1930 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums Relesed
3 Published popular songs
4 Biggest hit songs
5 Top hits on record
6 Top blues records
7 Classical music
8 Opera
9 Musical theater
10 Musical films
11 Births
12 Deaths

Events

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed.
Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago.
Frankie Laine sings to an audience of 5,000 at The Merry Garden Ballroom.
Bukka White makes his first recording.
Gorni Kramer finishes double bass conservatory study and begins performing.
John Serry, Sr. begins his musical career.
Nicholas Slonimsky premieres Charles Ives's Three Places in New England.

Albums Relesed

An Album Of Cowboy Songs - Bing Crosby

Published popular songs

"Across The Breakfast Table" w.m. Irving Berlin
"All I Want Is Just One Girl" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
"Any Little Fish" w.m. Noël Coward
"A Bench in the Park" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Betty Co-Ed" w.m J. Paul Fogarty & Rudy Vallee
"Beyond the Blue Horizon" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & W. Franke Harling
"Bidin' My Time" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Blue Again" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Evelyn Hoey in The Vanderbilt Revue.
"Blue, Turning Grey Over You" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
"Body and Soul" w. Robert Sour, Edward Heyman & Frank Eyton m. John W. Green
"Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"But Not For Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"By the Sleepy Lagoon" (aka "Sleepy Lagoon") m. Eric Coates (lyrics by Jack Lawrence added in 1940)
"Bye Bye Blues" w.m. Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm & Dave Bennett
"Can This Be Love?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift. Introduced by Alice Boulden in the musical Fine and Dandy.
"Can't We Talk It Over?" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"Casa Loma Stomp" m. Eugene Gifford
"Cheerful Little Earful" w. Ira Gershwin & Billy Rose m. Harry Warren
"The Chum Song" Jack Hylton, Louis Freeman
"Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love" w. Billy Rose m. Henry Tobias
"A Cottage For Sale" w. Larry Conley m. Willard Robison
"Dancing on the Ceiling" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Dangerous Nan McGrew" w. Dan Hartman m. Al Goodhart
"Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Eleven More Months and Ten More Days" w.m. Arthur Fields & Fred Hall
"Embraceable You" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Exactly Like You" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Falling in Love Again" w. (Eng) Sammy Lerner m. Frederick Hollander
"Fine and Dandy" w. Paul James (pseudonym for James Warburg) m. Kay Swift
"For You" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy" w.m. Larry Shay, Ward & Montgomery
"Georgia On My Mind" w. Stuart Gorrell m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Get Happy" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"Goofus" w. Gus Kahn m. Wayne King & William Harold
"Happy Feet" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"I Am Only Human after All" w. Ira Gershwin & E. Y. Harburg m. Vernon Duke
"I Bring a Love Song" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg from the musical film Viennese Nights
"I Got Rhythm" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"I Love You So Much" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love" w. Jack Yellen m. Vivian Ellis
"I'm Confessin' That I Love You" w. Al J. Neiburg m. Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
"I'm Glad I Waited" w.m. Vincent Youmans
"I'm In The Market For You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. James F. Hanley
"I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" w.m. A. P. Carter
"Into My Heart" w. Roy Turk m. Fred Ahlert. Introduced by Ramon Novarro in the film In Gay Madrid
"It Happened In Monterey" w. Billy Rose m. Mabel Wayne
"It Must Be True" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Barris & Gordon Clifford
"I've Got A Crush On You" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"J'ai Deux Amours" w. Georges Koger & H. Varna m. Vincent Scotto
"Just a Gigolo" w. (Eng) Irving Caesar (Ger) Julius Brammer m. Leonello Casucci
"The Kiss Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Lady, Play Your Mandolin" w. Irving Caesar m. Oscar Levant
"Lazy River" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin
"The Little Things in Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Little White Lies" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight" w. Al Lewis m. Al Sherman
"Love for Sale" w.m. Cole Porter
"Lucky Seven" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Memories of You" w. Andy Razaf m. Eubie Blake
"Mule Skinner Blues" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"My Future Just Passed" w. George Marion Jr m. Richard A. Whiting
"Mysterious Mose" w.m. Walter Doyle
"Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee" w.m. Al Sherman & Al Lewis & Con Conrad
"Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) w.m. Al Sherman & Al Lewis
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Our Don Bradman" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" w. Sidney Clare m. Sam H. Stept
"A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid" w. Andy Razaf m. James P. Johnson
"Rockin' In Rhythm" m. Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
"Sam and Delilah" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Send For Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Shout, Sister, Shout" w.m. J. Tim Brymn, Alexander Hill & Clarence Williams
"Sing, You Sinners" w.m. W. Franke Harling & Sam Coslow. Introduced by Lillian Roth in the film Honey
"Someday I'll Find You" w.m. Noel Coward
"Something To Remember You By" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"The Song Of The Dawn" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager from the film King Of Jazz
"Sweepin' The Clouds Away" w.m. Sam Coslow
"Sweet Jennie Lee" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"Telling it to the Daisies" w. Joe Young m. Harry Warren
"Ten Cents a Dance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Them There Eyes" w.m. Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey & Doris Tauber
"They All Fall In Love" w.m. Cole Porter
"They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree" w.m. Edward Eliscu, Billy Hill & Willie Raskin
"Three Little Words" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"Time on My Hands" w. Harold Adamson & Mack Gordon
"Two Loves Have I" w. (Eng) J. P. Murray & Barry Trivers m. Vincent Scotto
"Walking My Baby Back Home" w.m. Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert
"The Waltz You Saved For Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Wayne King & Emil Flindt
"What Kind Of Noise Annoys An Oyster" Frank Crumit, Curtis
"When I'm Looking At You" w. Clifford Grey m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by Lawrence Tibbett in the film The Rogue Song
"When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" w. Charles Tobias m. Peter De Rose
"The White Dove" w. Clifford Grey m. Franz Lehár
"Why Am I So Romantic?" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"Would You Like To Take A Walk?" w. Mort Dixon & Billy Rose m. Harry Warren
"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman
"You Will Remember Vienna" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
"You're Driving Me Crazy" w.m. Walter Donaldson

