SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTION BOXES. YOU
HAVE 40 MINUTES!
1) Elvis had a #1 hit in '55 with this recording.
2) Elvis' voice and are the only instruments on this
recording.
3) Elvis recorded this slow version in a style.
4) Elvis is accompanied by on this film song.
5) In January of 1955, Scotty realizes he cannot manage Elvis' career and play guitar, so DJ
steps in to become Elvis' first real manager.
6) In October of 1954, Elvis joins the , touring with this group regularly
through 1955, and first appearing on local television in Shreveport with the
show.
7) Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom
Parker
,8) Starting in late 1955 and through the early '70s, Elvis does most of his recording for
Records
9) In late April of 1956, Elvis' makes his first Las Vegas appearances but is unsuccessful because
10) Members of Sun Studio's Million Dollar Quartet included
11) What was Elvis' highest academic degree earned?
12) Fast lyrics are a feature of this Chuck Berry song recorded by Elvis live in Louisiana in '55.
It is
13) Elvis and his family had to move frequently when he was a child because
14) The title song from Elvis' first film was #1 for five weeks in '56, and was partially composed
by Elvis. It is
15) One nickname that stuck to Elvis starting in '55 was the
16) Elvis does a version of this recording from '54.
17) Elvis' trademark style can be heard on this
recording.
18) Elvis does this recording in a style.
,19) This #1 love ballad from 4/56 was the only song recorded at this Nashville session, featuring
a vocal trio. It is
20) This '56 #1 hit on all three charts was the other side of the "Hound Dog" single, and featured
great back up vocals. It is
21) Elvis' lead guitarist, , was also his manager briefly in the early '50s.
22) Elvis' bass player, , was known for his "slap bass" Rockabilly
style.
23) At age ten, Elvis won second prize at the state fair for singing this slow, sentimental "tear
jerker", later re-recording it in '56. It is
24) Elvis hits the back of his guitar for a backbeat on this '57 #1 song, which sells 2 million
copies and features a relaxed R&R groove. It is
25) Buddy Holly was on the bill when Elvis recorded this song live in Lubbock, Texas in '55. It
is
26) There's no bridge on this song from '56.
27) Elvis sings this '50s recording in a style.
28) According to your text’s Prelude, the date of August 27, 1965 was significant in both Elvis
and Beatles history
because
, 29) Elvis does a on this '53 recording.
30) After a slow, fake intro, Elvis speaks to his trio before the faster tempo kicks in on this 12/54
recording. It is
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Popular Music Elvis - Exam 1
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTION BOXES. YOU HAVE 40 MINUTES!
1) According to your text’s Prelude, the date of August 27, 1965 was significant in both Elvis and Beatles
history because