Songs and Singers of the 1950s UK Charts

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1. Who was the first British female star to have a Number One hit? Anne Shelton Vera Lynn Alma Cogan Lita Rosa

2. Which Northern Irish female star had her only Number One hit in 1955? Ruby Murray Jo Stafford Alma Cogan Teresa Brewer

3. What was Elvis Presley's first British Number One hit? Blue Suede Shoes All Shook Up Hound Dog Jailhouse Rock

4. Which American Singer, who was partly deaf, had his first Number One hit in 1954? Tennessee Ernie Ford Johnnie Ray Bill Haley Frank Sinatra

5. Which Number One hit in 1955 came from the musical, "Kismet"? Three Coins in a Fountain Stranger in Paradise Hernado's Hideaway A Woman In Love

6. Which American star, who had two Number One hits in the 1950s, had an Iroquis Indian father and an Irish mother? Kay Starr Brenda Lee Connie Francis Jo Stafford.

7. What Doris Day Number One came from the film "The Man Who Knew Too Much"? Tea For Two Secret Love Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera) Pillow Talk

8. What was Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group's first Number One hit? My Old Man's a Dustman Rock Island Line Cumberland Gap Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour

9. What was the first Number One Christmas hit in the UK Record Charts? Answer Me Christmas Alphabet Let's Have A Party Here In My Heart

10. Which top charting piano player had a finger tip missing? Russ Conway Winifred Atwell Joe Piano Henderson Don Cornell

11. Who had a Number One hit in 1958 and committed suicide five years later? Tab Hunter Tommy Edwards Michael Holiday Lord Rockingham

12. How old was Frankie Lymon when Frankie Lyman and The Teeagers had the Number One hit "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" in 1956? 12 13 14 15

13. Which female star, who had 21 UK hits including a Number One in 1955, was known as "The girl with a laugh in her voice"? Lita Rosa Anne Shelton Ruby Murray Alma Cogan

14. Which Rock and Roll Star, who had a Number One in 1955, was blind in his left eye? Little Richard Fats Domino Gene Vincent Bill Haley

15. "On The Street Where You Live" came from which musical? The Pyjama Game Annie Get Your Gun My Fair Lady Oklahoma