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1930.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ben Selvin	Happy Days Are Here Again	1930	US BB 1 of 1930, POP 1 of 1930, RIAA 47, RYM 110 of 1930
2	Harry Richman	Puttin' on the Ritz	1930	US BB 2 of 1930, POP 2 of 1930, RIAA 117, Acclaimed 1213
3	Fred Astaire	Puttin' on the Ritz	1930	RYM 1 of 1930, Peel list 2 of 1930
4	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	1930	US BB 5 of 1930, POP 5 of 1930, RYM 28 of 1930
5	Duke Ellington	Three Little Words	1930	US BB 6 of 1930, POP 6 of 1930, RYM 15 of 1930

Top hits on record

"Beyond the Blue Horizon" by George Olsen & His Music
"Body and Soul" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Betty Coed" by Rudy Vallee
"A Brown Bird Singing" by Webster Booth
"Crazy Feet" by Fred Astaire
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by The Nat Shilkret Orchestra
"Dream Lover" by Gracie Fields
"Embraceable You" by Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Meroff & His Band
"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" by Jack Hylton
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
"I'm One Of The Queens Of England" by Douglas Byng
"I Remember Dear" by Bing Crosby
"It Happened In Monterey (In Old Mexico)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Little White Lies" by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
"The Lonesome Road" by Paul Robeson
"March Of The Musketeers" by Paul Whiteman
"Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee" by Duke Ellington
"Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) by Rudy Vallee
"On the Sunny Side Of the Street" by Ted Lewis & His Band
"Oh, It's A Lovely War" by Jolly Old Fellows
"A Perfect Day" by Paul Robeson
"Private Lives" by Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence
Puttin' On The Ritz by Fred Astaire
"She's My Secret Passion" by Ambrose
"The Stein Song" by Rudy Vallee
"Ten Cents A Dance" by Ruth Etting
"Terence's Farewell To Kathleen" by John McCormack
"Three Little Words" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys with Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band
"Valentine" by Maurice Chevalier
"You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)" by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians

Top blues records

"Sitting on Top of the World" - Mississippi Sheiks
"Preachin' Blues" - Son House
"Clarksdale Moan" - Son House
"Razor Ball" - Blind Willie McTell
"Somebody's Been Using That Thing" - Big Bill Broonzy
"Skoodle Do Do" - Big Bill Broonzy

Classical music

William Alwyn - Piano Concerto No. 1
Aaron Copland - Piano Variations
Arthur De Greef - Piano Concerto no. 2
Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 7
Reynaldo Hahn - Piano Concerto in E
Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 2, "The Romantic"
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - Turkish Fragments
Paul Juon - Quintet for Winds in B flat major
Zoltán Kodály - Dances of Marosszék
Igor Markevitch - Concerto Grosso
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachiana brasileira no 1 for 8 Cellos
Anton Webern - Quartet, opus 22

Opera

Ralph Benatzky - Im weissen Rössl
Leoš Janáček - From the House of the Dead
Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Musical theater

Darling, I Love You London production openead at the Gaiety Theatre on January 22 and ran for 147 performances
Eldorado London production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 3 and ran for 93 performances
Ever Green London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 3 and ran for 254 performances
Fine and Dandy Broadway musical opened at the Erlanger Theatre on September 23 and ran for 246 performances.
Follow a Star London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 17 and ran for 118 performances
Girl Crazy Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14 and ran for 272 performances
Here Comes the Bride London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on February 20 and ran for 175 performances
Das Land Des Lächelns Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on September 26 and ran for 105 performances
Little Tommy Tucker London production opened at Daly's Theatre on November 19 and ran for 83 performances
The Love Race London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on June 25 and ran for 237 performances
The New Yorkers Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 8 and ran for 168 performances
Nippy London production opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on October 30 and ran for 137 performances
Rio Rita London production opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 3 and ran for 59 performances
The Second Little Show Broadway revue opened at the Royale Theatre on September 2 and ran for 63 performances
Silver Wings London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on February 14 and ran for 120 performances
Sons o' Guns London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 26 and ran for 211 performances
Sweet and Low Broadway revue opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on November 17 and ran for 184 performances
The Three Musketeers London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on March 28 and ran for 240 performances
Three's a Crowd Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 15 and ran for 271 performances
The Vanderbilt Revue Broadway revue opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 5 and ran for 13 performances
Viktoria Und Ihr Husar Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on December 23 and ran for 121 performances
Im Weissen Rössl aka White Horse Inn - Ralph Benatzky. First performed at the Grosses Schauspielhaus in Berlin on November 8.
Wonder Bar London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 5 and ran for 210 performances