1950s Music Quiz

Match the lyrics to the hit song

AARP

Published November 21, 2023

10 Questions

1950s Music Quiz

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 "question" : "Well, since my baby left me, well, I found a new place to dwell / Well, it’s down at the end of Lonely Street ...\n",
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 "answer" : "“My Prayer,” the Platters, 1956",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Diana,” Paul Anka, 1957",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley, 1956",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Singing the Blues,” Guy Mitchell, 1956",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans / Way back up in the woods among the evergreens.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“That’ll Be the Day,” the Crickets, 1957",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Music! Music! Music!,” Teresa Brewer, 1950",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Hard Headed Woman,” Elvis Presley, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "I’m a-gonna raise a fuss, I’m a-gonna raise a holler / About working all summer, just a-trying to earn a dollar.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Stagger Lee,” Lloyd Price, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Summertime Blues,” Eddie Cochran, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Poor Little Fool,” Ricky Nelson, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Rock Around the Clock,” Bill Haley & His Comets, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine / I keep my eyes wide open all the time.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“I Walk the Line,” Johnny Cash, 1956",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Cold, Cold Heart,” Hank Williams, 1951",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Secret Love,” Doris Day, 1953",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Why,” Frankie Avalon, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "Look at me / I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Kansas City,” Wilbert Harrison, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Misty,” Johnny Mathis, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“This Ole House,” Rosemary Clooney, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Love Me Tender,” Elvis Presley, 1956",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "Born on a mountain top in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free.\n",
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 "answer" : "“El Paso,” Marty Robbins, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Wanted,” Perry Como, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Tammy,” Debbie Reynolds, 1957",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” Bill Hayes, 1955",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
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 "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
 "question" : "Some folks say a man is made outta mud / A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Twilight Time,” the Platters, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Rags to Riches,” Tony Bennett, 1953",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Witch Doctor,” David Seville, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "They asked me how I knew / My true love was true.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” the Platters, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Mona Lisa,” Nat King Cole, 1950",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Let Me Go, Lover!,” Joan Weber, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Venus,” Frankie Avalon, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear / And it shows them pearly white.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Mack the Knife,” Bobby Darin, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“It’s Only Make Believe,” Conway Twitty, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Love Letters in the Sand,” Pat Boone, 1957",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Mr. Sandman,” the Chordettes, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
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}, {
 "question" : "Tequila!\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Sleep Walk,” Santo & Johnny, 1959",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Blue Tango,” Leroy Anderson, 1952",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” Pérez Prado, 1954",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Tequila,” the Champs, 1958",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
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} ]

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