1930 in country music

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

List of years in country music (table)
… 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...

Events

• December 31 – Record sales dropped 50% from 1929.

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,^[1] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart Positions
1	Jimmie Rodgers	"Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)"[2]	Victor 22488	November 26, 1929 (1929-11-26)	September 5, 1930 (1930-09-05)	US BB 1930 #204, US #19 for 1 week, US Hillbilly 1930 #1, 77,235 sales[3]
2	Jimmie Rodgers	"In the Jailhouse Now No. 2"[4][5]	Victor 22523	July 12, 1930 (1930-07-12)	October 13, 1930 (1930-10-13)	US Hillbilly 1930 #2
3	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	"If I Could Be with You One Hour To-night"[6]	Victor 38115	January 31, 1930 (1930-01-31)	July 1930 (1930-07)	US BB 1930 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #3
4	Beverly Hill Billies	"When the Bloom is on the Sage"[7]	Brunswick 421	January 31, 1930 (1930-01-31)	May 1930 (1930-05)	US BB 1930 #73, US #7 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #4
5	Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett	"Soldier's Joy"[8]	Columbia 15538	October 29, 1929 (1929-10-29)	April 1930 (1930-04)	US Hillbilly 1930 #5
6	Carter Family	"When the World's on Fire"[9]	Victor 40293	May 24, 1930 (1930-05-24)	August 1930 (1930-08)	US Hillbilly 1930 #6, 30,837 sales[10]
7	Carter Family	"Worried Man Blues"[11]	Victor 40317	May 24, 1930 (1930-05-24)	September 1930 (1930-09)	US BB 1930 #142, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #7, 24,373 sales[12]
8	Jimmie Rodgers	"Any Old Time"[13]	Victor 22488	February 21, 1929 (1929-02-21)	August 1930 (1930-08)	US Hillbilly 1930 #8, 77,235 sales[14]
9	Jimmie Rodgers	"Frankie and Johnnie"[15] / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"[16]	Victor 22143	August 10, 1929 (1929-08-10)	November 22, 1929 (1929-11-22)	US Hillbilly 1930 #9
10	G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter	"Tom Dooley"[17]	Victor 40235	September 30, 1929 (1929-09-30)	May 1930 (1930-05)	US Hillbilly 1930 #10
11	Beverly Hill Billies	""My Pretty Quadroon"[7]	Brunswick 441	May 1, 1930 (1930-05-01)	August 1930 (1930-08)	US BB 1930 #153, US #15 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #11
12	Alex Hood and His Railroad Boys	"Corbin Slide"[18][19]	Vocalion 5463	April 1, 1930 (1930-04-01)	November 1930 (1930-11)	US Hillbilly 1930 #12
13	Cannon’s Jug Stompers	"Walk Right In"[20]	Victor 38611	October 1, 1929 (1929-10-01)	September 12, 1930 (1930-09-12)	US Hillbilly 1930 #13, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007
14	Jimmie Davis	"My Dixie Sweetheart"[21]	Victor 40302	May 19, 1930 (1930-05-19)	October 3, 1930 (1930-10-03)	US Hillbilly 1930 #14, 6,415 sales[22]
15	Kentucky Ramblers	"With My Mother Dead And Gone"[23]	Paramount 3283	September 1, 1930 (1930-09-01)	October 1930 (1930-10)	US Hillbilly 1930 #15
16	Blue Steele Orchestra	"Missouri Moon"[24]	Victor 23501	May 13, 1930 (1930-05-13)	August 1930 (1930-08)	US Hillbilly 1930 #16, 3,955 sales[25]
17	Floyd County Ramblers	"Sunny Tennessee"[26]	Victor 40307	August 29, 1930 (1930-08-29)	October 17, 1930 (1930-10-17)	US Hillbilly 1930 #17, 3,672 sales[27]
18	Bud Billings and Carson Robison	"Carry Me Back To the Mountains"[28]	Victor V-40322	July 1, 1930 (1930-07-01)	November 21, 1930 (1930-11-21)	US Hillbilly 1930 #18, 3,584 sales[29]
19	Carter Family	"John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man"[30]	Victor 40190	May 10, 1928 (1928-05-10)	December 4, 1929 (1929-12-04)	US Hillbilly 1930 #19
20	Jimmie Rodgers	"My Rough and Rowdy Ways / Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues"[31]	Victor 22220	October 22, 1929 (1929-10-22)	February 1930 (1930-02)	US Hillbilly 1930 #20
21	Stuart Hamblen	"The Big Rock Candy Mountains, No. 2"[32]	Victor 40319	June 6, 1929 (1929-06-06)	November 1930 (1930-11)	US Hillbilly 1930 #21, 3,159 sales[33]

Births

• January 7 – Jack Greene, star of the 1960s and 1970s ("There Goes My Everything") and longtime Grand Ole Opry star (died 2013).
• June 22- Roy Drusky, Grand ole opry star
• September 23 – Ray Charles, blind African-American pop singer who recorded a series of influential country music albums, starting with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (died 2004).
• September 28 – Tommy Collins, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound (died 2000).
• November 20 – Curly Putman, songwriter (died 2016).

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1930

Further information: Category:1930 deaths

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
2. "Victor matrix BVE-56607. Anniversary blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
3. "Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
4. "Victor matrix PBVE-54864. In the jail-house now, no. 2 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
5. "Victor 22523 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
6. "Victor matrix BVE-58545. If I could be with you one hour to-night / McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
7. "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
8. "COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 15000D series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
9. "Victor matrix BVE-59984. When the world's on fire / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
10. "Victor V-40293 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
11. "Victor matrix BVE-59987. Worried man blues / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
12. "Victor V-40317 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
13. "Victor matrix BVE-48385. Any old time / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
14. "Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
15. "Victor matrix BVE-55333. Frankie and Johnny / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
16. "Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
17. "Victor matrix BVE-56312. Tom Dooley / Grayson and Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
18. "Corbin Slide". Traditional Tune Archive. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
19. "Brunswick matrix K8109. Corbin slide / Alex Hood ; Railroad Boys - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
20. "Victor matrix BVE-56319. Walk right In / Cannon's Jug Stompers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
21. "Victor matrix BVE-59941. My Dixie sweetheart / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
22. "Victor V-40302 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
23. "Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
24. "Victor matrix BVE-59921. Missouri moon / Blue Steele Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
25. "Victor 23501 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
26. "Victor matrix BVE-63613. Sunny Tennessee / Floyd County Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
27. "Victor V-40307 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
28. "Victor matrix BVE-62324. Carry me back to the mountains / Bud Billings ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
29. "Victor V-40322 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
30. "Victor matrix BVE-45024. John Hardy was a desperate little man / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
31. "Victor 22220 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
32. "Victor matrix BVE-49427. The big rock candy mountains, no. 2 / Stuart Hamblen - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
33. "Victor V-40319 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-23.