This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1930.

Specific locations

* 1930 in British music * 1930 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

* 1930 in country music * 1930 in jazz

Events

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...

– The 13th Sound Ensemble of Havana, conducted by Ángel Reyes, makes the first recording of Julián Carrillo's

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'' Preludio a Colón'' for Columbia Records in New York City. *

February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battl ...

– Nicolas Slonimsky conducts the first performance of

Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored d ...

's ''

Three Places in New England The ''Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)'' is a composition for orchestra in three movements by United States, American composer Charles Ives. It was written mainly between 1911 and 1914, but with sketches dating as far back as 1903 ...

''. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

– The

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musical film, '' The Vagabond King'', is released. Dennis King recreates his original London and Broadway stage role as Villon in this film, and records two songs from the film for Victor Records. *

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...

– Brunswick-Balke-Collender sells

Brunswick Records Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916. History 1916–1929 Records under the Brunswick label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, a company based in Dubuque, Iowa which had been manufacturing ...

Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

, who are hopeful that the move will enable them to make bigger profits from their musicals by enabling them to profit from the sale of records. They also acquire four music publishers to profit from sales in sheet music. *

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...

**Metropolitan Opera baritone

Lawrence Tibbett Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 – July 15, 1960) was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone with large, deep, and dark-timbred voice. His dynamic range (in ...

's first film ''

The Rogue Song ''The Rogue Song'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. The Metro-Goldwyn-May ...

'', a lavish

musical, is released to rave reviews.

records the songs he sang in the film for Victor Records. **The film version of the stage hit '' Hold Everything'' is released. Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown star in this

musical which opens to rave reviews. Of the film's song, "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You", becomes a hit.

Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, ; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. Self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," Jolson was one of the United States' most famous and ...

records this song from the picture for

. *

May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...

– The all

musical film, '' Song of the Flame'', based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, is released to rave reviews. The film stars

Noah Beery Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of characte ...

and Bernice Claire and is nominated for an Oscar for "Best Sound Recording".

records his song from the picture for

. *

August 24 Events Pre-1600 * 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written ...

– Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago. *

October 29 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand '' adventus'' in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber ...

–

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwi ...

makes his first recording with the

Gus Arnheim Gus Arnheim (September 4, 1897 – January 19, 1955) was an American pianist and an early popular band leader. He is noted for writing several songs with his first hit being " I Cried for You" from 1923. He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. ...

orchestra as a solo vocalist. His new type of singing voice, a low baritone, becomes a sensation and will gradually displace (by around 1935) the standard

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

voice that had characterized the vocals of popular music in the 1920s. *

December 10 Events Pre-1600 *1317 – The Nyköping Banquet: King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. * 1508 – The Leag ...

– First performance of

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

's play '' The Decision'', with music by

Hanns Eisler Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. The ...

. *

December 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 ...

– Ernest Ansermet conducts the world premiere of Stravinsky's '' Symphony of Psalms'', in

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. * December 31 – Record sales dropped 50% from 1929 *The

BBC Symphony Orchestra The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city's five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. The ...

is formed in London. *The song " Body and Soul" is written by

Johnny Green John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his ear ...

with lyrics by

Edward Heyman Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul", " When I Fall in Love", and " For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed to a number of songs for films. Bi ...

, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton in New York City for the British actress

Gertrude Lawrence Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York. Early life Lawrence was born in 1 ...

who first performs in London (where it is also first published). Libby Holman introduces it to the United States in the Broadway

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''Three's a Crowd'' and

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

is the first jazz musician to record it. There are at least 11 recordings by the end of the year and it becomes the all-time most recorded

jazz standard Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive List ...

. *

Frankie Laine Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performa ...

sings to an audience of 5,000 at The Merry Garden Ballroom. * John Serry Sr. begins a series of extended appearances with the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra under the conductor Misha Borr at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City *

Bukka White Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White (November 12, 1906 – February 26, 1977) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. His first full-length biography'', The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White: Recalling the Blues'' (2024), has been ...

makes his first recording.

Published popular songs

* "Across the Breakfast Table (Looking at You)" w.m.

