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Whose Line Was It Anyway? US Number One Hits 1956

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Whose Line Was It Anyway US Number One Hits 1956 game quiz
"Big changes in music this decade, Crooners, Rock 'n' Roll, Comedy and Instrumentals to name but a few music styles. Can you name the artists that had US number one hits in 1956 or the songs that were number one?"

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1. The singer of this number one song was part of a successful movie double act and a rat. Will these lyrics help you identify him?

"Take one fresh and tender kiss
Add one stolen night of bliss"
    Frank Sinatra
    Tony Bennett
    Sammy Davis Jr
    Dean Martin


2. Kay Starr hit the top in 1956 with "Rock and Roll _____". What is the missing dance from the title?
    Waltz
    Boogie
    Tango
    Jive


3. All you get in this question are these lyrics; I can't make it too easy. Can you get the singer?

"Now the bell hop's tears keep flowin'
And the desk clerk's dressed in black"
    Elvis Presley
    Carl Perkins
    Pat Boone
    Roy Orbison


4. Even singer Perry Como didn't think much of his own number one song; maybe it was the title. Do you know the missing word from the title "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity _____)"?
    Zoom
    Voom
    Vroom
    Boom


5. This song was a UK number one for Frank Ifield in 1963. Gogi Grant took it to the top of the US pop chart in 1956. Which song do these lyrics belong to?

"In a lonely shack by a railroad track
He spent his younger days"
    Wind in the Willow
    Windy
    The Summer Wind
    The Wayward Wind


6. Poor old Pat Boone, he seems to be losing something in this song. Can you help him find it with these lyrics?

"I went to see the gypsy and had my fortune read
I hung my head in sorrow when she said what she said"
    I Almost Lost My Mind
    Chains of Love
    I'll Be Home
    Don't Forbid Me


7. This group had their second number one of the '50s with this song. Will these lyrics put their name on a plate for you?

"When the twilight is gone and no songbirds are singing
When the twilight is gone you come into my heart"
    The Platters
    The Chordettes
    The Hilltoppers
    The Four Lads


8. "Don't Be Cruel" was one side of a double A-side number one hit for Elvis Presley. What was the song on the other A-side of this single?
    Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
    I Was the One
    Hound Dog
    My Baby Left Me


9. Elvis Presley replaced himself at number one and gained his fifth number one hit of the year with this single. It was from the movie of the same name in which he played Clint Reno. Which single was it?
    Let Me
    We're Gonna Move
    Poor Boy
    Love Me Tender


10. Very popular in the UK, Guy Mitchell had his first US number one of the '50s with this song. Can you get the title from these lyrics?

"The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine"
    Knee Deep in the Blues
    Singing the Blues
    Rock-A-Billy
    Heartaches by the Number


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Compiled May 19 13