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WorksheetsRock and Roll the Early Days
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What song by Bill Haley and the Comets was the first rock song to be #1 on the charts?
Lucille
Sweet Little Sixteen
Rock around the Clock
Jailhouse Rock
The term in the 1950's used when a White artist would re-record a song by a Black artist
a one hit wonder
a cover version
a copycat
an imitation
What people called the day that Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash:
the saddest day
the day the beat stopped
the day the music died
the end of rock
Elvis Presley's career was interrupted for two years because:
he was injured in a car accident
he was drafted into the Army
he was sentenced to jail
he took time off to care for his mother
Early rock was sometimes called
rockabilly
disco
operetta
jazz
Why was Little Richard called "Little"?
because he only had a little money
because he is very short
because he ate a little food at a time
because he played the ukelele
This guitar player had a very distinctive playing style:
Bo Diddley
Fats Domino
Pat Boone
Elvis Presley
Many communities banned rock and roll concerts in the 1950s due to safety concerns
TRUE
FALSE
Personal scandals cost this artist his career in the 1950s
Fats Domino
Pat Boone
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bill Haley
Fats Domino's first name really was Fats
TRUE
FALSE
