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1. There is a famous Chuck Berry song, the title of which is repeated several times in the lyrics. It tells the story of a happy young French couple, who had a "teenage wedding", and settled down in or near New Orleans to begin their married life. What's the name of the song?
2. Most baby boomers know that Buddy Holly was crazy about a girl called "Peggy Sue", immortalized in the song of the same name. But in 1958 he also recorded a subsequent song that continued her story. What was the name of this other song?
3. There was a song recorded by Connie Francis in 1959 that dealt with a rather devious boyfriend of hers. She strongly suspected he was "two-timing" her with her best friend (with friends like this...) and she was pretty sure she had concrete evidence. Which hit song are we talking about?
4. Little Richard co-wrote and recorded the very famous rock'n'roll number "Tutti Frutti" in 1956. In it, he boasts of having two girlfriends, presumably at once. What are the names of these ladies?
5. This piano-punishing performer had early hits in the 1950s, with songs like "High School Confidential" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". His nickname is "The Killer"; that is supposed to be because a lot of his associates were afraid of him. Who is this famous American rocker?
6. This man, who sang and played the piano, made a whole lot of hit records, while not usually going on the road. Instead, he eventually became a beloved fixture in certain of the better nightclubs in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Who is this rock and roll star?
7. The importance of this singer to the genre of Country and Western music is impossible to overstate. He exploded onto the scene in 1948 from his home state of Alabama, but spent a mere ten years recording and touring before a heart attack ultimately claimed him when he was only 29. Some of his songs, which he wrote himself, included "Cold, Cold Heart", "Your Cheating Heart", and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Who was this brilliant but tortured man?
8. This singer started out in the 1950s and went on to become one of America's most beloved performers, over the next five decades. A few of his early hits were "Ballad of a Teenage Queen", "Cry! Cry! Cry!" and "I Walk the Line". Can you name this legendary musician?
9. "That's All You Gotta Do", "Sweet Nothin's", "Dum Dum", these are just a few of the upbeat songs that were hits for this diminutive female singer in the '50s and '60s. Her signature song, though, is sung at a much slower pace and bears the title "I'm Sorry". Who is this singer with the great big voice?
10. Any quiz on this theme would be incomplete if it did not mention this particular singer/performer. He was the first man to inspire such crazed devotion in his female fans that crowds of them sometimes literally tore off his clothes! If you're told he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, can you identify this ultra-famous star?
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