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

, Featured in the Warner Bros. musical '' Mammy'' * "After a Million Dreams" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson, Featured in the William Fox musical film '' Cameo Kirby'' * "All I Want is Just One Girl" w.

Leo Robin Leo Robin (April 6, 1895 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song " Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shi ...

m. Richard A. Whiting, Featured in the Paramount musical film '' Paramount on Parade'' * "Alone in the Rain" w.m. Dan Dougherty and

Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film '' Three Live Ghosts'' alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwic ...

, Featured in the Pathe musical film The Grand Parade * "Alone with My Dreams" w.

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (G ...

m. Harry Archer * "Always in All Ways" w.

m. Richard A. Whiting & W. Franke Harling. Introduced by

Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (''The Love Parade'', ''Love Me Tonight'', ''The Merry Widow (1934 film) ...

in the Paramount musical film ''

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''. * "Any Time's the Time to Fall in Love" w.m.

Elsie Janis Elsie Janis (born Elsie Bierbower, March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American actress of stage and screen, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and radio announcer. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as " the sw ...

and Jack King, Featured in the Paramount musical film '' Paramount on Parade'' * "A Bench in the Park" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager, Featured in the Universal musical film '' King of Jazz'' * "Betty Co-Ed" w.m. J. Paul Fogarty & Rudy Vallee * "Beware of Love" m.w. William Kernell, Featured in the William Fox musical film '' Women Everywhere'' * " Beyond the Blue Horizon" w.

m. Richard A. Whiting & W. Franke Harling. Introduced by

in the Paramount musical film ''

''. * "Blue Again" w.

Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include " The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (193 ...

Jimmy McHugh James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, J ...

. Introduced by Evelyn Hoey in ''The Vanderbilt Revue''. * "Blue is the Night" w.m.

Fred Fisher Fred Fisher (born Alfred Breitenbach; September 30, 1875 – January 14, 1942) was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Biography Fisher was born in Cologne, Germany. His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenbach ...

, from the MGM musical film '' Their Own Desire'' * " Body and Soul" w. Robert Sour,

& Frank Eyton m.

* " 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 (musical), Fine and Dandy''. * "Can't We Talk It Over?" w.

Ned Washington Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Life and career Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Be ...

m. Victor Young * "Caribbean Love Song" w.m. Eugene Berton, Featured in the United Artists film Hell Harbor * " Cheerful Little Earful" w.

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the ...

& Billy Rose m.

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

* "Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love" w. Billy Rose m. Henry Tobias * " A Cottage for Sale" w. Larry Conley m.

Willard Robison Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has ...

* " Dancing on the Ceiling" w.

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon"; " The Lady Is a Tramp"; "Manhattan"; " Bewitched, Bo ...

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers wa ...

* "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke, Featured in the Warner Bros. musical '' Dancing Sweeties'' * "Dangerous Nan McGrew" w. Dan Hartman m. Al Goodhart * "Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me" w. B. G. De Sylva &

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...

Ray Henderson Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost; December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one-third of ...

* "Down the River of Golden Dreams" w. John Klenner m.

Nathaniel Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American musician, composer, conductor and musical director. Early career Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut) was born in New York City, United States, to parents w ...

* " Embraceable You" w.

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

* " Exactly Like You" w.

* " Falling in Love Again" w. (Eng) Sammy Lerner m.

Frederick Hollander Friedrich Hollaender (in exile also Frederick Hollander; 18 October 189618 January 1976) was a German film composer and author. Life and career He was born in London to a Jewish family, where his father, operetta composer Victor Hollaende ...

* " Fine and Dandy" w. Paul James (

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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 "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and first recorded that same year by Carmichael at the RCA Studios New York#24th St, RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in New York City. The song has ...

" w. Stuart Gorrell m.

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor, author and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and 1940s, a ...

* " Get Happy" w.

Ted Koehler Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Life and career Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver, but ...

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...

* " Goofus" w.

m. Wayne King & William Harold * "Happy Feet" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager * "I Am Only Human After All" w.

& E. Y. Harburg m.

Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for " Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I ...

* "I Bring a Love Song" w.

Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Award ...

