What songs are in the 50s Jazz quiz?

26 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong among the artists you'll hear. We don't publish the track list: knowing it would be the answer key, and the point is to name the record from the music. The breakdown above shows the years and the difficulty spread instead.

Is the 50s Jazz quiz free to play?

Yes, and there's no sign-up. Press play and a record starts. You can play as many rounds as you like here; the app adds ranked duels, friends rooms and pass-the-phone party games.

50s Jazz Music Quiz

Jazz from the 50s, narrowed to 26 records (1950–1959). Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald are both in here. Miles Davis carries 8 of them, so expect to hear a lot of one act.

26 records
Free, no sign-up
30 seconds each

Song 1

50s Jazz — 0

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Worth right now

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0:00

Nothing heard yet

— cold — at 0:15 — floor

Replaying is free: the price only falls past the furthest point you have heard.

Which one is playing?

Music previews on Apple Music. Apple and Apple Music are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

The game needs JavaScript to play a record and keep score. Everything written on this page — how the scoring works, what is in this quiz — reads fine without it.

How to play the 50s Jazz quiz

Press the record and pick the cover that is playing the moment you know it. Each of the 26 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the 50s Jazz quiz is a bet on your own ear: commit early and it pays in full, wait for the chorus and it pays half. The full scoring rules are on the hub.

What’s in the 50s Jazz quiz

26 playable records, released between 1950 and 1959. We don’t list the tracks: that would be the answer key.

How hard it gets

Band 1 is the most-played tenth of the catalogue. A quiz weighted to the left is one almost everyone can play.

Artists you’ll hear

Miles Davis
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Frank Sinatra
Nat "King" Cole
Billie Holiday
Dave Brubeck
John Coltrane
Nina Simone
and 2 more

Questions

How the scoring works, what a wrong guess costs and whether you need Apple Music are answered once, on the hub.

What songs are in the 50s Jazz quiz?: 26 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong among the artists you'll hear. We don't publish the track list: knowing it would be the answer key, and the point is to name the record from the music. The breakdown above shows the years and the difficulty spread instead.
Is the 50s Jazz quiz free to play?: Yes, and there's no sign-up. Press play and a record starts. You can play as many rounds as you like here; the app adds ranked duels, friends rooms and pass-the-phone party games.