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Was this the title of a TV show or classic jazz album in the 1950s?
It was one cool era of pop culture.
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Miles Davis released his groundbreaking platter Birth of the Cool in 1957. He was referring to jazz, but he could have just as easily been talking about television.
Because just as cool jazz was blossoming as a dominant force in popular music, so too were hip detectives, cowboys and comedians turning up on TV. Characters like Perry Mason and Peter Gunn dressed in sharp suits and drove even more beautiful automobiles. Some shows from that era even had a jazzy soundtrack.
Everything was so cool, it can be hard to tell it apart.
We gathered some classic jazz albums and some black-and-white TV shows from the 1950s. We're talking seminal albums recorded by titans of music — no LP on this list is a deep cut. Some of the TV shows? Well, that's a different matter. See if you can sort them out!
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Kind of Blue
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Ella and Louie
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One Step Beyond
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Bourbon Street Beat
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'Round About Midnight
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Naked City
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Time Out
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Climax!
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M Squad
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The Clown
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Circus Boy
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Lady Sings the Blues
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Pete Kelly's Blues
Was this the title of a TV show or classic jazz album in the 1950s?
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Elvis - The Stare
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Sun Record Co. - Logo
$19.95
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
$19.95
Yes - Yessongs
$21.95
Elvis - Long Live the King
$19.95
Elvis - Mugshot
$19.95
Yes - Logo
$21.95
Willie Nelson - Horseshoe
$19.95
CBGB - Logo (Gray)
$19.95
Jimi Hendrix - Kiss the Sky
$19.95
Yes - Logo
$21.95
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
$19.95
Elvis - TCB
$19.95
Tom Petty - Heart and Banner
$19.95
Tom Petty - Circle
$19.95
Willie Nelson - Horseshoe
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36 Comments
You got 11 out of 13
10/13
11/13
Not bad 11/13.
12/13--missed number twelve. Forgot Lady Sings The Blues was a movie, not a TV show.
I can't believe that I got 13/13. All were total guesses. The quiz gods were looking down on me today I suppose.
Pete Kelly's Blues was a movie.
Born in 57....... Got 7 outta 13
I'll go sit in the corner now😩
I'll go sit in the corner now😩
10...missed #12,7,4
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You got 12 out of 13
You are one hep cat when it comes to '50s trivia! You're cool as… well, Miles.
Missed #8.
You are one hep cat when it comes to '50s trivia! You're cool as… well, Miles.
Missed #8.
12/13. Not bad for someone born in 1954. My mother liked a variety of music including jazz so I grew up listening it. She had several albums by the artists of the era. One of the shows I remember having a jazz theme was Route 66. My parents watched that show every week.
12/12
Circus Boy was Rin Tin Tin with an elephant.
Circus Boy was Rin Tin Tin with an elephant.
(oops... make that 13/13)
You got 9 out of 13
11/13
13/13. "Pete Kelly's Blues" was a great movie with Jack Webb as well.
9 out of 13.
''You got 12 out of 13'' -------------You're one hep cat when it comes to '50s trivia! You're cool as well ..., Miles.
I missed a few, but that's OK. I also learned a few things, such as Micky Dolenz had a TV role before "The Monkees" and Jack Webb had another series between the 2 verisons of "Dragnet". All before I was born. :)
Mickey Braddock aka Dolenz beat out Paul William for this role. Also he beat him out for the role on "The Monkees"
Jack Webb produced the final episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, taking it in a totally different direction: swirling the bowl.