Month: December 2021

Themed Quiz 3 - 50’s Music

Had a request from Herman H for a 50's Music quiz. Here it is:

1 Who had a number one in the fifties with ‘What Do You Want’ -- Adam Faith
2 Which style of music was created in the late fifties by Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto in Brazil -- Bossa Nova
3 Whose orchestra had a fifties hit with 'The Faithful Hussar' -- Ted Heath
4 What was the original name of the Bobbettes who had a hit in the fifties with 'Mr Lee' -- The Harlem Queens
5 According to the fifties song what was Running Bear's Indian girlfriend called -- Little White Dove
6 Who had a UK top ten hit in the fifties with 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle' -- Bert Weedon
7 Which American singer of the fifties always wore white bucks (white shoes) -- Pat Boone
8 What name was given to the country music style of the fifties of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves and Charlie Rich -- Nashville Sound
9 Rudy Pompilli played saxophone in which fifties and sixties band -- Bill Haley and the Comets
10 Who had a top ten hit in the fifties with Rachmaninov's 18th Variation on a Theme By Paganini (The Story of Three Loves) -- Winifred Atwell
11 'Here's a certain couple that I know. They're strictly lovebirds, A pair of turtle dove birds' are lyrics from which fifties TV theme -- I Love Lucy
12 What job had the fifties American singing Group The Ink Spots been doing before they became famous - Railway porters
13 Who had a UK instrumental top ten hit in the fifties with 'Peter Gunn' -- Duane Eddy
14 Jacky Landry Jackson and Lois Harris were members of which fifties group -- The Chantels
15 'In the Wee Small Hours' was a fifties album by whom -- Frank Sinatra
16 What was the name of the band that George Melly played with in the fifties -- Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band
17 Who had a UK top ten in the fifties with ‘Main Title Theme’ from The Man with the Golden Arm -- Billy May
18 Which fifties and sixties crooner was often called the singing barber -- Perry Como
19 Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane and Dave Guard were the original members of which fifties and sixties American trio -- The Kingston Trio
20 Who owned the legendary Sun record label of Memphis in the fifties -- Sam Phillips