Test Your Oldies

An Oldies Test!

World famous Chuck Buell submits a test for the oldies fan. Chuck is best known in San Diego for his time at KBEST 95 and also for 89WLS in Chicago.

Print out and write down your answers. Answers Friday at SDRadio.

1. What time did “Little Suzie” finally wake up?
a) 2 o’clock
b) 3 o’clock
c) 4 o’clock

2. “Rock Around The Clock” was used in what movie?
a) Rebel Without A Cause
b) Blackboard Jungle
c) The Wild Ones

3. Where did he find his thrill?
a) Kansas City
b) Heartbreak Hotel
c) Blueberry Hill

4. “Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream”
a) Mr. Sandman
b) Earth Angel
c) Dream Lover

5. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
a) Chancellor
b) RCA
c) Sun

6. Who asked, “Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?”
a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
b) Charlie Brown
c) Buster Brown

7. Who was the one with the knife in Bobby Darin’s “Mack The Knife?”
a) MacHeath
b) MacCloud
c) MacNamara

8. “A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom!”
a) Good Golly Miss Molly
b) Be-Bo p-A-Lula
c) Tutti Fruitti

9. Who is generally given credit for the term “Rock And Roll”?
a) Dick Clark
b) Wolfman Jack
c) Alan Freed

10. In 1957, who left the music business to become a preacher?
a) Little Richard
b) Frankie Lymon
c) Tony Orlando

11. To which star was Paul Anka’s “Puppy Love” written?
a) Brenda Lee
b) Connie Francis
c) Annette Funicello

12. Who are Everly Brothers?
a) Pete and Dick
b) Don and Phil
c) Bob and Bill

13. What was the Big Bopper’s real name?
a) Jiles P. Richardson
b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
c) Marion Michael Morrison

14. What small record company did Berry Gordy Jr. start?
a) Decca
b) Cameo
c) Motown

15. On what TV Show was Edd Brynes, who had the hit “Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your
Comb?”
a) 77 Sunset Strip
b) Hawaiian Eye
c) Surfside Six

16. In 1960, who did Bobby Darin marry?
a) Carol Lynley
b) Sandra Dee
c) Natalie Wood

17. Who wondered who wrote “Book Of Love?”
a) The Penguins
b) The Monotones
c) The Moonglows

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