Whose Line Was It Anyway? US Number One Hits 1955

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1. All four of these singers took "Let Me Go Lover" into the US pop chart but which one had the number one hit? Patti Page Sunny Gale Teresa Brewer Joan Weber

2. Who had the number one hit with a ballad about an American hero played by John Wayne in the movie "The Alamo"? Bill Hayes Fess Parker Tennessee Ernie Ford Walter Schumann

3. Who did Georgia Gibbs want as a partner on her number one song "Dance With Me ______ (Wallflower)" Humphrey Harry Henry Horace

4. Although it can be disputed, Bill Haley & His Comets seem to have been credited with starting the Rock'n'Roll revolution. He certainly had the first Rock'n'Roll number one hit but what was it called? (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock Burn That Candle Shake Rattle And Roll See You Later Alligator

5. Francis Albert Sinatra had his last US number one hit until 1966 with this song. Can you get the title from these lyrics? "The tables are empty, the dance floor's deserted You play the same love song, it's the tenth time you've heard it" Learnin' The Blues Same Old Saturday Night Melody Of Love Love And Marriage

6. Who is this oboe and English horn player, singer, producer, A & R man, conductor, TV star and record company executive? He had a number one hit which featured a colour, a flower and a US state. Mitch Miller Percy Faith Lawrence Welk Lex Barker

7. Ain't that a shame? This singer had a really great voice but had some hits (including a 1955 number one) with cover versions of R & B hits that were not really his style. Who is this singer whose daughter had a number one hit in 1977? Eddie Fisher Pat Boone Frank Sinatra Nat 'King' Cole

8. The Four Aces sang this song from a movie of the same name. Can you get the title from these lyrics? "Once on a high and windy hill, in the morning mist Two lovers kissed and the world stood still" Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing Sincerely Hearts Of Stone Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

9. This Steinway Lifetime Achievement Award winner had a very appropriate instrumental number one in the fall of this year. Can you find the missing word from the title "Autumn ______"? Rain Leaves Wind Trees

10. Tennessee Ernie Ford, who missed out on a number one hit in question two, hit pay dirt with "Sixteen Tons". What was being mined in this song? Gold Tin Silver Coal