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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

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

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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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

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Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 1930
Further information: Category:1930 deaths

Further reading

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  • 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

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  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. ^ a b "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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