Sigmund Romberg Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his Musical theatre, musicals and operettas, particularly ''The Student Prince'' (1924), ''The Desert Song'' (1926) and ''The New Moo ...

from the

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'' Viennese Nights'' * "

I Got Rhythm "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the " rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes su ...

" w.

from the musical ''

Girl Crazy ''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Co-leads Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman made their stage debuts in the first production and Rogers became an overnight sta ...

'' * "I Love You So Much" w.

Bert Kalmar Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a screenwriter. Biography Kalmar, a native of New York City, left school at an early age an ...

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 Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer. A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, ...

* "I'm In the Market for You" w.

Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age ...

m. James F. Hanley * "Into My Heart" w.

Roy Turk Roy Kenneth Turk (September 20, 1892 – November 30, 1934) was an American songwriter and lyricist, who frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert, with whom he wrote their popular 1929 song "Mean to Me (1929 song), Mean to Me", w ...

m. Fred Ahlert. Introduced by Ramón Novarro in the film '' In Gay Madrid'' * "It Happened In Monterey" w. Billy Rose m. Mabel Wayne * "It Must Be True" w.m.

, Harry Barris & Gordon Clifford * "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 Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor (music), conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian, and actor. He had roles in the films ''Rhapsody in Bl ...

* "The Little Things in Life" w.m.

* " Little White Lies" w.m. Walter Donaldson * " Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" w. Al Lewis m. Al Sherman. Introduced by

Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", " Louise", " Mimi", and " Thank Heaven f ...

in the film '' The Big Pond'' * " Love for Sale" w.m.

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

* "Lucky Seven" w.

Howard Dietz Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz. According to historian Stanley Green, Dietz and Schwartz were "most cl ...

Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz. Biography Early life Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...

* " Memories of You" w. Andy Razaf m.

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drum ...

* "My Future Just Passed" w. George Marion Jr m. Richard A. Whiting * "Nina Rosa" w. Irving Caesar m.

* " 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 "On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer, but he sold the rights to the song. It was introduced in the Broadway musical '' Lew Lesli ...

" w.

* "

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" is a song published in 1930. It was written by Sam H. Stept with lyrics by Sidney Clare. The original publication also credited singer Bee Palmer as co-composer. Background The lyrics are an admonishm ...

" w. Sidney Clare m. Sam H. Stept * "

Sam and Delilah "Sam and Delilah" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Ethel Merman in the 1930 musical ''Girl Crazy''. The song is an interpretation of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah in the Book of J ...

" w.

from the musical ''

'' * "Send for Me" w.

* " Sing, You Sinners" w.m. W. Franke Harling &

Sam Coslow Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 – April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher and market analyst. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager. He contributed songs to Broadway revues, ...

. Introduced by

Lillian Roth Lillian Roth (December 13, 1910 – May 12, 1980) was an American singer and actress. Her life story was told in the 1955 film ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'', in which she was portrayed by Susan Hayward, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...

in the film ''

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'' * " Someday I'll Find You" w.m.

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

* "Something to Remember You By" w.

* "The Song of the Dawn" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager from the film '' King of Jazz'' * " Sugar Bush" w. trad. Afrikaans m. Fred Michel * "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" w.m.

* "Sweet Jennie Lee" w.m. Walter Donaldson * "Telling it to the Daisies" w. Joe Young m.

* " Ten Cents a Dance" w.

* " Them There Eyes" w.m. Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey & Doris Tauber * "They All Fall in Love" w.m.

* " Three Little Words" w.

m. Harry Ruby * " Time on My Hands" w. Harold Adamson &

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1 ...

* "Two Loves Have I" w. (Eng) J. P. Murray & Barry Trivers m. Vincent Scotto * " Walking My Baby Back Home" w.m.

& Fred Ahlert * " The Waltz You Saved for Me" w.

m. Wayne King & Emil Flindt * "When I'm Looking At You" w. Clifford Grey m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by

in the film ''

'' * "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" w. Charles Tobias m. Peter De Rose * "The White Dove" w. Clifford Grey m.

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...

