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Think You Know Music of the 1950s?

You good at music trivia? You a child of the fifties? Think you know 1950s music? If you're a student of popular musical tastes, you'll enjoy testing your knowledge with this short 1950's Music Quiz. If you came along later...in the sixties, seventies, eighties, or nineties...check out what your parents and grandparents were tapping their toes to way back when! Three or fewer correct; you must be in your twenties. Four to six correct; you must've been dusting off your folks' record collection. Seven to nine correct, you must be a student of cultural trends of the 1950's! All ten correct; enjoy your retirement!

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1950s Music Quiz

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1950s music. Think you're an expert? Were you there when mainstream musical tastes across America began to change from the mellow and the novelty to something a bit more raucous? Were you there in the waiting room when Rock & Roll was about to be born? If you were a kid in the 1950's, this quiz will probably be a breeze. If you were born in the '60's, and inherited your older sibling's record collection, you'll probably do well. If your first exposure to music involved the Sex Pistols...well...good luck on this quiz. Most of the questions are about the songs Americans were listening to just before rock took over AM radio in the mid-'50's.
Not infrequently, pop tunes emerged from popular movies of the day, and that is also reflected in this quiz.

When you've finished the quiz, come back and go through the questions a second time and this time, click on each of the links contained in the questions to enjoy videos of the artists performing the numbers being discussed. (Don't click on them the first time through, though, or you might not be able to finish the quiz!)

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