How about some music trivia?

[NightTrain]

1. What record helped forever change the face of American popular music when it reached #1 on the Billboard pop chart for the week of July 8, 1955?

2. What was Bo Diddley's only record to crack the Billboard pop Top 40?

3. Which recording was a #1 hit both in 1960 and 1962? Hint: it was the same single by the same artist, reissued a year-plus after its initial chart run.

4. What early '60s rock 'n' roll sensation enjoyed a comeback with a pair of hit singles in 1981 and 1982 respectively? For bonus points, who produced his early '80s work?

5. What was Elvis Presley's first #1 C&W hit? Hint: it wasn't "Heartbreak Hotel."

6. Who was the first African-American "bird" group?

Answers later....

[bushisanidiot]

1. I'll try

1. What record helped forever change the face of American popular music when it reached #1 on the Billboard pop chart for the week of July 8, 1955?

Rock Around the Clock?


Don't know the rest

[NashVegas]

2. A stab

1. "Rock Around ..."
2. "Say Man"
3. no clue
4. Neil Sadaka?
5. Ummm ..
6. I have no idea what a 'bird' group is.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. could be

1. rock around the clock

2. Blueberry Hill

3. not a friggin clue

4. Neil Sedaka... producer... aw, shit...she just died, right?

5. Blue Christmas

6. ?

[NightTrain]

4. And now...the answers

1. Rock Around The Clock

2. "Say Man" (1959)

3. Chubby Checker's "The Twist."

4. Gary "U.S." Bonds. His two hits were "This Little Girl" and "Out of Work." His producer was Bruce Springsteen.

5. "I Forgot To Remember To Forget," one of his 1955 Sun recordings.

6. The Ravens. They made their first record in 1946 and launched a tradition that spanned the entire doo-wop era.

[dolo amber]

5. CRAP!!!!!!!!!

I googled Billboard for the years '81-'82 and was SO gonna guess Gary U.S. Bonds!!! But, alas, the Fruity Pebbles were calling my name, and I got distracted. DAMN YOU FRUITY PEBBLES!!!!! :evilgrin:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Damn... I always suck at 50's-early 60's trivia... why do I try?

[cherryperry]

7. Because Democrats Never Give Up!

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