1950’s Rock and Roll Review
Question 1
Who sang the songRock Around the Clock?
Answer 1
Bill Haley and his Comets
Question 2
What is the title of the first Rock and Roll
record?
Answer 2
Rocket 88 by Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston
Question 3
Name the tune and artist.
Answer 3
Heartbreak Hotelby Elvis Presley
(1956)
Question 4
Who coined or first used the phrase Rock and
Roll?
Question 5
Who wrote and sangthe original version of
Tutti Fruitti?
Question 6
Name the tune and artist.
Answer 6
Lollipopby the Chordettes
(1958)
Question 7
What was the name of the TV show hosted by
Dick Clark?
Question 8
Name the 3 music artists that died in the Iowa
plane crash.
Answer 8
Buddy HollyRitchie Valens
The Big Bopper
Question 9
Name the tune and artist.
Answer 9
Rocket 88 by Ike Turner and Jackie Brengsten
(1951)
Question 10
What was the electric blues song that influenced many early rock musicians? It is also the name of a famous
Rock and Roll band.
Answer 10
Rollin Stoneby Muddy Waters
(1950)
Question 11
What famous guitarist helped promote the Gibson electric solid
body guitar?
Answer 12
That’ll Be the Dayby Buddy Holly
and the Crickets(1957)
Question 13
Name three small record companies that were
successful in the 1950’s
Question 14
What’s the name of the King of Rock and Roll who recorded his first
song in 1953 for his mom’s birthday?
Question 15
Name the tune and artist.
Answer 15
Tutti Fruittiby Little Richard
(1955)
Question 16
Name the tune and artist.
Answer 16
Rock around the Clockby Bill Haley and his
Comets (1954)
Answer 17
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
Answer 18
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
by Jerry Lee Lewis(1957)
Question 19
Name the term used to describe when record companies would pay
DJ’s to play certain records
Question 20
What performer started the dance craze called
“The Twist?”
Answer 21
Donnaby Ritchie Valens (1959)
Question 22
What is it called when an artist performs a song already recorded by
another musician
Question 23
Name five non-musical events that occurred during the
1950’s
Answer 23
Credit card, organ transplant, “Peanuts” cartoon, Korean War, McCarthy hunts for Communists, hydrogen bomb, color TV, WWII
Peace Treaty, seat belts, polio vaccine, Queen Elizabeth, DNA discovered, Hillary & Norgay reach Mt. Everest, atomic
submarine, government says cigarettes cause cancer, Bannister breaks 4-minute mile, segregation ruled illegal in U.S., Disneyland
oens, Emmett Till murdered in Chicago, James Dean dies, McDonalds opens, Rosa Parks bus incident, Grace Kelly marries
Prince Ranier III of Monaco, TV remote control, velcro, Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat, Soviets launch Sputnik, Hope Diamond donated to
the Smithsonian, hula hoops, Legos, NASA founded, peace symbol created, Antarctica Scientific Preserve, US Quiz shows
fixed
Answer 24
Rollin’ Stoneby Muddy Waters (1950)
Answer 25
Johnny B. Goodeby Chuck Berry (1958)