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Lyrics From the 50s - IV Trivia Quiz

More 50s lyrics.

A multiple-choice quiz by maddogrick16. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
maddogrick16

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
172,651

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4397

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: em1958 (9/10), Jackaroo47 (7/10), Guest 24 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Name this song from early 1958.
"And just in case you feel you want to hold her
you'll have a pocketful of starlight." Hint

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

Starry, Starry Night

Starbright

Catch A Falling Star

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Question 2 of 10

2. "This time tomorrow, reckon where I'll be?
Hadn't have been for Grayson, I'd have been in Tennessee."
Name the song. Hint

Stagger Lee

Tom Dooley

M.T.A.

A Worried Man

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was this song about?
"He took over Washington so I hear tell.
He patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell." Hint

Liberty Valence

Johnny Tremaine

Davy Crockett

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 4 of 10

4. "You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalie" was a line from which song? The singers much preferred this other charmer! Hint

Bernardine

Donna

The Yellow Rose Of Texas

Little Dinah

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Question 5 of 10

5. Can you identify the title of this #5 song from 1955?
"Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five.
Bumper to bumper and side by side." Hint

Maybelline

Hot Rod Lincoln

Beep Beep

Tell Laura I Love Her

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Question 6 of 10

6. "For my darling I love you, and I always will."
Identify this #1 from 1956 performed by "The King".

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. "You tell me you love me, you say you'll be true.
Then you fly around with somebody new."
Name this #1 song from 1957.
Hint

Butterfly

Turn Me Loose

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name this 'sweet' tune!
"Sweeter than candy on a stick,
huckleberry, cherry or lime." Hint

Candy Girl

Lollipop

Candy Man

Sugartime

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Don't care to hear 'em play a tango.
I'm in no mood to dig a mambo.
It's way too early for a congo.
So keep a-rockin' that piano."
Name this rock anthem from the pen of Chuck Berry. Hint

Johnny B. Goode

School Day

Sweet Little Sixteen

Rock & Roll Music

10. Let's end this volume with some goofiness!
"A-WOMP-BOMP-A-LOO-MA
BA-LOMP-BOMP-BOMP!"
A little hint; from 1956, there were two versions of this song. There was the "black" R&B version by Little Richard and the sanitized "white" version performed by Pat Boone. Hint

Long Tall Sally

Good Golly, Miss Molly

Keep A Knockin

Tutti Frutti

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name this song from early 1958. "And just in case you feel you want to hold her you'll have a pocketful of starlight."

Answer: Catch A Falling Star

This million seller was Perry Como's third and last #1 hit of the rock era.

2. "This time tomorrow, reckon where I'll be? Hadn't have been for Grayson, I'd have been in Tennessee." Name the song.

Answer: Tom Dooley

This #1 song from the fall of 1958 by The Kingston Trio reestablished folk music as commercially popular. Not since The Weavers earlier in the decade had folk singers made a significant impact on the Billboard charts. The folk song "Tom Dula", as it was originally entitled, was written in 1866.

3. Who was this song about? "He took over Washington so I hear tell. He patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell."

Answer: Davy Crockett

"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" was #1 for five weeks in the spring of 1955 for Bill Hayes. Both Tennessee Ernie Ford and the actor who portrayed Davy in the movie, Fess Parker, had #5 hits with the song at the same time. Davy Crockett paraphernalia (coonskin hats, rings, bubblegum cards, etc.) were hot items!

4. "You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalie" was a line from which song? The singers much preferred this other charmer!

Answer: The Yellow Rose Of Texas

Sing along with the bouncing ball! Mitch Miller and his chorus had a #1 hit for six weeks starting in September 1955 with this old Civil War camp fire song.

5. Can you identify the title of this #5 song from 1955? "Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five. Bumper to bumper and side by side."

Answer: Maybelline

This was Chuck Berry's first big hit. It seems ironic that he did so many classic rock songs in the 50's but never had a #1 hit until 1972 with the decidedly silly "My Ding-a-Ling"!

6. "For my darling I love you, and I always will." Identify this #1 from 1956 performed by "The King".

Answer: Love Me Tender

Elvis made his movie debut and sang this, the title song, toward the end of the movie. This song was #1 for five weeks, the movie did less well. At this stage, he was a much superior singer to an actor!

7. "You tell me you love me, you say you'll be true. Then you fly around with somebody new." Name this #1 song from 1957.

Answer: Butterfly

"Butterfly" was a #1 song for Andy Williams for three weeks and proved to be the only chart topper of his long career.

8. Name this 'sweet' tune! "Sweeter than candy on a stick, huckleberry, cherry or lime."

Answer: Lollipop

"Lollipop" was a #2 song for The Chordettes in 1958. Originally formed shortly after WWII in Wisconsin, they performed regularly on "The Arthur Godfrey" show from 1949 to 1953. Their biggest hit was "Mr. Sandman", a #1 hit for several weeks in late 1954.

9. "Don't care to hear 'em play a tango. I'm in no mood to dig a mambo. It's way too early for a congo. So keep a-rockin' that piano." Name this rock anthem from the pen of Chuck Berry.

Answer: Rock & Roll Music

It only was a modest #8 hit in it's day (1957) but is probably more popular now than then!

10. Let's end this volume with some goofiness! "A-WOMP-BOMP-A-LOO-MA BA-LOMP-BOMP-BOMP!" A little hint; from 1956, there were two versions of this song. There was the "black" R&B version by Little Richard and the sanitized "white" version performed by Pat Boone.

Answer: Tutti Frutti

Pat Boone forged his career in the early days by singing "white" versions of songs by artists such as Little Richard, Fats Domino, The Flamingos and others since the radio stations of the day would often avoid playing "colored" records if they could. So black artists, who were the creative geniuses behind the music, would record songs for play on stations devoted to black music and permit white artists to cover the song for "white" radio. Normally, the white version was the bigger hit.

By the end of 1957, the race barrier in this regard seems to have been broken.

Thereafter, music apparently was "homogenized" and radio would play the superior version regardless of the skin color of the artist.

Source: Author maddogrick16

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