Clothing Featured in Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Joseph

This is from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', which was based on the story from the Bible about how Joseph's brothers were jealous when their father gave him a beautiful coloured coat, and sell him into slavery in Egypt.

Answer: Easter Parade

'Easter Parade' was a 1948 movie musical starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. The music was by Irving Berlin, and it also featured the very popular songs 'We're a Couple of Swells' and 'Stepping Out with My Baby'. It was the most financially successful movie for both Garland and Astaire.

Answer: 1950s

This song was written and performed by Marty Robbins. He is said to have written it in twenty minutes whilst being driven to a venue. It was recorded in 1957 by Columbia Records.

Answer: Carl Perkins

'Blue Suede Shoes' was written and performed by Carl Perkins. Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 - January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. This song has become one of the all time rock and roll standards. Elvis Presley also recorded the song but refused to allow it to be released as a single.

Answer: Yellow

It was an 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'. The song was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Brian Hyland performed it and it was released in 1960 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit.

Answer: Irene

Alice blue was a pale shade of blue favoured by Alice Roosevelt Longworth who was the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, and it became a fashion in the US. The song was first heard in Harry Tierney's 1919 musical 'Irene', which was made into a movie in 1940 starring Anna Neagle and Ray Milland.

Answer: His hat

'The Sun Has Got His Hat On' was written by Noel Gay. It was recorded in 1932 by two popular British orchestras, Ambrose and his Orchestra and the Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra. However it is most known today for its inclusion in the 1985 musical 'Me and my Girl'.

Answer: The Mexicans

Allan Sherman and Lou Busch wrote this comedy song called 'The Mexicans Dance on Their Hats', no doubt inspired by the Mexican hat dance, also called the Jarabe tapatío. It was originally a courtship dance, and remained popular until the 1930s.

Answer: Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra, daughter of Frank, recorded 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' in 1965, and it was a big hit. Lee Hazelwood both wrote the song and produced the recording. There have been many cover versions of this song and particularly notable is the version by Ella Fitzgerald backed by Duke Ellington.

Answer: Overcoat

The music for this 1928 song, 'Button up Your Overcoat', was written by Ray Henderson and the lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. It was first recorded by Ruth Etting, but the most popular version was recorded the following year by Helen Kane, whose voice became the inspiration for the cartoon character Betty Boop.