1955 In Music Trivia Quiz

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

1. On February 26, for the first time since they were introduced in 1949, 45 rpm discs begin to outsell the old standard 78s.

• True or False?

2. Who was born on January 26, 1955?

• Eddie Van Halen
• Mike Vegas
• Earl Standard

3. On September 26, "America's Sweethearts," Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor marry.

• True or False?

4. Who was born on October 7, 1955?

• Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
• Charlie Parker, Jazz saxophonist
• Bessie Brown, blues singer

5. On March 19, - A film premieres in New York City. The film features Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" over the opening credits -- the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. This event causes a groundswell of sales for the recording and is credited with helping to launch in earnest the Rock and Roll Era. What is the film?

• Blackboard Jungle
• Till We Meet Again
• Maybe Baby

6. On May 12, Kix Brooks, Country singer Brooks & Dunn is born.

• True or False?

7. "Unchained Melody" hits #1 on April 30, 1955 for eight weeks. Who performs the #1 Hit?

• Les Baxter
• Roy Hamilton
• Al Hibbler

8. In 1955, "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" was a hit song? Who performed the 1955 Hit?

• Mitch Miller & The Gang
• Gene Autry
• Frankie Lane

9. An animated musical feature film produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Buena Vista Distribution. What is the movie?

10. In 1955, the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller published "Charlie Brown." Who had the hit in 1959?

• Coasters
• Beach Boys
• Platters

Check Your Answers

• 1. True?
• 2. Eddie Van Halen
• 3. False. It is the date Eddie Fisher married Debbie Reynolds. Fisher married Elizabeth Taylor in 1959.
• 4. Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
• 5. Blackboard Jungle
• 6. True
• 7. Les Baxter
• 8. Mitch Miller & The Gang
• 9. Lady and the Tramp
• 10. Coasters

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