Let's Go to the Hop Trivia Quiz

Answer: High School Confidential

Not only did "High School Confidential" contain "Boppin' at the High School Hop" and "Shakin' at the High School Hop" it also had "Boppin' at the High School Hop" and "Rollin' at the High School Hop" in the lyrics.
Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave wrote the the song which was used in a film of the same name starring Jerry Lee Lewis, Russ Tamblyn and Mamie Van Doren.
Sam Phillips produced the recording that was made while Jerry Lee Lewis was still recording for Sun Records.
Jerry's 1961 version of "Save the Last Dance for Me" failed to chart in the US. "Hi Heel Sneakers" was included on his "The Greatest Live Show on Earth" in 1964. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" made it to Number Two in the US in 1957 and topped the UK charts.

Answer: Freddy Cannon

"Tallahassee Lassie" was Freddy Cannon's first US Billboard Top Ten hit. He followed up the same year with the Number Three "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" and had another Number Three single in 1962 when he released "Palisades Park", his last Top Ten single in the US.
Freddy earned the nickname Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon because of the power of his recordings and gained national exposure through his many appearances on Dick Clarke's "American Bandstand" show.
"Dream Lover" was a 1959 hit for Bobby Darin. Fabian released "Turn Me Loose" the same year. "Sea Cruise" was Frankie Ford's 1959 hit.

Answer: Jingle Bell Rock

Session guitar player Hank Garland played the distinctive opening to "Jingle Bell Rock". Helms recorded several versions of the song whenever he changed labels.
He recorded the song again when he was on the Kapp label in 1965 and when he switched to the Little Darlin' label two years later. In 1970 he released an album titled "Jingle Bell Rock" on the Certron label. In 1983 Helms recorded his final version for the Black Rose record company.
Helms' only other US Top Ten was another 1957 release titled "My Special Angel".
"Blue Christmas" was originally recorded by Ernest Tubb in 1949, eight years before Elvis had success with the song. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" was recorded by Perry Como in 1951. "Little Saint Nick" was a 1963 Christmas release by The Beach Boys.

Answer: The Dovells

The Dovells went by the name of The Brooktones until they signed with Chancellor Records in 1960. A group from Bristol, Pennsylvania, called Terry and the Appeljacks had released "The Bristol Stomp" after watching a group of kids dancing The Stomp at dances in their home town. Their version failed to chart in the US, but when The Dovells released a version as their debut single on Chancellor it sold over a million copies.
Len Barry later left the group and recorded hits including "1,2,3".
The Dartells had an instrumental hit with "Hot Pastrami" in 1962. The Del-Vikings formed in 1955 in Pittsburgh. The Duprees had a hit single in 1962 with a cover of "You Belong to Me".

Answer: Bobby Darin

Atlantic Records was considering releasing Bobby Darin when he finally had a national hit with "Splish Splash". The hit became Bobby Darin's first US Top Ten single. The song reached Number Three in the US while his follow up, "Queen of the Hop" made it to Number Nine.
The following year "Dream Lover" made it to Number Two and Darin finally topped the charts the same year with "Mack the Knife".
In 1959 "Turn Me Loose" was Fabian's first major hit. Frankie Avalon's "Venus" was a Number One US hit in 1959. In 1956 Jimmy Clanton formed his first band called the Rockets.

Answer: Lipstick on your Collar

"Lipstick on your Collar" contained the opening line, "When you left me all alone at the record hop". Session guitarist George Barnes played the guitar solo in the song when it was recorded at Metropolitan Studio in New York.
The flip-side was a song titled "Frankie". When "Frankie" reached Number Nine on the US charts the record became Connie's biggest selling double-sided single.
"Stupid Cupid" was released in 1958 and opened with "Stupid cupid, you're a real mean guy". Connie's 1960 single, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" began with "The tears I cry for you could fill an ocean". In 1961 Connie released "Where the Boys Are", which opened with "Where the Boys Are".

Answer: Little Richard

John Marascalco and Robert Blackwell composed "Ready Teddy" and it was released as a single from Little Richard's 1956 "Here's Little Richard" album. Elvis Presley, Tony Sheridan, Buddy Holly and The Tornadoes have all released cover versions of "Ready Teddy".
Little Richard had a big year in 1956, releasing such signature hits as "Rip it Up", "Slippin' and Slidin'" and "Long Tall Sally".
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" was recorded by by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957. Fats Domino had a 1956 hit with "I'm In Love Again". Jim Lowe sang "The Green Door" the same year.

Answer: Aerosmith

"Let the Music Do the Talking" and "My Fist Your Face" were other cuts from Aerosmith's 1985 "Done with Mirrors" LP. In 1970 guitar player Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton were in a group called The Jam Band. They teamed up with Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer and Ray Tabano to form Aerosmith in 1971.
The group signed with Columbia Records the following year and in 1973 their eponymous debut album was released. In 1975 their "Toys in the Attic" LP contained "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion".
Night Ranger formed in San Francisco. Loverboy and Rush were formed in Canada.

Answer: Black Dog

"Black Dog" was released as a single in the US and Australia with "Misty Mountain Hop" on the flip side. "Misty Mountain Hop" began getting considerable airplay as well.
Led Zeppelin IV did not have an official title and featured symbols representing each member of the group. It went on to be one of the best selling albums in Rock history.
"Going to California" and "When the Levee Breaks" were not released as singles when the album was released. "Rock and Roll" featured former Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart on piano and was released as a single with "Four Sticks" as the flip side in 1972.

Answer: Juniors

"At the Hop" was originally released by Danny and the Juniors. The song made it to Number One on the US charts in January, 1958. The song was a regional smash until the group made an appearance on Dick Clark's "American bandstand".
The song was originally titled "Do the Bop" when it was composed while the band was still going under the name of The Juvenairs. Dick Clark suggested they change the title of the song so it would not become a dance craze recording.
New Orleans native Danny Rapp was the lead singer.