1950's Rock and Roll!

There is a memorial to Valens, Holly, and the Big Bopper at the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay, WI.

Les Paul was born and raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin

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What style of music, popular in the 1940's and 50's, uses nonsense syllables?

To receive a “Gold” record, the artist must have sold _________ copies.

This guitarist & singer was the leader of “The Crickets.”

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Which song from the band "Bill Haley and the Comets" was the first rock tune to reach #1 on the Billboard Chart?

Guitarist Danny Cedrone knew Rock Around the Clock very well before playing in the recording session.

Which of the following music genres influenced rock and roll?

Which three musicians died in a small plane crash in 1959, known as "The Day the Music Died"?

Who played the saxophone solo in The Coaster's Yakety Yak?

Son jarocho blends Mexican, Spanish, and African elements together.

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"Yo no soy marinero" means I am not a ____________.

Which type of guitar does not need to be plugged into an amplifier to be heard?

The guitar solo in Rock Around the Clock is still considered one of the most famous and recognizable.

Boogie Woogie was not very a popular form of dance music from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. 

“La bamba” is a traditional son jarocho wedding song.

Son jarocho is a folk style of music that comes from Veracruz, Mexico.

The recorder song Rockin' Around the Hound Dog's Blue Suede Shoe BAG refers to which popular Elvis songs of the 1950's?

Yakety Yak is an example of a playlet, a song that offered a humorous look at teenage life at the time.

Which Mexican folk song was updated with a rock and roll style by Ritchie Valens in 1958?

Musicians like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley incorporated boogie rhythms into their songs.

Which musician is credited with inventing the electric guitar?

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Les Paul is the only inductee in both the Rock Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Although King Curtis played all three types, Yakety Yak featured what kind of saxophone?

This artist is known as “The King” of rock and roll, and has 141 “Gold” records to his name.

The song Splish Splash was written by Bobby Darin and Murray Kaufman, after Murray's mom Jean suggested the first line.