36. Question 18 Name the tune and artist

37. Answer 18 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On by Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)

38. Question 19 Name the term used to describe when record companies would pay DJ’s to play certain records

39. Answer 19 Payola

40. Question 20 What performer started the dance craze called “The Twist?”

41. Answer 20 Chubby Checker

42. Question 21 Name the tune and artist

43. Answer 21 Donna by Ritchie Valens (1959)

44. Question 22 What is it called when an artist performs a song already recorded by another musician

45. Answer 22 Cover

46. Question 23 Name five non-musical events that occurred during the 1950’s

47. Answer 23 Credit card, organ transplant, “Peanuts” cartoon, Korean War, McCarthy hunts for Communists, hydrogen bomb, color TV, WWII Peace Treaty, seat belts, polio vaccine, Queen Elizabeth, DNA discovered, Hillary & Norgay reach Mt. Everest, atomic submarine, government says cigarettes cause cancer, Bannister breaks 4-minute mile, segregation ruled illegal in U.S., Disneyland oens, Emmett Till murdered in Chicago, James Dean dies, McDonalds opens, Rosa Parks bus incident, Grace Kelly marries Prince Ranier III of Monaco, TV remote control, velcro, Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat, Soviets launch Sputnik, Hope Diamond donated to the Smithsonian, hula hoops, Legos, NASA founded, peace symbol created, Antarctica Scientific Preserve, US Quiz shows fixed

48. Question 24 Name the tune and artist

49. Answer 24 Rollin’ Stone by Muddy Waters (1950)

50. Question 25 Name the tune and artist

51. Answer 25 Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry (1958)