* "Why Am I So Romantic?" w.

m. Harry Ruby * " Would You Like to Take a Walk?" w. Mort Dixon & Billy Rose m.

* " You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" w.m.

Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatr ...

, Irving Kahal and Pierre Norman. Introduced by

in the film '' The Big Pond''. * "You Will Remember Vienna" w.

* " You're Driving Me Crazy" w.m. Walter Donaldson

Top Popular Recordings 1930

After $75 million in sales during 1929, the stock market crash in October nearly destroyed the industry, after forty years of consistent operation. Sales fell to $18 million in 1930 and to under $6 million in 1931. The top popular records of 1930 listed below were compiled from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954, record sales reported on the "

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" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, there were no Billboard charts in 1930, the numbers are only used for a frame of reference.

Top Blues Recordings

*" Clarksdale Moan" –

Son House Edward James "Son" House Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a prea ...

*"Honky Tonk Train Blues" – Meade Lux Lewis (recorded

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) *"Preachin' Blues" –

*"Razor Ball" –

Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was an American Piedmont blues and ragtime singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played in a fluid, syncopated finger picking guitar style common among many Eas ...

*" Sitting on Top of the World" – Mississippi Sheiks, National Recording Registry 2017 *"Skoodle Do Do" –

Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1893 or 1903August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African-American audiences. In the 19 ...

*"Somebody's Been Using That Thing" –

Classical music

William Alwyn William Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was a prolific English composer, Conducting, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which some 70 were for full-length features, ...

– Piano Concerto No. 1 *

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

– '' Cantata Profana'' * Arthur Bliss – '' Morning Heroes'' (oratorio) *

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

– Piano Variations * Jean Cras – Légende * Arthur De Greef – Piano Concerto No. 2 * John Fernström - Symphony No. 3, Op. 20 *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental i ...

– String Quartet No. 7 * Gabriel Grovlez – Sicilienne et allegro giocoso for bassoon and piano *

Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – ''mélodies'' – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born ...

– Piano Concerto in E *

Howard Hanson Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981)''The New York Times'' – Obituaries. Harold C. Schonberg. February 28, 1981 p. 1011/ref> was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty year ...

– Symphony No. 2, ''Romantic'' *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

– **''Des kleinen Elektromusikers Lieblinge'', for three

trautonium The Trautonium is an electronic synthesizer invented in 1930 by Friedrich Trautwein in Berlin at the Musikhochschule's music and radio lab, the Rundfunkversuchstelle. Soon afterward Oskar Sala joined him, continuing development until Sala's de ...

s **''Konzertmusik'', Op. 48, for viola and chamber orchestra **''Konzertmusik'', Op. 49, for piano, brass, and two harps **''Konzertmusik'', Op. 50, for brass and strings **''Triosatz'' ( Rondo) for three guitars (date uncertain: possibly 1925) *

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (; born Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov; 28 January 1935) was a Russia, Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet composer, conductor and teacher. His music ranged from the late-Romantic era into the 20th century era. ...

– ''Turkish Fragments'' * John Ireland – **''Legend'' for piano and orchestra ** Piano Concerto in E-flat * Paul Juon – Quintet for Winds in B-flat major *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

– ''Dances of Marosszék'' * Ernst Krenek – **''Fiedellieder'', for voice and piano, Op. 64 **String Quartet No. 5, Op. 65 * Igor Markevitch – Concerto Grosso *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

– Piano Concerto for the Left Hand *

Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940) was a Mexican classical music composer, a violinist, and conductor. Life Revueltas was born in Santiago Papasquiaro in Durango, and studied at the National Conservatory of Mu ...

– String Quartet No. 1 *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

– **'' Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene'', for orchestra, Op. 34 **''Sechs Stücke'', for male choir, Op. 35 * Ruth Crawford Seeger – **''Piano Study in Mixed Accents'' **''Four Diaphonic Suites'' **''Three Chants for Female Chorus'' *

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his countr ...

**4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.115 **3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.116 **Karelia's Fate * Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji – '' Opus clavicembalisticum'' *

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

– '' Symphony of Psalms'' * Henri Tomasi – Paysages * Heitor Villa-Lobos – **'' Bachianas brasileiras No. 1'', for orchestra of cellos **'' Bachianas brasileiras No. 2'', for small orchestra *

Anton Webern Anton Webern (; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyric poetry, lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonality, aton ...

