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1930 in country music

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

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, 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.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1Jimmie Rodgers"Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)"Victor 22488US BB 1930 #204, US #19 for 1 week, US Hillbilly 1930 #1, 77,235 sales
2Jimmie Rodgers"In the Jailhouse Now No. 2"Victor 22523US Hillbilly 1930 #2
3McKinney's Cotton Pickers"If I Could Be with You One Hour To-night"Victor 38115US BB 1930 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #3
4Beverly Hill Billiestitle=BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 seriesurl=https://www.78discography.com/BRN100.htmaccess-date=2022-03-05website=www.78discography.com}}Brunswick 421US BB 1930 #73, US #7 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #4
5Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett"Soldier's Joy"Columbia 15538US Hillbilly 1930 #5
6Carter Family"When the World's on Fire"Victor 40293US Hillbilly 1930 #6, 30,837 sales
7Carter Family"Worried Man Blues"Victor 40317US BB 1930 #142, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #7, 24,373 sales
8Jimmie Rodgers"Any Old Time"Victor 22488US Hillbilly 1930 #8, 77,235 sales
9Jimmie Rodgers"Frankie and Johnnie" / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"Victor 22143US Hillbilly 1930 #9
10G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter"Tom Dooley"Victor 40235US Hillbilly 1930 #10
11Beverly Hill Billies""My Pretty Quadroon"Brunswick 441US BB 1930 #153, US #15 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #11
12Alex Hood and His Railroad Boys"Corbin Slide"Vocalion 5463US Hillbilly 1930 #12
13Cannon’s Jug Stompers"Walk Right In"Victor 38611US Hillbilly 1930 #13, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007
14Jimmie Davis"My Dixie Sweetheart"Victor 40302US Hillbilly 1930 #14, 6,415 sales
15Kentucky Ramblers"With My Mother Dead And Gone"Paramount 3283US Hillbilly 1930 #15
16Blue Steele Orchestra"Missouri Moon"Victor 23501US Hillbilly 1930 #16, 3,955 sales
17Floyd County Ramblers"Sunny Tennessee"Victor 40307US Hillbilly 1930 #17, 3,672 sales
18Bud Billings and Carson Robison"Carry Me Back To the Mountains"Victor V-40322US Hillbilly 1930 #18, 3,584 sales
19Carter Family"John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man"Victor 40190US Hillbilly 1930 #19
20Jimmie Rodgers"My Rough and Rowdy Ways / Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues"Victor 22220US Hillbilly 1930 #20
21Stuart Hamblen"The Big Rock Candy Mountains, No. 2"Victor 40319US Hillbilly 1930 #21, 3,159 sales

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

References

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".
  3. "Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  4. "Victor matrix PBVE-54864. In the jail-house now, no. 2 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  5. "Victor 22523 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  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".
  7. "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series".
  8. "COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 15000D series".
  9. "Victor matrix BVE-59984. When the world's on fire / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  10. "Victor V-40293 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  11. "Victor matrix BVE-59987. Worried man blues / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  12. "Victor V-40317 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  13. "Victor matrix BVE-48385. Any old time / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  14. "Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  15. "Victor matrix BVE-55333. Frankie and Johnny / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  16. "Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  17. "Victor matrix BVE-56312. Tom Dooley / Grayson and Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  18. (2019-05-06). "Corbin Slide".
  19. "Brunswick matrix K8109. Corbin slide / Alex Hood ; Railroad Boys - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  20. "Victor matrix BVE-56319. Walk right In / Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  21. "Victor matrix BVE-59941. My Dixie sweetheart / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  22. "Victor V-40302 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  23. "Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography".
  24. "Victor matrix BVE-59921. Missouri moon / Blue Steele Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  25. "Victor 23501 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  26. "Victor matrix BVE-63613. Sunny Tennessee / Floyd County Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  27. "Victor V-40307 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  28. "Victor matrix BVE-62324. Carry me back to the mountains / Bud Billings ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  29. "Victor V-40322 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  30. "Victor matrix BVE-45024. John Hardy was a desperate little man / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  31. "Victor 22220 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  32. "Victor matrix BVE-49427. The big rock candy mountains, no. 2 / Stuart Hamblen - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  33. "Victor V-40319 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
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