
Rock 'n' roll dominated popular music in the later half of the 1950s. Until then, music was a resolutely parent-friendly zone. But then everything changed. Elvis had flustered teenagers all shook up, while the likes of Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis were destroying the old safety nets with a virile, passionate new sound.
Do you know the rock songs from the decade that sparked a musical revolution? See if you can identify them based on a few lines of lyrics!
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Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans. Way back up in the woods among the evergreens. There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood.

Great Balls Of Fire
Johnny B. Goode
Earth Angel
The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.

Jailhouse Rock
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Good Golly Miss Molly
One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock. Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock. Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock.

Be-Bop-A-Lula
Rock Around The Clock
School Day
I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do. I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do. She rock to the East, she rock to the West. She is the gal that I love best.

Tutti Frutti
Peggy Sue
Rock And Roll Music
Well, I said come along my baby, we got chicken in the barn. Woo-huh, come along my baby, really got the bull by the horn. We ain't fakin', whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On
Lucille
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong. Come and love your daddy all night long. All right now, hey hey, all right. See the girl with the diamond ring.

Roll Over Beethoven
In The Still Of The Nite
What'd I Say
I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler. About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar. Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date.

I Only Have Eyes For You
Summertime Blues
For Your Precious Love
When they said you was high classed. Well, that was just a lie. When they said you was high classed. Well, that was just a lie. You ain't never caught a rabbit. And you ain't no friend of mine.

Hound Dog
Blueberry Hill
Please, Please, Please
Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John. He claim he has the misery but he's havin' a lot of fun. Oh baby, yeah baby, woo, baby. Havin' me some fun tonight yeah.

Sh-Boom
Long Tall Sally
Money Honey
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye. Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry. You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie. 'Cause that'll be the day when I die.

Breathless
Bird Dog
That'll Be The Day
As I was motivatin' over the hill. I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville. A Cadillac arollin' on the open road. Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford.

Heartbreak Hotel
Maybellene
I Walk The Line
Bo Diddley bought his babe a diamond ring. If that diamond ring don't shine. He gonna take it to a private eye. If that private eye can't see.

Bo Diddley
The Great Pretender
Fever
Get outta that bed. Wash your face and hands. Get outta that bed. Wash your face and hands. Well, you get in that kitchen. Make some noise with the pots and pans.

That's All Right
Shake, Rattle And Roll
Ain't It A Shame
There goes my baby with-a someone new. She sure looks happy, I sure am blue. She was my baby till he stepped in. Goodbye to romance that might have been.

Bye Bye Love
Sweet Little Sixteen
Your Cheatin' Heart
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14/14
Born 1959 but am familiar with the music.