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Our Fun Music Quiz for 1955
Your Music Quiz 1955
Welcome to our Fun Music Quiz for 1955. We hope you enjoy taking part and please share your experience on social media when you've completed it.
What song by Al Hibbler reached number one this year and was originally written as a theme for a little-known prison film?
a. Please Release Me
b. Help
c. Unchained Melody
d. Locked Up
1 of 10
Who did Slim Whitman sing about?
a. Ellie May
b. Jenny Wren
c. Chloe Grace
d. Rose Marie
2 of 10
What did Bill Haley want to do in this chart topper?
a. Dig a Hole
b. Rock Around The Clock
c. Roll Over & Start Again
d. Dance The Night Away
3 of 10
What song was written by Fats Domino and sung by Pat Boone?
a. Blueberry Hill
b. Ain't That A Shame
c. Never Mind
d. It's All About The Cake
4 of 10
Who did Alma Cogan advise you should 'Never Do A Tango With'?
a. An Eskimo
b. A Policeman
c. A Tax Inspector
d. A Latin Man
5 of 10
Jimmy Young is mostly known as a DJ and radio presenter but in 1955 he had a hit single with what?
a. The Man From Uncle
b. The Man From Delmonte
c. The Man From Mars
d. The Man From Laramie
6 of 10
Rosemary Clooney hit the charts with 'Mambo' what?
a. Mexicana
b. No. 5
c. Italiano
d. Tango
7 of 10
Which female singer had a number 1 with the song 'Soflty Soflty'?
a. Patsy Cline
b. Rosemary Clooney
c. Alma Cogan
d. Ruby Murray
8 of 10
What was the name of the British trumpeter who took 'Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White' into the charts?
a. Dizzy Gillespie
b. Chet Baker
c. Art Farmer
d. Eddie Calvert
9 of 10
Who sang about a dreamboat?
a. Ruby Murray
b. Patsy Cline
c. Rosemary Clooney
d. Alma Cogan
10 of 10
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