Q 01/05

Which decades does the term 'oldies' most specifically cover in radio programming?

A) The 1920s to the 1940s

B) The mid-1950s to the late 1960s

C) The 1940s to the mid-1950s

D) The 1970s to the early 1980s

Answer · why

B) The mid-1950s to the late 1960s

Since 2000 many stations have crept into the 1970s, and 'classic hits' has taken over the 1980s end.

Q 02/05

Which Phoenix station is credited as one of the first to adopt an oldies format in the early 1970s?

A) KRLA-AM

B) WCBS-FM

C) KOOL-FM

D) KHJ-AM

Answer · why

C) KOOL-FM

The timing was no accident: nostalgia for the 1950s was booming in the early 70s.

Q 03/05

Which 1973 film is often credited with kick-starting the 1950s nostalgia boom that fueled oldies radio?

A) Grease

B) The Last Picture Show

C) The Buddy Holly Story

D) American Graffiti

Answer · why

D) American Graffiti

George Lucas's soundtrack of 41 oldies became a bestselling double album, and Happy Days followed on TV a year later.

Q 04/05

When did 'Rock Around the Clock' become the first rock and roll record to top the pop chart?

A) July 9, 1955

B) May 1, 1954

C) January 8, 1956

D) September 15, 1957

Answer · why

A) July 9, 1955

It stayed there for eight weeks, a year after flopping as the B-side of 'Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)'.

Q 05/05

Which 1955 film's opening credits turned 'Rock Around the Clock' into a hit a year after its release?

A) Rebel Without a Cause

B) Blackboard Jungle

C) The Wild One

D) Rock, Rock, Rock!

Answer · why

B) Blackboard Jungle

The Bill Haley & His Comets recording is often cited as the biggest-selling vinyl rock single ever, at 25 million or more.