quiz 1614 – 50s music (QA) print friendly version Click on question to reveal answer 1 Who had a 1956 smash hit with Jim Dandy? Patti Page, Ruth Brown, Big Mama Thornton, LeVern Baker 2 Who had a 1957 hit with "The Big Band"? Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry 3 Who had a hit 1959 album with "What I'd Say"? Ray Charles, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Bobby Darin 4 Who had a hit in 1956 with "Roll over Beethoven"? Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, Chuck Berry 5 Who had a hit in the 1950s with "See You Later Alligator"? Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Bobby Darin 6 Who had a huge hit in 1958 with "Summertime Blues"? Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Ward, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly 7 Who had a major hit with "White Christmas"? Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Dean Martin 8 Who had a No.1 hit in 1950 with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Gene Autry 9 Who had a No.1 hit in the 1950s with "How Much is That Doggy in the Window"? Patti Page, June Valli, Frankie Lane, Peggy Lee 10 Who had a No.1 in 1952 with Blue Tango? Andrews Sisters, Leory Anderson, Andrew Leroy, Leory Lemmington 11 Who had a number 1 hit in 1951 with "Come On a My House"? Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Dolly Parton, Rosemary Clooney 12 Who had a smash hit in the 1950s with "Great Balls of Fire? Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Billy Ward 13 Who had a smash hit in the 1950s with "I Walk the Line"? Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Ward, Eddie Cochran 14 Who had a top 10 hit in 1957 with "Keep A Knockin"? Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bobby Darin 15 Who had back to back Number 1s in 1951 with "Because of You" and "Cold Cold Heart"? Tony Bennet, Mario Lanza, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra 16 Who had hits in the 1950s with Star Dust and Have Mercy Baby? The Clovers, The Cadillacs, The Platters, The Dominoes 17 Who had hits in the 1950s with Teenage Heaven and C'mon Everybody? Buddy Holly, Billy Ward, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran 18 Who had hits with Short Fat Fannie and Bony Moronie? Jay Hawkins, Duane Eddy, Larry Williams, Sonny Till 19 Who had their biggest hit with A Teenager in Love? The Clowns, The Chantels, The Belmonts, The Cadillacs 20 Who has been dubbed "Canada's Greatest Ever Rock and Roll Singer? Jackie Wilson, Otis Williams, Jack Scott, Lloyd Price