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!
Question 1 / 14
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.
That's great!
Not quite.
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Question 2 / 14
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.
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.
Nice!
Hmm, I don't think so. 😔
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Question 5 / 14
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.
You're doing great!
Doh! 🤬
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Question 6 / 14
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.
Amazing! 👍
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Question 7 / 14
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.
Slay!
Hmm, I don't think so. 😔
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Question 8 / 14
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.
Absolutely right! 👍
Doh! 🤬
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Question 9 / 14
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.
You're doing great!
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Question 10 / 14
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.
That's right!
That was incorrect.
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Question 11 / 14
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.
Right on! 👊
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Question 12 / 14
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.
Nice going!
I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔
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Question 13 / 14
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.
Nice!
Nope, sorry. 😢
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Question 14 / 14
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.
Sweet!
I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔
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Can You Name These 1950s Rock & Roll Songs from Their Lyrics?