– Quartet, for clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, and piano, Op. 22

Opera

* Ralph Benatzky – '' The White Horse Inn'' *

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...

– '' From the House of the Dead'' * Ernst Krenek – '' Leben des Orest'' (first performance); ''Kehraus um St Stephan'' (composed 1930; first performance 1990) *

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...

– '' The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny''

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

Musical theater

* ''Darling, I Love You'' – London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on January 22 and ran for 147 performances * ''Eldorado'' – London production opened at

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on September 3 and ran for 93 performances * '' Ever Green'' –

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production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 3 and ran for 254 performances * ''Fine and Dandy'' – Broadway musical opened at the Erlanger's Theatre on September 23 and ran for 246 performances. * ''Follow a Star'' London production opened at the

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on September 17 and ran for 118 performances * ''

'' – 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

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on September 26 and ran for 105 performances * ''Little Tommy Tucker'' – London production opened at

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'' (Book by Herbert Fields, Lyrics & Music by Cole Porter) – Broadway

opened at the

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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

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

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on June 26 and ran for 211 performances * '' Sweet and Low'' – Broadway revue opened at

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on November 17 and ran for 184 performances * ''

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'' – London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on March 28 and ran for 240 performances * ''Three's a Crowd'' – Broadway

opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 15 and ran for 271 performances * ''The Vanderbilt Revue'' Broadway

opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 5 and ran for 13 performances * '' Viktoria und ihr Husar'' – Vienna production opened at the

on December 23 and ran for 121 performances * '' The White Horse Inn'' – Ralph Benatzky. First performed at the Grosses Schauspielhaus in Berlin on November 8. * '' Wonder Bar'' London production opened at the

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on December 5 and ran for 210 performances

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s

* '' Along Came Youth'' starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Frances Dee and Stuart Erwin. Directed by

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and Norman McLeod. * '' Animal Crackers'', starring the

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and Margaret Dumont. Directed by Victor Heerman. * '' Be Yourself!'', starring

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, Harry Green and Robert Armstrong. Directed by

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. * '' Big Boy'', starring

and

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. Directed by

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. * '' The Big Pond'', starring

and

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR, born Émilie "Lily" Claudette Chauchoin (ʃoʃwɛ̃/ show-shwan); September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway theater, Broadway productions dur ...

. Directed by Hobart Henley. * ''Bride of the Regiment'', starring Walter Pidgeon and Vivienne Segal * ''Bright Lights (1930 film), Bright Lights'', starring Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay (American actor), Frank Fay,

, Inez Courtney and Eddie Nugent. Directed by Michael Curtiz. * ''Chasing Rainbows (1930 film), Chasing Rainbows'' starring Bessie Love, Charles King (vaudevillian), Charles King, Jack Benny and Marie Dressler * ''Children of Pleasure'' starring Lawrence Gray * ''The Cuckoos (1930 film), The Cuckoos'' starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey * '' Dancing Sweeties'' starring Grant Withers, Sue Carol and Edna Murphy * ''Dixiana (film), Dixiana'' starring Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall (singer), Everett Marshall * ''End of the Rainbow (1930 film), End of the Rainbow'' (''Das lockende Ziel''), starring Richard Tauber, Lucie Englisch and Sophie Pagay, with music by Paul Dessau * ''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 (film), Golden Dawn'', released on June 14, starring Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal,

, Alice Gentle and Lupino Lane * ''Good News (1930 film), Good News'', starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards and Penny Singleton and featuring Abe Lyman & his Band * ''Heads Up (1930 film), Heads Up'', starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Helen Kane. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. * ''High Society Blues'', starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Louise Fazenda * ''Hit the Deck (1930 film), Hit the Deck'', starring Jack Oakie, Polly Walker and June Clyde * '' Hold Everything'', starring Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown * ''

