Q 01/05

What did Duane Eddy's producer buy to use as an echo chamber for the twangy guitar on his early hits?

A) A grain silo

B) A steel oil drum

C) A water storage tank

D) A concrete drainage pipe

Answer · why

C) A water storage tank

A water storage tank holding 2,000 gallons did the job, because the Arizona studio where the records were cut had no echo chamber of its own.

Q 02/05

Which Duane Eddy instrumental, his breakthrough hit of 1958, was later featured in the film Forrest Gump?

A) Rebel-'Rouser

B) Cannonball

C) The Lonely One

D) Kommotion

Answer · why

A) Rebel-'Rouser

Rebel-'Rouser reached number six in America and sold over a million copies, earning Duane Eddy his first gold disc.

Q 03/05

Which TV detective theme did Duane Eddy re-record with Art of Noise in 1986, winning a Grammy?

A) Dragnet

B) Peter Gunn

C) Perry Mason

D) Hawaii Five-O

Answer · why

B) Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn had already been a hit for Duane Eddy a generation earlier, and the electronic remake took him back into the British top ten.

Q 04/05

In 1960, readers of Britain's NME voted Duane Eddy the world's top musical personality, ousting which star?

A) Cliff Richard

B) Frank Sinatra

C) Pat Boone

D) Elvis Presley

Answer · why

D) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley lost the top spot in a British music paper's poll, a sign of how much better Duane Eddy's records did in the UK than at home.

Q 05/05

Which producer of Duane Eddy's early hits went on to write Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"?

A) Jack Nitzsche

B) Lee Hazlewood

C) Snuff Garrett

D) Terry Melcher

Answer · why

B) Lee Hazlewood

Lee Hazlewood co-wrote many of the guitarist's instrumentals, then became a star in his own right through his 1960s duets with Nancy Sinatra.