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1. What quartet from the late 1940s through the 1950s had such hits as "Hawaiian War Chant", "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane", and "Rag Mop"?
2. Walden Robert Cassotto. Who? Yeah, that's right, Walden.
This man had some major hits in the 1950s and early 1960s. He got his start by writing music for Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (Connie Francis). He had suffered a severe bout of rheumatic fever as a child, and his weakened heart condition contributed to his demise at the age of 37.
Who was this singer/songwriter who was responsible for such hits as "You're the Reason I'm Living", "Mack the Knife", and "Splish Splash"?
3. Belt 'em out, Ella! This "Queen of Jazz", Ella Fitzgerald, could really grab folks' attention with her unique and soulful sound. What were the names of her first two hit tunes, both sung in 1938?
4. Anthony Dominick Benedetto told us that he left one of his body organs in a city on the West Coast: "I Left My Heart In San Fransisco". Oh, so you didn't recognize Tony Bennett's actual name? Sorry 'bout that! (...Right.)
So, tell me this - What famous battle did he fight in during WW2?
5. In 1951, a popular husband and wife team sold over six million records. The couple had been introduced to each other by Gene Autry in 1946. From 1950 to 1954 they produced such hits as "Tennessee Waltz", "Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and "Whispering". They also made it big with "My Baby's Coming Home", "Lady of Spain", "Bye Bye Blues", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" and "Vaya Con Dios".
Can you tell me the names of this most prolific singing duet?
6. This man was a baritone singer, a trumpeter, a big band leader and an actor.
Some of his hits include 1939's "In the Still of the Night" "There I Go" in 1941, "There I've Said It Again" from 1945, and in the following year, "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow".
What was this multi-talented man's name?
7. "Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
Gonna set my heart at ease.
Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
to renew old memories."
What female music artist and actress had her first smash hit with this tune in 1944?
8. Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone was second only to Elvis Presley in charting songs during the 1950s.
Quickly now: Can you tell me who his father-in-law was?
9. Hey! I've got an idea! Why don't I just give you some song titles and you tell me which male artist sang these songs? I'll even play fair, (uh-huh, right), and give you as one of the options the name you know him by!
"High Noon", "Rawhide", "Mule Train" and the theme to the Mel Brooks film, "Blazing Saddles".
10. Which crooner/blues artist popularized the songs, "Ramblin' Rose", "Dear Lonely Hearts", "That Sunday, That Summer", "When I Fall In Love" and "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer"?
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