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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 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, 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), US BB 2 of 1930, POP 2 of 1930, Brazil 21 of 1930, RIAA 117, Acclaimed 1213
3 Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, 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
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 Isham Jones Stardust 1930 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1930 (20 weeks), US BB 5 of 1931, POP 5 of 1931, RYM 47 of 1930
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, 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 Fred Astaire Puttin' on the Ritz 1930 RYM 1 of 1930, Peel list 2 of 1930
18 Ben Selvin When It's Springtime in The Rockies 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (11 weeks), POP 10 of 1930
19 Mississippi Sheiks Sitting on Top of the World 1930 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008, RYM 11 of 1930
20 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Betty Coed 1930 US Billboard 4 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 11 of 1930, RYM 109 of 1930
21 Duke Ellington Ring Dem Bells 1930 RYM 15 of 1930, US Billboard 17 - 1930 (1 weeks), Scrobulate 55 of swing
22 Louis Armstrong Memories Of You 1930 US Billboard 18 - 1930 (1 weeks), Brazil 42 of 1931, RYM 45 of 1930
23 Al Jolson Let Me Sing & I'm Happy 1930 US Billboard 2 - 1930 (10 weeks), Brazil 74 of 1931
24 Carmen Miranda Pra Voce Gostar De Mim (Tahi) 1930 Brazil 1 of 1930
25 Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra The Peanut Vendor 1930 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1930 (28 weeks)
26 Fred Astaire Crazy Feet 1930 RYM 1 of 1930
27 Ted Weems The Man from the South 1930 US Billboard 1 - 1930 (7 weeks)
28 Van Phillips I'm in The Market For You 1930 Peel list 1 of 1930
29 Nat Shilkret Get Happy 1930 POP 4 of 1930, US Billboard 6 - 1930 (7 weeks)
30 The Carter Family Worried Man Blues 1930 RYM 4 of 1930, US Billboard 14 - 1930 (3 weeks)
31 Ted Weems My Baby Just Cares For Me 1930 US Billboard 4 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 15 of 1930
32 Leo Reisman What Is This Thing Called Love? 1930 US Billboard 5 - 1930 (9 weeks), POP 9 of 1930
33 Louis Armstrong If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 1930 RYM 7 of 1930, US Billboard 13 - 1930 (2 weeks)
34 Al Jolson To My Mammy 1930 US Billboard 7 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 17 of 1930
35 Son House Preachin' Blues 1930 RYM 9 of 1930, POP 19 of 1930
36 Louis Armstrong After You've Gone 1930 RYM 14 of 1930, US Billboard 15 - 1932 (2 weeks)
37 Big Bill Broonzy Somebody's Been Using That Thing 1930 POP 13 of 1930, RYM 27 of 1930
38 Isham Jones Trees 1930 US Billboard 13 - 1930 (4 weeks), RYM 47 of 1930
39 Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No.9 (Standin' on the Corner) 1930 RYM 11 of 1931, Acclaimed 1737
40 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra St Louis Blues 1930 US Billboard 16 - 1930 (2 weeks), Scrobulate 88 of swing
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