Fifties Music
1 Which fifties singer was nicknamed The Prince of Wails – Johnny Ray
2 Which actor/singer had a hit in 1959 with Idle On Parade – Anthony Newley
3 Which recording company introduced the 33 ½ rpm LP to the UK in 1950 – Decca
4 In whose jazz quintet did John Coltrane come to prominence in the 1950s – Miles Davis
5 Which rock ‘n’ roll song was the biggest worldwide selling single of the 1950s – Rock Around The Clock
6 Which musical won the Tony award for best musical in 1950 – South Pacific
7 Who had a UK top ten in the fifties with The Saints Rock ‘n’ Roll – Bill Haley and the Comets
8 How did Massachusetts brothers Joe, Gene, Vic and Ed become known in the fifties – The Ames Brothers
9 Which American female singer did Tennessee Ernie Ford duet with in 1950 with, Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own – Kay Starr
10 Which soul singer married dancer Delores Mohawk in the 1950s Sam Cooke
11 Who had a hit in 1959 with You’re the Top Cha Cha – Al Saxon
12 Which city is the setting of the 1950s musical Kismet – Baghdad
13 Jerry and Mike are the first names of what famous pairing of fifties hit songwriters – Leiber and Stoller
14 Who had a 1957 hit with the title song for the fifties film The Girl Can’t Help It – Little Richard
15 Which song from the film Captain Carey USA won the Oscar for best song in 1950 – Mona Lisa
16 Which fifties band were originally known as The Silvertones – The Cleftones
17 Which fifties number one came from the Jane Russell film Underwater – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
18 What did Frank Sinatra lose at The Copacabana on April 26th 1950 – His voice
19 Who had an American smash hit in the 1950s with I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
20 Which American soul singer won the 1950 Golden Gloves welterweight championship – Jackie Wilson