1947 In Music Trivia Quiz

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. In 1947, who earns the first of his 21 gold records.

• Bill Medley
• Frankie Laine
• Forrest Tucker

2. Who was born January 8, 1947?

• David Bowie
• Loretta Lynn
• Johnny Crawford

3. The Anniversary Song who did NOT record the song?

• Al Jolson
• Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Alice Tatum

4. Who was born March 25, 1947?

• Manny Boggs
• Elton John
• Georg Ritter von Trapp

5. A 1947 hit was Managua, Nicaragua. Who recorded the hit?

• Freddy Martin
• Al Jolson
• Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra

6. Who was born July 20, 1947?

• Carlos Santana
• Pat Robertson
• Ben Kinchloe

7. Everybody Loves Somebody [w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane] was published in 1947. It would become a #1 Hit in 1964. Who had the #1 Hit?

• Elvis Presley
• Dean Martin
• Jerry Lewis

8. Who was born September 27, 1947?

• Norman Carl Odam
• Timothy B. Schmit
• Meat Loaf

9. In 1947, who with Oakley Haldeman published this Christmas classic Here Comes Santa Claus ?

• Gene Autry
• Roy Roger
• Frankie Lane

10. Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) was a #1 Hit song. Who recorded the hit?

• Tex Williams
• Francis Craig
• Perry Como

Check Your Answers

• 1. Frankie Laine
• 2. David Bowie
• 3. Alice Tatum
• 4. Elton John
• 5. Freddy Martin
• 6. Carlos Santana
• 7. Dean Martin
• 8. Meat Loaf
• 9. Gene Autry
• 10. Perry Como

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