1930 in country music explained

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,^[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		"Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)"^[2]	Victor 22488			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			US Hillbilly 1930 #2
3		"If I Could Be with You One Hour To-night"^[6]	Victor 38115			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			US BB 1930 #73, US #7 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #4
5		"Soldier's Joy"^[8]	Columbia 15538			US Hillbilly 1930 #5
6		"When the World's on Fire"^[9]	Victor 40293			US Hillbilly 1930 #6, 30,837 sales^[10]
7	Carter Family	"Worried Man Blues"^[11]	Victor 40317			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			US Hillbilly 1930 #8, 77,235 sales^[14]
9	Jimmie Rodgers	"Frankie and Johnnie"^[15] / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"^[16]	Victor 22143			US Hillbilly 1930 #9
10		"Tom Dooley"^[17]	Victor 40235			US Hillbilly 1930 #10
11	Beverly Hill Billies	""My Pretty Quadroon"	Brunswick 441			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			US Hillbilly 1930 #12
13		"Walk Right In"^[20]	Victor 38611			US Hillbilly 1930 #13, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007
14		"My Dixie Sweetheart"^[21]	Victor 40302			US Hillbilly 1930 #14, 6,415 sales^[22]
15	Kentucky Ramblers	"With My Mother Dead And Gone"^[23]	Paramount 3283			US Hillbilly 1930 #15
16	Blue Steele Orchestra	"Missouri Moon"^[24]	Victor 23501			US Hillbilly 1930 #16, 3,955 sales^[25]
17	Floyd County Ramblers	"Sunny Tennessee"^[26]	Victor 40307			US Hillbilly 1930 #17, 3,672 sales^[27]
18	Bud Billings and Carson Robison	"Carry Me Back To the Mountains"^[28]	Victor V-40322			US Hillbilly 1930 #18, 3,584 sales^[29]
19	Carter Family	"John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man"^[30]	Victor 40190			US Hillbilly 1930 #19
20	Jimmie Rodgers	"My Rough and Rowdy Ways / Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues"^[31]	Victor 22220			US Hillbilly 1930 #20
21		"The Big Rock Candy Mountains, No. 2"^[32]	Victor 40319			US Hillbilly 1930 #21, 3,159 sales^[33]

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).

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Record Research . 1986.
2. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-56607. Anniversary blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-30. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
3. Web site: Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-22 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
4. Web site: Victor matrix PBVE-54864. In the jail-house now, no. 2 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
5. Web site: Victor 22523 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
6. Web site: 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 . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
7. Web site: BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series . 2022-03-05 . www.78discography.com.
8. Web site: COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 15000D series . 2022-03-05 . www.78discography.com.
9. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-59984. When the world's on fire / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
10. Web site: Victor V-40293 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-02 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
11. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-59987. Worried man blues / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
12. Web site: Victor V-40317 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-02 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
13. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-48385. Any old time / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
14. Web site: Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-22 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
15. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-55333. Frankie and Johnny / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
16. Web site: Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-18 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
17. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-56312. Tom Dooley / Grayson and Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
18. Web site: 2019-05-06. Corbin Slide. 2022-01-06. Traditional Tune Archive. en.
19. Web site: Brunswick matrix K8109. Corbin slide / Alex Hood ; Railroad Boys - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-06. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
20. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-56319. Walk right In / Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
21. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-59941. My Dixie sweetheart / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
22. Web site: Victor V-40302 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-02 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
23. Web site: Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography . 2022-03-05 . www.78discography.com.
24. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-59921. Missouri moon / Blue Steele Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
25. Web site: Victor 23501 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
26. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-63613. Sunny Tennessee / Floyd County Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
27. Web site: Victor V-40307 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-02 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
28. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-62324. Carry me back to the mountains / Bud Billings ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
29. Web site: Victor V-40322 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
30. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-45024. John Hardy was a desperate little man / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-05 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
31. Web site: Victor 22220 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
32. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-49427. The big rock candy mountains, no. 2 / Stuart Hamblen - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
33. Web site: Victor V-40319 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-08-23 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.