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Songs from the Year 1930

Other Years: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

This page lists the top songs of 1930 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Ben Selvin Happy Days Are Here Again 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (7 weeks), US BB 1 of 1930, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1930), POP 1 of 1930, Brazil 27 of 1930, RIAA 47, RYM 110 of 1930
2 Harry Richman Puttin' on the Ritz 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (8 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1930), US BB 2 of 1930, POP 2 of 1930, Brazil 21 of 1930, RIAA 117, Acclaimed 1213 (1930)
3 Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1930), US Billboard 5 - 1930 (11 weeks), US BB 5 of 1930, POP 5 of 1930, RYM 28 of 1930, Brazil 84 of 1931
4 Duke Ellington Three Little Words 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (13 weeks), US BB 6 of 1930, POP 6 of 1930, Brazil 11 of 1931, RYM 15 of 1930, Europe 60 of the 1930s (1930)
5 Paul Whiteman Body & Soul 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (15 weeks), US BB 7 of 1930, POP 7 of 1930, RYM 24 of 1930, Brazil 60 of 1931
6 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Stein Song (University of Maine) 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (21 weeks), US BB 8 of 1930, POP 8 of 1930, Brazil 23 of 1930, RYM 108 of 1930
7 Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra The Peanut Vendor 1930 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1930 (28 weeks), Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1930), Brazil 8 of 1931
8 Roy Ingraham Chant of the Jungle 1930 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1929 (8 weeks), US BB 11 of 1930, POP 12 of 1930, Brazil 69 of 1930
9 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra On the Sunny Side of the Street 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (7 weeks), US BB 3 of 1930, POP 3 of 1930, Brazil 48 of 1931
10 Nat Shilkret Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (11 weeks), US BB 14 of 1930, POP 18 of 1930, Brazil 23 of 1931
11 Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians Little White Lies 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (12 weeks), US BB 12 of 1930, POP 14 of 1930, Brazil 65 of 1931
12 Guy Lombardo You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (12 weeks), US BB 15 of 1930, POP 20 of 1930, Brazil 38 of 1932
13 Benny Meroff & His Orchestra Happy Days Are Here Again 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (6 weeks), POP 1 of 1930
14 Louis Armstrong St Louis Blues 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1929), RYM 5 of 1933, US Billboard 11 - 1930 (3 weeks)
15 Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra When It's Springtime in The Rockies 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (19 weeks), US BB 10 of 1930, POP 10 of 1930
16 McKinney's Cotton Pickers If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (12 weeks), US BB 13 of 1930, POP 16 of 1930
17 Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No.9 (Standin' on the Corner) 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1930), RYM 11 of 1931, Acclaimed 1737 (1930)
18 Fred Astaire Puttin' on the Ritz 1930 RYM 1 of 1930, Peel list 2 of 1930
19 Ben Selvin When It's Springtime in The Rockies 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (11 weeks), POP 10 of 1930
20 Mississippi Sheiks Sitting on Top of the World 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1930), RYM 11 of 1930
21 Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Puttin' on the Ritz 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1930), US Billboard 17 - 1930 (1 week)
22 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Betty Coed 1930 US Billboard 4 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 11 of 1930, RYM 109 of 1930
23 Duke Ellington Ring Dem Bells 1930 RYM 15 of 1930, US Billboard 17 - 1930 (1 week), Scrobulate 55 of swing
24 Louis Armstrong Memories Of You 1930 US Billboard 18 - 1930 (1 week), Brazil 42 of 1931, RYM 45 of 1930
25 Al Jolson Let Me Sing & I'm Happy 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (10 weeks), Brazil 74 of 1931
26 Carmen Miranda Pra Voce Gostar De Mim (Tahi) 1930 Brazil 1 of 1930
27 Cannon's Jug Stompers Walk Right In 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1930)
28 Fred Astaire Crazy Feet 1930 RYM 1 of 1930
29 Ted Weems The Man from the South 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (7 weeks)
30 Van Phillips I'm in The Market For You 1930 Peel list 1 of 1930
31 Nat Shilkret Get Happy 1930 POP 4 of 1930, US Billboard 6 - 1930 (7 weeks)
32 The Carter Family Worried Man Blues 1930 RYM 4 of 1930, US Billboard 14 - 1930 (3 weeks)
33 Ted Weems My Baby Just Cares For Me 1930 US Billboard 4 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 15 of 1930
34 Leo Reisman What Is This Thing Called Love? 1930 US Billboard 5 - 1930 (9 weeks), POP 9 of 1930
35 Louis Armstrong If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 1930 RYM 7 of 1930, US Billboard 13 - 1930 (2 weeks)
36 Al Jolson To My Mammy 1930 US Billboard 7 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 17 of 1930
37 Son House Preachin' Blues 1930 RYM 9 of 1930, POP 19 of 1930
38 Louis Armstrong After You've Gone 1930 RYM 14 of 1930, US Billboard 15 - 1932 (2 weeks)
39 Big Bill Broonzy Somebody's Been Using That Thing 1930 POP 13 of 1930, RYM 27 of 1930
40 Isham Jones Trees 1930 US Billboard 13 - 1930 (4 weeks), RYM 47 of 1930
41 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra St Louis Blues 1930 US Billboard 16 - 1930 (2 weeks), Scrobulate 88 of swing
42 Jimmie Rodgers Anniversary Blue Yodel 1930 US Billboard 19 - 1930 (1 week), RYM 68 of 1930
43 Comedian Harmonists Wochenend und Sonnenschein 1930 RYM 2 of 1930
44 Isham Jones What's the Use 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (7 weeks)
45 Guy Lombardo Confessin' (That I Love You) 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (6 weeks)
46 Paul Whiteman Old New England Moon 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (8 weeks)
47 Paul Whiteman Nobody's Sweetheart 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (8 weeks)
48 Comedian Harmonists Veronika, der Lenz ist da! 1930 RYM 2 of 1930
49 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra Three O'Clock in The Morning 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (8 weeks)
50 Red Nichols Embraceble You 1930 US Billboard 2 - Nov 1930 (9 weeks)
51 Almirante & O Bando de Tangaras Na Pavuna 1930 Brazil 2 of 1930
52 Paul Whiteman It Happened in Monterey 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (9 weeks)
53 Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra So Beats My Heart for You 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (9 weeks)
54 Regent Club Orchestra Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (6 weeks)
55 Comedian Harmonists Ein Freund, ein guter Freund 1930 RYM 3 of 1930
56 Jack Payne & His Orchestra My Baby Just Cares For Me 1930 Peel list 3 of 1930
57 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) 1930 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1930 (9 weeks)
58 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra The Lonesome Road 1930 US Billboard 3 - 1930 (7 weeks)
59 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra Three Little Words 1930 US Billboard 3 - 1930 (6 weeks)
60 Guy Lombardo Swingin' in a Hammock 1930 US Billboard 3 - 1930 (7 weeks)

Previous Comments

25 Feb 2010

What was the no. 1 song on 27th Oct 1930 in England

Thanks, Doug Smith

The most widely accepted UK charts start on the 14 Nov 1952 (in the "New Musical Express"). There were some occasional sheet music charts going back to 1936, however there really are no UK charts from 1930.

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