Classic Rockabilly

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Instructions: Slap bass, pompadours, and pure energy -- how well do you know the rockabilly sound of the 1950s?

1.
Rockabilly is a blend of rock and roll with which other music genre?
A
Hillbilly/Country
B
Jazz
C
Gospel
D
Blues
2.
Which Memphis recording studio was the birthplace of rockabilly music?
A
Royal Studios
B
Stax Records
C
Sun Studio
D
Ardent Studios
3.
Carl Perkins wrote which rockabilly classic that was also covered by Elvis?
A
Blue Suede Shoes
B
Good Rockin' Tonight
C
That's All Right
D
Mystery Train
4.
Gene Vincent had a rockabilly hit with which 1956 song?
A
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
B
Be-Bop-A-Lula
C
Peggy Sue
D
Summertime Blues
5.
Which rockabilly guitar technique involves rapidly alternating between bass notes and melody?
A
Power chords
B
Chicken pickin'
C
Travis picking
D
Fingerpicking
6.
Eddie Cochran recorded which teenage anthem in 1958?
A
Somethin' Else
B
Twenty Flight Rock
C
Summertime Blues
D
C'mon Everybody
7.
What bass technique, common in rockabilly, involves slapping the strings against the fingerboard?
A
Plucking
B
Thumping
C
Slap bass
D
Bowing
8.
Johnny Cash started his career at Sun Records playing a style influenced by rockabilly. What was his first hit?
A
Cry! Cry! Cry!
B
I Walk the Line
C
Folsom Prison Blues
D
Hey Porter
9.
Which rockabilly artist was known as 'The Killer'?
A
Carl Perkins
B
Roy Orbison
C
Gene Vincent
D
Jerry Lee Lewis
10.
Wanda Jackson is known as the 'Queen of' what genre?
A
Rockabilly
B
Rock and Roll
C
Country
D
Rhythm and Blues
11.
Sam Phillips, who ran Sun Records, is credited with discovering which rockabilly legend?
A
Elvis Presley
B
Gene Vincent
C
Bo Diddley
D
Buddy Holly
12.
Which early rockabilly hit by Elvis for Sun Records featured a blues song on one side and a country song on the other?
A
That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky
B
Heartbreak Hotel / Don't Be Cruel
C
Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel
D
Love Me Tender / Anyway You Want Me
13.
The Stray Cats brought a rockabilly revival in the 1980s with which hit?
A
Stray Cat Strut
B
Rock This Town
C
Runaway Boys
D
Sexy and 17
14.
Which type of guitar is most associated with the classic rockabilly sound?
A
Solid-body electric
B
Hollow-body or semi-hollow electric
C
Classical nylon-string
D
Acoustic steel-string
15.
Roy Orbison started at Sun Records as a rockabilly artist before finding fame with which emotional ballad style?
A
Operatic pop ballads
B
Country ballads
C
Blues ballads
D
Folk ballads

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