Q 01/05

'Rock Around the Clock' took off in 1955 after it played over the opening credits of which film?

A) Blackboard Jungle

B) The Wild One

C) Jailhouse Rock

D) Rebel Without a Cause

Answer · why

A) Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle: by the account of star Glenn Ford's son Peter, director Richard Brooks borrowed the record from his collection, and teens danced in...

Q 02/05

Who founded Sun Records in Memphis in 1952?

A) Berry Gordy

B) Leonard Chess

C) Sam Phillips

D) Ahmet Ertegun

Answer · why

C) Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips discovered Elvis, then sold his recording contract to RCA Victor in November 1955 for $35,000.

Q 03/05

Elvis Presley's first RCA Victor single, released in January 1956, was which song?

A) Blue Suede Shoes

B) Heartbreak Hotel

C) Hound Dog

D) Don't Be Cruel

Answer · why

B) Heartbreak Hotel

Some RCA executives thought Heartbreak Hotel a bad choice, yet it went to number one.

Q 04/05

Which rock and roll pioneer turned Bob Wills's fiddle tune 'Ida Red' into his 1955 hit 'Maybellene'?

A) Bo Diddley

B) Chuck Berry

C) Carl Perkins

D) Fats Domino

Answer · why

B) Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry pitched it to his label as an 'Ida' song, but the label had him retitle it before release.

Q 05/05

Which 'safer' white singer's cover of Little Richard's 'Tutti Frutti' charted higher than the original?

A) Paul Anka

B) Pat Boone

C) Bobby Darin

D) Perry Como

Answer · why

B) Pat Boone

Pat Boone's outselling cover led producer Bumps Blackwell to have Little Richard sing 'Long Tall Sally' very fast to thwart him; Boone covered it rega...