Events
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. Johnny 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 Future Just Passed" w. George Marion Jr m. Richard A. Whiting
- "Mysterious Mose" w.m. Walter Doyle
- "Nina Rosa" m. Irving Caesar
- "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 m. Vincent Youmans
- "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 |
Country |
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
Top blues records
Classical music
- Along Came Youth starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Frances Dee and Stuart Erwin. Directed by Lloyd Corrigan and Norman McLeod.
- Animal Crackers starring The Marx Brothers, Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont. Directed by Victor Heerman.
- Be Yourself! starring Fanny Brice, Harry Green and Robert Armstrong. Directed by Thornton Freeland.
- Bright Lights starring Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery, Inez Courtney and Eddie Nugent. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
- Chasing Rainbows starring Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny and Marie Dressler
- Dancing Sweeties starring Grant Withers, Sue Carol and Edna Murphy
- Follow Thru starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Zelma O'Neal, Jack Haley, Eugene Pallette and Thelma Todd
- Going Wild starring Joe E. Brown and Ona Munson
- Golden Dawn released on June 14 starring Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal, Noah Beery, Alice Gentle and Lupino Lane
- Good News starring Mary Lawlor, Stanley Smith, Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards, Gus Shy and Penny Singleton and featuring Abe Lyman & his Band
- High Society Blues starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Louise Fazenda
- Hit the Deck starring Jack Oakie, Polly Walker and June Clyde
- Honey starring Nancy Carroll, Stanley Smith, Lillian Roth and Mitzi Green
- In Gay Madrid starring Ramon Novarro and Dorothy Jordan
- King of Jazz starring Paul Whiteman and John Boles and featuring The Rhythm Boys and The Brox Sisters
- Let's Go Native starring Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald and James Hall
- The Lottery Bride starring Jeanette MacDonald, Zasu Pitts, Robert Chisholm, Joe E. Brown and John Garrick. Directed by Paul L. Stein.
- New Moon starring Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore
- New Movietone Follies of 1930 starring El Brendel and Marjorie White
- No, No Nanette starring ZaSu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman and Mildred Harris
- Paramount on Parade featuring Maurice Chevalier and Clara Bow
- Puttin' on the Ritz starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett and James Gleason
- The Rogue Song released May 10 starring Lawrence Tibbett and Catherine Dale Owen and featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Song o' My Heart released September 7 starring John McCormack.
- Spring Is Here starring Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Inez Courtney, Frank Albertson and The Brox Sisters.
- Sunny starring Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray and Joe Donahue.
- Sunny Skies starring Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease and Marjorie Kane
- The Vagabond King starring Dennis King, Jeanette MacDonald and Lillian Roth
- Viennese Nights released November 26 starring Vivienne Segal, Alexander Gray, Jean Hersholt, Walter Pidgeon and Louise Fazenda.
- Whoopee! starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Paul Gregory, and featuring George Olsen & his Orchestra and Betty Grable
Births
- January 12 - Glenn Yarbrough (The Limelighters)
- January 13 - Bobby Lester (The Moonglows)
- January 27 - Bobby Blue Bland, blues and soul singer
- February 26 - Chic Hetti (The Playmates)
- March 6 - Lorin Maazel, conductor
- March 13 - Jan Howard, country singer
- March 22 - Stephen Sondheim, composer and songwriter
- March 28 - Robert Ashley, composer
- March 29 - Donny Conn (The Playmates)
- April 16 - Herbie Mann, jazz musician (d. 2003)
- May 1 - Little Walter, blues musician (d. 1968)
- May 28 - Julian Slade, musical theatre writer (d. 2006)
- June 3 - Dakota Staton, jazz vocalist (d. 2007)
- June 9 - Monique Serf, singer ("Barbara") (d. 1997)
- July 16 - Guy Béart, singer and songwriter
- July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer
- August 1 - Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist (d. 1999)
- September 7 - Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist
- September 23 - Ray Charles, soul musician (d. 2004)
- October 8 - Tōru Takemitsu, composer (d. 1996)
- October 24 - The Big Bopper, DJ and singer (d. 1957)
- October 30 - Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
- December 31 - Odetta, singer, songwriter and civil rights activist
Deaths
- January 2 - Therese Malten, operatic soprano (b. 1855)
- January 16 - Art Hickman, US bandleader (born 1886)
- January 24 - Mario Sammarco, operatic baritone (b. 1868)
- January 28 - Emmy Destinn Czech opera singer (b. 1878)
- April 1 - Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner (b. 1837)
- April 3 - Emma Albani, operatic soprano (b. 1847)
- April 5 - Gene Greene, singer and composer ("The Ragtime King") (b. 1881)
- April 26 - Beth Slater Whitson, US lyric writer, 50
- May 1 - Emil Genetz, composer (b. 1852)
- June 22 - Mary Davies, singer (b. 1855)
- July 15 - Leopold Auer, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1845)
- August 4 - Siegfried Wagner, composer and son of Richard Wagner (b. 1869)
- October 1 - Riccardo Drigo, composer and conductor (born 1846)
- October 14 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter (b. 1879)
- October 27 - Evan Stephens, Mormon composer and hymn-writer (b. 1854)
- November 13 - Thomas Bulch, musician and composer (b. 1862)
- December 17 - Peter Warlock, composer (b. 1894)
- December 22 - Charles K. Harris, US songwriter and publisher (b. 1867)
- December 23 - Marie Fillunger, singer (b. 1850)
- December 24 - Oskar Nedbal, violist, conductor and composer (b. 1874)
- December 29 - Oscar Borg, composer (b. 1851)
- date unknown
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