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Now, you are dealing with a guy who was a DJ at an Oldies station (before I got a real job) so let's see how it goes...

 

1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?

(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock

(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock

(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock

 

2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?

(a) Rebel Without A Cause

(b) Blackboard Jungle (It was also the theme from American Graffiti)

(c) The Wild Ones

 

3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____

(a) Angel

(b) Mother

(c) Worm

 

4. ''I found my thrill . . .'' where?

(a) Kansas City

(b) Heartbreak Hotel

(c) Blueberry Hill

 

5. ''Please turn on your magic beam,__________ bring me a dream,'':

(a) Mr. Sandman

(b) Earth Angel

(c) Dream Lover

 

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?

(a) Atlantic

(b) RCA

(c) Sun

 

7.. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?

(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

(b) Charlie Brown

(c) Buster Brown

 

8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:

(a) MacHeath

(b) MacCloud

(c) MacNamara

 

9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''

(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly

(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula

(c) Tutti Fruitti

 

10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?

(a) Dick Clark

(b) Wolfman Jack

(c) Alan Freed ( His story was told in the movie "American Hot Wax" with a young Jay Leno playing the chauffer, Fran Dresher as the secretary and Lorraine Newman as the teen aged groupie.)

 

11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:

(a) Little Richard...Reverend Richard PennimanI met him back in the day. Very Nice man.

(b) Frankie Lymon

(c) Tony Orlando

 

12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?

(a) Brenda Lee

(b) Connie Francis

(c) Annette Funicello

 

13. The Everly Brothers are . . ...

(a) Pete and Dick

(b) Don and Phil

(c) Bob and Bill

 

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:

(a) Jiles P. Richardson (Better known as J.P. Richardson, never knew his first name was Jiles)

(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.

(c) Marion Michael Morrison (also known as John Wayne although there is some dispute about the middle name)

 

15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...

(a) Decca

(b) Cameo

(c) Motown

 

16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''.. What TV show was he on?

(a) 77 Sunset Strip (click click)

(b) Hawaiian Eye

(c) Surfside Six

 

17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:

(a) Carol Lynley

(b) Sandra Dee

(c) Natalie Wood

 

18. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':

(a) The Penguins

(b) The Monotones

(c) The Moonglows

 

19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''

(a) Loved

(b) Kissed

(c) Met

 

20. Chuck Berry sang ''Oh,___________, why can't you be true?''

(a) Suzie Q

(b) Peggy Sue

(c) Maybelline

 

21. ''Wooly_______''

(a) Mammouth

(b) Bully

(c) Pully

 

22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat . . . ."

(a) can't go into town no more

(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor

(c) peepin' in a seafood store

 

23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . . . ..''

(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze

(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise

 

24. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is . .. . . . .''

(a) Mr. Earl

(b) Jackie Pearl

(c) Milton Berle

 

25. ''You're my Fanny and nobody else's ....''

(a) girl

(b) butt

(c) love

 

26. ''I want you to play with my . . . ''

(a) heart

(b) dreams

(c) ding a ling

 

27. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''

(a) she's got the rabies

(b) she's my baby.

(c) she loves me, maybe

 

28. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing ...''

(a) right here

(b) fifty cents

(c) just for you

 

29. ''He wore black denim trousers and . . .''

(a) a pink carnation

(b) pink leotards

(c) motorcycle boots

 

30. ''I got a gal named . . .''

(a) Jenny Zamboni

(b) Gerri Mahoney

(c) Boney Maroney

 

I lOVE THE OLDIES... :sunny:


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