1930 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1929 in music, other events of 1930, 1931 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Frankie Laine begins performing
• Bukka White begins performing
• Gorni Kramer finishes double bass conservatory study and begins performing

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

• Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 7
• Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 2, "The Romantic"
• Zoltán Kodály - Dances of Marosszék
• Anton Webern - Quartet, opus 22

Opera

• Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Musical theater

• 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

Musical films

• Chasing Rainbows
• Follow Thru
• Good News
• Hit the Deck
• King Of Jazz
• The New Moon
• Puttin' on the Ritz
• Spring Is Here
• Sunny
• The Vagabond King
• Whoopee!

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

• January 16 - Art Hickman, US bandleader
• January 28 - Emmy Destinn Czech opera singer
• April 1 - Cosima Wagner, widow of the composer
• July 15 - Leopold Auer, violinist
• October 14 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter
• November 4 - Buddy Bolden, jazz musician
• December 22 - Charles K. Harris, US songwriter and publisher