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.

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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.

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

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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. 1 2 "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.