1930 in country music

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

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

Births

Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 1930

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.
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