'', starring Nancy Carroll,

and Mitzi Green * '' In Gay Madrid'', starring Ramón Novarro and Dorothy Jordan (film actress), Dorothy Jordan * '' King of Jazz'', starring Paul Whiteman and John Boles (actor), John Boles and featuring The Rhythm Boys and The Brox Sisters * ''Leathernecking'', starring Irene Dunne * ''Let's Go Native'', starring Jack Oakie,

and James Hall (actor), James Hall * ''The Life of the Party (1930 film), Life of the Party'', starring Winnie Lightner and Jack Whiting (actor), Jack Whiting * ''The Lottery Bride'', starring

, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown and John Garrick. Directed by Paul L. Stein. * ''Love Comes Along'', starring Bebe Daniels * ''Madam Satan'', starring Kay Johnson and Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny * '' Mammy'', starring

* ''Maybe It's Love (1930 film), Maybe It's Love'', starring Joe E. Brown, James Hall (actor), James Hall and Joan Bennett * ''

'', starring

and Jack Buchanan. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. * ''New Movietone Follies of 1930'' starring El Brendel and Marjorie White * ''No, No Nanette (1930 film), No, No Nanette'' starring ZaSu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman and Mildred Harris * ''Oh Sailor Behave'' starring Charles King (musical actor), Charles King and Irene Delroy * '' Paramount on Parade'' featuring

and Clara Bow * ''Puttin' on the Ritz'' starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett and James Gleason * ''Rendezvous (1930 film), Rendezvous'' (''Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous''), starring Lucie Englisch, Ralph Arthur Roberts and Alexa Engström, with music by Artur Guttmann * ''The Rogue Song (film), The Rogue Song'' released May 10 starring

and Catherine Dale Owen and featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy * ''She Couldn't Say No (1930 film), She Couldn't Say No'' starring Winnie Lightner * ''Show Girl In Hollywood'' starring Alice White * ''Song o' My Heart'' released September 7 starring John McCormack (tenor), John McCormack. * '' Song of the Flame'' starring Bernice Claire and

* ''Song of the West'' starring John Boles (actor), John Boles and Vivienne Segal * ''Spring Is Here'' starring Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire, Inez Courtney, Frank Albertson and The Brox Sisters. * ''Sunny (1930 film), Sunny'' starring Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray and Joe Donahue (actor), Joe Donahue. * ''Sunny Skies'' starring Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease and Marjorie Kane * ''Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930 film), Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' starring

and Walter Pidgeon * ''Swing High'' starring Helen Twelvetress and Fred Scott * ''Top Speed (film), Top Speed'' starring Bernice Claire, Jack Whiting (actor), Jack Whiting and Joe E. Brown * ''Under a Texas Moon (film), Under a Texas Moon'' starring Frank Fay (American actor), Frank Fay, Myrna Loy and

* ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (''Sous les toits de Paris'') starring Albert Préjean, with music by Armand Bernard, Raoul Moretti and René Nazelles * ''The Immortal Vagabond (1930 film), The Immortal Vagabond'' (''Der unsterbliche Lump''), starring Liane Haid, Gustav Fröhlich and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. * '' The Vagabond King'' starring Dennis King,

and

* '' Viennese Nights'' released November 26 starring Vivienne Segal, Jean Hersholt, Walter Pidgeon and Louise Fazenda. * ''What a Widow!'' starring Gloria Swanson * ''When Naples Sings (1930 film), When Naples Sings'' (''Napoli che canta''), starring Malcolm Tod, with music by Ernesto Tagliaferri * ''Whoopee! (film), Whoopee!'' starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and featuring George Olsen & his Orchestra and Betty Grable * ''Young Man of Manhattan'' starring

, Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster (director), Norman Foster and Charles Ruggles. Directed by Monta Bell.

