quiz 1602 – 50s music

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1	Who was backed by The Blue Caps? Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Johnny Cash
2	Who was backed by The Comets? Bobby Darin, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley
3	Who was backed by The Crickets? Little Richard, Bill Haley, Bobby Darin, Buddy Holly
4	Who was known as Mr Personality? Little Willie John, Jackie Wilson, Lloyd Price, Ivory Joe Hunter
5	Who was known as The King of Stroll? Chuck Willis, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Otis, Johnny Ace
6	Who was left seriously disfigured after a 1952 car crash? Bobby Darin, Huey Smith, Percy Mayfield, Ritchie Valens
7	Who was most famous for the song Hit The Road Jack? Huey Smith, Ritchie Valens, Percy Mayfield, Bobby Darin
8	Who was often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper? LeVern Baker, Patti Page, Ruth Brown, Big Mama Thornton
9	Who was often billed as Mr Excitement? Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Chuck Willis, Frankie Lymon
10	Who was often billed as The Baron of Boogie? Chuck Willis, Ivory Joe Hunter, Frankie Lymon, Little Willie John
11	Who was often known as "The Matriarch of RnB"? Etta James, Brenda Lee, Patti Page, Ruth Brown
12	Who was often supported by "The Dominoes"? Billy Ward, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly
13	Who was on stage when a riot broke out at a 1956 gig in which police were forced to use tear gas to quell rioters? Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry
14	Who was said to have discovered acts including Jackie Wilson and Little Esther? Hank Ballad, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, Johnny Otis
15	Who was the forefather of the style known as "Chicano Rock"? Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Huey Smith, Ritchie Valens
16	Who was the highest selling female artists of the 1950s in the US? June Valli, Peggy Lee, Frankie Lane, Patti Page
17	Who were originally put together as a backing group for Clyde Mcphatter? The Drifters, The Dominoes, The Cadillacs, The Platters
18	Whole Lotta Shaking Going On shot which singer to worldwide fame? Bill Haley, Billy Ward, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis
19	Who's first two singles were All Around the World and Need You So Bad? Little Willie John, Johnny Ace, Chuck Willis, Frankie Lymon
20	Whose signature song was "Tennessee Waltz"? Frankie Lane, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, June Valli