1930 in music
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See also: 1929 in music, other events of 1930, 1931 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed.
- Frankie Laine begins performing.
- Bukka White makes his first recording.
- Gorni Kramer finishes double bass conservatory study and begins performing.
[edit] 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
- "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. 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 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. Intorduced 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
- "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
[edit] 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
- "On the Sunny Side Of the Street" by Ted Lewis & His Band
- "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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Musical theater
- 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.
- 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 New Yorkers Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 8 and ran for 168 performances
- The Second Little Show Broadway production
- 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
- White Horse Inn - Ralph Benatzky. First performed at Berlin.
[edit] Musical films
- Animal Crackers starring The Marx Brothers, Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont
- Chasing Rainbows
- Dancing Sweeties starring Grant Withers, Sue Carol and Edna Murphy
- Follow Thru
- 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
- Hit the Deck
- Honey starring Nancy Carroll, Stanley Smith, Lillian Roth and Mitzi Green
- In Gay Madrid starring Ramon Novarro and Dorothy Jordan
- King Of Jazz
- Let's Go Native starring Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald and James Hall
- The New Moon
- No, No Nanette starring ZaSu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman and Mildred Harris
- Puttin' on the Ritz
- 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
- The Vagabond King
- Viennese Nights released November 26 starring Vivienne Segal, Alexander Gray, Jean Hersholt, Walter Pidgeon and Louise Fazenda.
- Whoopee!
[edit] 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 13 - Jan Howard, singer
- March 16 - Harald Banter, jazz composer
- 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 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
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Art Hickman, US bandleader
- January 24 - Mario Sammarco, operatic baritone
- January 28 - Emmy Destinn Czech opera singer
- April 1 - Cosima Wagner, widow of the composer
- April 3 - Emma Albani, operatic soprano
- July 15 - Leopold Auer, violinist
- August 4 - Siegfried Wagner, composer and son of Richard Wagner
- October 1 - Riccardo Drigo, composer and conductor
- October 14 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter
- November 4 - Buddy Bolden, jazz musician
- December 17 - Peter Warlock, composer
- December 22 - Charles K. Harris, US songwriter and publisher
- December 23 - Marie Fillunger, singer
- date unknown - Johnny Burke, singer and songwriter