Births

*January 2 – Julius La Rosa, American singer (d. 2016 in music, 2016) *January 5 – Don Rondo, American singer (d. 2011 in music, 2011) *January 7 – Jack Greene, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2013 in music, 2013) *January 10 – Lyle Ritz, American jazz ukulele musician (d. 2017 in music, 2017) *January 12 – Glenn Yarbrough, American folk singer (The Limelighters) (d. 2016 in music, 2016) *January 13 – Bobby Lester, American singer (The Moonglows) (d. 1980) *January 17 – Dick Contino, American accordionist and singer (d. 2017) *January 27 ** Bobby Blue Bland, American blues and soul singer (d. 2013 in music, 2013) ** Usko Meriläinen, Finnish composer (d. 2004 in music, 2004) *January 29 – Derek Bailey (guitarist), Derek Bailey, English guitarist (d. 2005) *January 31 – Al De Lory, American record producer, arranger, musician (d. 2012 in music, 2012) *

– Ikutaro Kakehashi, Japanese electronic music engineer (d. 2017) *February 22 – Marni Nixon, American soprano, best known for film dubbing (d. 2016) *February 26 – Chic Hetti, American pianist and vocalist (The Playmates) *March 1 – Gagik Hovunts, Armenian composer (d. 2019 in music, 2019) *March 6 – Lorin Maazel, American conductor (d. 2014) *March 9 – Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter and composer (d. 2015) *March 13 ** Liz Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2011 in music, 2011) ** Jan Howard, American country singer (d. 2020 in music, 2020) ** Blue Mitchell, American trumpet player (d. 1979) *March 17 – Paul Horn (musician), Paul Horn, American jazz and new age flautist (d. 2014) *March 22 – Stephen Sondheim, American musical theater composer and lyricist (d. 2021) *March 26 – Sivuca, Brazilian guitarist and accordionist (d. 2006) *March 28 – Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014) *March 29 – Donny Conn, American drummer (The Playmates) (d. 2015) *March 30 – Sterling Betancourt, Trinidadian steelpan player *April 5 – Mary Costa, American opera singer and actress *April 8 – Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, pianist and pedagogue (d. 2019) *April 10 – Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020 in music, 2020) *April 16 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (d. 2003) *April 17 – Chris Barber, English jazz trombonist and bandleader (d. 2021) *April 28 – Wanda Warska, Polish jazz vocalist (d. 2019) *May 1 – Little Walter, American blues musician (d. 1968) *May 4 – Katherine Jackson, matriarch of The Jackson 5 *May 8 – Heather Harper, Northern Irish operatic soprano (d. 2019) *May 16 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000) *May 22 – Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader (d. 2013 in music, 2013) *May 28 – Julian Slade, English musical theatre writer (d. 2006) *May 31 – Uno Loop, Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2021) *June 3 – Dakota Staton, American jazz vocalist (d. 2007) *June 4 – Morgana King, American jazz vocalist (d. 2018) *June 9 **Buddy Bregman, American composer and conductor (d. 2017) **Monique Serf, French singer ("Barbara") (d. 1997 in music, 1997) *June 17 – Romuald Twardowski, Polish composer, pianist and organist (d. 2024) *July 2 – Ahmad Jamal, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2023 in music, 2023) *July 3 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004 in music, 2004) *July 6 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor (d. 2016 in music, 2016) *July 10 – Josephine Veasey, English operatic mezzo-soprano *July 16 – Guy Béart, French singer-songwriter (d. 2015) *July 20 ** Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer ** Oleg Anofriyev, Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (d. 2018 in music, 2018) *July 21 – Helen Merrill, American jazz vocalist *July 25 – Annie Ross, British-American singer (died 2020 in music, 2020) *July 27 – Andy White (drummer), Andy White, Scottish-born session drummer (d. 2015) *July 28 – Firoza Begum (singer), Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014 in music, 2014) *August 1 **Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist (d. 1999) **Walter Jagiello, Polish polka musician and songwriter (d. 2006) *August 6 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer (d. 2010 in music, 2010) *August 7 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer (d. 2017) *August 10 – Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composer *August 11 – Heinz Werner Zimmermann, German composer (d. 2022) *August 16 – Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer, actress and equestrienne (d. 2020 in music, 2020) *

