Wrong. The Chords' 1954 recording "Sh-Boom" is frequently cited as one of the first doo-wop songs to cross over onto the mainstream pop charts.

Wrong. Danny & the Juniors followed "At the Hop" with the 1958 anthem "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay."

Wrong. Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with popularizing the term "rock and roll" on the radio in the early 1950s.

Wrong. Billboard launched the Hot 100 singles chart in August 1958, and it remains the music industry's standard measure of a song's popularity.

Wrong. Jerry Lee Lewis, nicknamed "The Killer," pounded the piano on his hits "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."

Wrong. The Everly Brothers' first major hit was "Bye Bye Love" in 1957, showcasing the tight sibling harmonies they became known for.

Wrong. New Orleans pianist Fats Domino scored hits such as "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill," blending rhythm and blues with early rock 'n' roll.

Wrong. The 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl single became the standard format for pop singles in the 1950s, replacing the older and more fragile 78 rpm discs.

Wrong. Doris Day sang "Que Sera, Sera" for Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much, and the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Wrong. Frank Sinatra, a celebrated crooner and film star, recorded 1950s hits including "Young at Heart."

Wrong. The transistor radio was small and battery-powered, letting teenagers carry music with them and listen privately for the first time in the mid-1950s.

Wrong. Little Richard's flamboyant, piano-driven hits "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" made him one of rock 'n' roll's most electrifying performers.

Wrong. Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie" called the February 3, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper "the day the music died."

Wrong. Elvis Presley became known worldwide as "The King of Rock and Roll" thanks to his enormous popularity and influence throughout the 1950s.

Wrong. Buddy Holly's band was The Crickets; the name is often said to have inspired the naming of The Beatles.

Wrong. Chuck Berry, famous for "Johnny B. Goode" and his signature "duck walk," was one of rock 'n' roll's most influential guitarists and songwriters.

Wrong. Doo-wop featured vocal harmony groups singing a cappella, often using nonsense syllables such as "doo-wop" and "sh-boom," commonly performed on urban street corners.

Wrong. American Bandstand, hosted by Dick Clark from 1957, showed teenagers dancing to the latest hits and helped spread youth music culture across the country.

Wrong. "Heartbreak Hotel" was Elvis Presley's first #1 hit in 1956. "Hound Dog" and "Love Me Tender" came later that year, and "Jailhouse Rock" followed in 1957.

Wrong. "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets reached #1 in 1955 and is widely regarded as the first rock 'n' roll record to top the pop charts, boosted by its use in the film Blackboard Jungle.