See also: 1929 in music, other events of 1930, 1931 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Published popular songs
3 Top hits on record
4 Musical theater
5 Musical films
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

  • Bukka White begins performing

Published popular songs

  • "Across The Breakfast Table" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "All I Want Is Just One Girl" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
  • "Any Little Fish" Noël Coward
  • "A Bench In The Park" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "Betty Co-Ed" w.m J. Paul Fogarty & Rudy Vallee
  • "Beyond The Blue Horizon" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & W. Franke Harling
  • "Bidin' My Time" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
  • "Body And Soul" w. Robert Sour, Edward Heyman & Frank Eyton m. John W. Green Published
  • "But Not For Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "By The Sleepy Lagoon" (aka "Sleepy Lagoon") m. Eric Coates
  • "Bye Bye Blues" w.m. Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm & John Green
  • "Can This Be Love?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
  • "Can't We Talk It Over?" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
  • "Casa Loma Stomp" m. Eugene Gifford
  • "Cheerful Little Earful" w. Ira Gershwin & Billy Rose m. Harry Warren
  • "The Chum Song" Jack Hylton, Louis Freeman
  • "Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love" w. Billy Rose m. Henry Tobias
  • "A Cottage For Sale" w. Larry Conley m. Willard Robison
  • "Dancing On The Ceiling" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
  • "Dangerous Nan McGrew" w. Dan Hartman m. Al Goodhart
  • "Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "Eleven More Months And Ten More Days" w.m. Arthur Fields & Fred Hall
  • "Embraceable You" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Exactly Like You" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Falling In Love Again" w. (Eng) Sammy Lerner m. Frederick Hollander
  • "Fine And Dandy" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
  • "For You" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
  • "Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy" w.m. Larry Shay, Ward & Montgomery
  • "Georgia On My Mind" w. Stuart Gorrell m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Get Happy" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
  • "Goofus" w. Gus Kahn m. Wayne King & William Harold
  • "Happy Feet" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "I Am Only Human After All" w. Ira Gershwin & E. Y. Harburg m. Vernon Duke
  • "I Bring A Love Song" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
  • "I Got Rhythm" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "I Love You So Much" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
  • "If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You Love" Vivian Ellis, Douglas Furber
  • "I'm Confessin' That I Love You" w. Al J. Neiburg m. Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
  • "I'm Glad I Waited" w.m. Vincent Youmans
  • "I'm In The Market For You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. James F. Hanley
  • "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" w.m. A. P. Carter
  • "It Happened In Monterey" w. Billy Rose m. Mabel Wayne
  • "It Must Be True" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Barris & Gordon Clifford
  • "I've Got A Crush On You" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "J'ai Deux Amours" w. Georges Koger & H. Varna m. Vincent Scotto
  • "Just A Gigolo" w. (Eng) Irving Caesar (Ger) Julius Brammer m. Leonello Casucci
  • "The Kiss Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
  • "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" w. Irving Caesar m. Oscar Levant
  • "Lazy River" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin
  • "The Little Things In Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Little White Lies" w.m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight" w. Al Lewis m. Al Sherman
  • "Love For Sale" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Lucky Seven" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Memories Of You" w. Andy Razaf m. Eubie Blake
  • "Mule Skinner Blues" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
  • "My Baby Just Cares For Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
  • "My Future Just Passed" w. George Marion Jr m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "Mysterious Mose" w.m. Walter Doyle
  • "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Our Don Bradman" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
  • "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" w. Sidney Clare m. Sam H. Stept
  • "A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid" w. Andy Razaf m. James P. Johnson
  • "Rockin' In Rhythm" m. Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
  • "Sam And Delilah" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Send For Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Shout, Sister, Shout" w.m. J. Tim Brymn, Alexander Hill & Clarence Williams
  • "Sing You Sinners" w.m. W. Franke Harling & Sam Coslow
  • "Someday I'll Find You" w.m. Noel Coward
  • "Something To Remember You By" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Sweepin' The Clouds Away" w.m. Sam Coslow
  • "Sweet Jennie Lee" w.m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Telling It To The Daisies" w. Joe Young m. Harry Warren
  • "Ten Cents A Dance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Them There Eyes" w.m. Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey & Doris Tauber
  • "They All Fall In Love" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree" w.m. Edward Eliscu, Billy Hill & Willie Raskin
  • "Three Little Words" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
  • "Time On My Hands" w. Harold Adamson & Mack Gordon
  • "Two Loves Have I" w. (Eng) J. P. Murray & Barry Trivers m. Vincent Scotto
  • "Walking My Baby Back Home" w.m. Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert
  • "The Waltz You Saved For Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Wayne King & Emil Flindt
  • "What Kind Of Noise Annoys An Oyster" Frank Crumit, Curtis
  • "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" w. Charles Tobias m. Peter De Rose
  • "The White Dove" w. Clifford Grey m. Franz Lehar
  • "Why Am I So Romantic?" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
  • "Would You Like To Take A Walk?" w. Mort Dixon & Billy Rose m. Harry Warren
  • "You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me" w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman
  • "You Will Remember Vienna" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
  • "You're Driving Me Crazy" w.m. Walter Donaldson

Top hits on record

  • "The Stein Song" by Rudy Vallee
  • "You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)" by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
  • "Ten Cents A Dance" by Ruth Etting
  • "Three Little Words" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys with Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band
  • "On the Sunny Side Of the Street" by Ted Lewis & His Band
  • "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
  • "It Happened In Monterey (In Old Mexico)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  • "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
  • "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Meroff & His Band
  • "Embraceable You" by Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
  • "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by George Olsen & His Music
  • "Body and Soul" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  • "I Remember Dear" by Bing Crosby
  • "Betty Coed" by Rudy Vallee
  • "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by The Nat Shilkret Orchestra

Musical theater

  • Ever Green London production
  • Girl Crazy Broadway production
  • Glorifying The American Girl Broadway production
  • Das Land Des Lächelns Vienna production
  • The Second Little Show Broadway production
  • Three's A Crowd Broadway production
  • Viktoria Und Ihr Husar Vienna production

Musical films

Births

Deaths