Lyrics as Lit: 1950s

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  1. 4. Richie Valens' hit song
  2. 8. Memphis based record company where Elvis made his first recordings
  3. 11. Elvis' first #1 hit
  4. 12. owner of Sun Records
  5. 17. Elvis' home in Memphis which is now a museum
  6. 18. February 3, 1959
  7. 23. 1951 song often credited with ushering in the era of Rock n Roll
  8. 25. sang about "a pocket full of starlight"
  9. 27. Buddy Holly and the _____
  10. 28. "Your Cheatin' Heart" singer; died in a car accident in 1953
  11. 29. Number of Elvis Presley songs that hit #1 in the 1950s
  12. 30. Rock and Roll's first "wild man"; "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
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  1. 1. Little Richard hit 1956 _____ _____
  2. 2. singer for hit song "Johnny B. Goode"
  3. 3. "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Crazy"
  4. 5. singer behind "Chantilly Lace"
  5. 6. earliest style of rock n roll; combined R & B and country music
  6. 7. _____ and his Comets
  7. 9. King of Rock and Roll
  8. 10. You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
  9. 13. "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line"
  10. 14. Carl Perkins' biggest hit; later recorded by Elvis Presley
  11. 15. piano playing performer with hit song "Blueberry Hill"
  12. 16. Elvis starred in 31 _____
  13. 19. top rated tv show that only filmed Elvis dancing above the waist due to this seductive dancing
  14. 20. "Bless your little pea-pickin' heart"
  15. 21. in 1958, just two years after being signed by Columbia Records, he released his greatest hits album, which stayed on Billboard's Top Ten for 490 weeks straight
  16. 22. song that won Bobby Darin a Grammy in 1959
  17. 24. Ray Charles's first #1 hit in 1954
  18. 26. first rock and roll song to hit #1 on the charts in May 1955