1930 in music
See also:
1929 in music,
other events of 1930,
1931 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
Events
Published popular songs
- "Across The Breakfast Table" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "All I Want Is Just One Girl" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
- "Any Little Fish" 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, 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 Published
- "But Not For Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "By The Sleepy Lagoon" (aka "Sleepy Lagoon") m. Eric Coates
- "Bye Bye Blues" w.m. Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm & John Green
- "Can This Be Love?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
- "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 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
- "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" Vivian Ellis, Douglas Furber
- "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
- "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
- "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
- "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 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
Top hits on record
- "The Stein Song" by Rudy Vallee
- "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)" by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
- "Ten Cents A Dance" by Ruth Etting
- "Three Little Words" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys with Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band
- "On the Sunny Side Of the Street" by Ted Lewis & His Band
- "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
- "It Happened In Monterey (In Old Mexico)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
- "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Meroff & His Band
- "Embraceable You" by Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
- "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by George Olsen & His Music
- "Body and Soul" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "I Remember Dear" by Bing Crosby
- "Betty Coed" by Rudy Vallee
- "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by The Nat Shilkret Orchestra
Classical music
- Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
- Ever Green London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 3 and ran for 254 performances
- Girl Crazy Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14 and ran for 272 performances
- Glorifying The American Girl Broadway production
- Das Land Des Lächelns Vienna production
- The Second Little Show Broadway production
- Three's A Crowd Broadway production
- Viktoria Und Ihr Husar Vienna production
Births
- January 12 - Glenn Yarborough, The Limelighters
- January 13 - Bobby Lester, The Moonglows
- January 27 - Bobby Blue Bland
- February 13 - Dorothy McGuire, The McGuire Sisters
- February 26 - Chic Hetti, The Playmates
- March 6 - Lorin Maazel, conductor
- March 22 - Stephen Sondheim
- March 28 - Robert Ashley, composer
- March 29 - Donny Conn, The Playmates
- April 16 - Herbie Mann
- May 1 - Little Walter
- May 28 - Julian Slade
- June 9 - Monique Serf
- July 1 - Bobby Day
- July 16 - Guy Béart
- July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer
- August 1 - Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist
- September 23 - Ray Charles
- October 8 - Toru Takemitsu, composer
- October 24 - Big Bopper
- December 31 - Odetta
Deaths