– Tony Davis, English folk singer (The Spinners (UK band), The Spinners) (d. 2017) *September 7 ** Paul-Baudouin Michel, Belgian composer and musicologist (d. 2020) ** Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist and composer *September 12 – Larry Austin, American composer (d. 2018) *September 23 – Ray Charles, American soul musician (d. 2004 in music, 2004) *September 26 ** Alice Harnoncourt, Austrian classical violinist ** Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor singer (d. 1966 in music, 1966) *September 29 ** Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor ** Billy Strange, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012 in music, 2012) *October 1 – Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (d. 2002 in music, 2002) *October 5 – John Carmichael (composer), John Carmichael, pianist, composer and music therapist *October 8 – Tōru Takemitsu, composer (d. 1996) *October 12 – Cyril Tawney, English traditional singer-songwriter (d. 2005) *October 23 – Boozoo Chavis, American accordionist (d. 2001) *October 24 – The Big Bopper, American DJ and singer (d. 1957) *

** Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer ** Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992) *October 30 **Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956) **Stanley Sadie, English musicologist (d. 2005) *November 12 – Bob Crewe, American singer, songwriter, manager, and producer (d. 2014 in music, 2014) *November 18 – Jerzy Artysz, Polish operatic baritone (d. 2024) *November 20 – Curly Putman, American songwriter (d. 2016) *November 22 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer (d. 2019) *December 17 – Makoto Moroi, Japanese composer (d. 2013 in music, 2013) *December 31 – Odetta, American singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (d. 2008) *''Date unknown'' – Munir Bashir, Iraqi Assyrian musician and oud player (d. 1997)

Deaths

*January 2 – Therese Malten, German operatic soprano, 74 *January 16 – Art Hickman, American bandleader, 43 (Banti's syndrome) *January 17 – Gauhar Jaan, Indian singer and dancer, 56 *January 24 – Mario Sammarco, Italian operatic baritone, 61 *January 27 – Jean Huré, composer and organist (born 1877) *January 28 – Emmy Destinn Czech operatic soprano, 51 (stroke) *February 12 – Eva Dell'Acqua, Belgian singer and composer, 73 *February 13 – Conrad Ansorge, German pianist, teacher and composer, 67 *

– Louise Kirkby Lunn, English operatic contralto, 56 *February 23 – Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer, 22 *March 7 – A. L. Erlanger, American theatrical impresario, 70 *March 13 – August Stradal, virtouso pianist and composer, 69 *March 16 – George Allan (composer), George Allan, English arranger and composer, 55 *

– Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner, 92 *April 3 – Emma Albani, Canadian-British operatic soprano (born 1847) *April 5 – Gene Greene, singer and composer ("The Ragtime King"), 48 *April 9 – Rose Caron, French operatic soprano, 72 *April 24 – Adele Ritchie, American singer, comic opera, musical comedy and vaudeville, 55 *April 26 – Beth Slater Whitson, American lyric writer, 50 *April 28 – Charles Grandmougin, lyricist (born 1850) *May 1 – Emil Genetz, Finnish composer, 77 *May 29 – Tivadar Nachéz, Hungarian violinist and composer, 71 *June 5 – Irma Reichová, Czech operatic soprano, 71 *June 7 – Nahan Franko, American violinist and conductor, 68 *June 22 – Mary Davies (mezzo-soprano), Mary Davies, Welsh singer, 75 *July 15 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, 85 *August 4 – Siegfried Wagner, German composer and conductor, son of Richard Wagner, 61 *August 9 – Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter), Johnny Burke, Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1851) *August 20 – George John Bennett (organist), George John Bennett, English composer (born 1863) *October 1 – Riccardo Drigo, Italian composer and conductor, 84 *October 14 – Henry Creamer, American songwriter, 51 *October 27 – Evan Stephens, American Mormon composer and hymn-writer, 76 *November 13 – Thomas Bulch, English-born Australian musician and composer, 67 *November 14 – Jacques Isnardon, French operatic bass-baritone, 70 *December 17 – Peter Warlock, English composer, 36 *December 22 – Charles K. Harris, American songwriter and publisher, 63 *December 23 – Marie Fillunger, Austrian singer, 80 *December 24 – Oskar Nedbal, Czech violist, conductor and composer, 56 *December 29 – Oscar Borg, Norwegian composer, 79

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Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

Musical theater

Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...s

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Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...
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