See also: 1928 in music, other events of 1929, 1930 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Musical theater
4 Musical films
5 Top hit recordings
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

Published popular music

  • "Adios Muchachos" Raven, Cesar Vedani m. Julio Sanders
  • "Ain't Misbehavin" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks
  • "Am I Blue?"     w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
  • "Any Old Time"     w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
  • "Around The Corner"     w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel
  • "The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Barnacle Bill The Sailor"     w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther
  • "Big City Blues"     w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad
  • "Bilbao Song"     w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer w. (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill English lyrics 1961
  • "Black And Blue"     w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
  • "Bolero"     m. Maurice Ravel
  • "Broadway Melody"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Can Broadway Do Without Me?"     w.m. Jimmy Durante
  • "Can't We Be Friends?"     w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
  • "Chant Of The Jungle"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Corrine, Corrina"     w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman
  • "Cross Your Fingers"     w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots
  • "Cryin' For The Carolines"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
  • "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?"     w.m. Sam Coslow
  • "Dear Little Cafe"     w.m. Noel Coward
  • "Deep Night"     w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson
  • "Do Something"     w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept
  • "Do What You Do"     w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin
  • "Don't Ever Leave Me"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
  • "Dream Lover"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Every Little Moment"     w.m. Vivian Ellis
  • "Feeling Sentimental"     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Find Me A Primitive Man"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do"     w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little
  • "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?"     w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman
  • "Great Day!"     w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
  • "Happy Days Are Here Again"     w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "Have A Little Faith In Me"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
  • "Here Am I"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
  • "He's A Good Man To Have Around"     w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "High And Low"     w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Honeysuckle Rose"     w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
  • "How Am I To Know?"     w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King
  • "I Got A Code In My Dose"     w.m. Arthur Fields, Fred Hall & Billy Rose
  • "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans"     w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "I Have To Have You"     Robin, Whiting
  • "I Lift Up My Finger"     w.m. Leslie Sarony
  • "I May Be Wrong"     w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan
  • "If I Can't Have You"     w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer
  • "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "If Love Were All"     w.m. Noel Coward
  • "I'll See You Again"     w.m. Noel Coward
  • "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "I'm A Gigolo"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "I'm In Seventh Heaven"     w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
  • "I'm Just A Vagabond Lover"     w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman
  • "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling"     w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link
  • "Kansas City Kitty"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Keepin' Myself For You"     w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans
  • "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Little By Little"     w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan
  • "The Little Things You Do"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Liza"     w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Looking At You"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Louise"     w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "Lovable And Sweet"     w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant
  • "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere"     w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
  • "March Of The Grenadiers"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Maybe Who Knows"     John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
  • "Mean To Me"     w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
  • "The Minor Drag"     m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
  • "Miss Hannah"     w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt
  • "Miss You"     w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias
  • "Moanin' Low"     w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger
  • "More Than You Know"     w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
  • "My Ideal"     w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase
  • "My Kinda Love"     w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter
  • "My Love Parade"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "My Mother's Eyes"     w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
  • "My Sin"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "Nobody's Using It Now"     Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger
  • "On The Amazon"     w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis
  • "Orange Blossom Time"     w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards
  • "Pagan Love Song"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Painting The Clouds With Sunshine"     w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
  • "Paris, Stay The Same"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Piccolo Pete"     w.m. Phil Baxter
  • "Puttin' On The Ritz"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Raisin' The Roof"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Reaching For Someone"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Rockin' Chair"     w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Romance"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Satisfied!"     w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
  • "Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar
  • "Seventh Heaven"     w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack
  • "She's Such A Comfort To Me"     w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "She's Wonderful"     w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
  • "A Ship Without A Sail"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Should I?"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Siboney"     w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
  • "Singin' In the Bathtub"     w.m. Herb Magidson, Ned Washington & Michael H. Cleary
  • "Singin' In The Rain"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together"     w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
  • "S'posin"'     w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker
  • "Spread A Little Happiness"     w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman
  • "Star Dust"     w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.
  • "Sunny Side Up"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "Thank Your Father"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "Then You've Never Been Blue"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito
  • "Thinking Of You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
  • "True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
  • "Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "Waiting At The End Of The Road"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Wake Up And Dream"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Walk Right In"     Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe
  • "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine"     w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain
  • "The Wedding Of The Painted Doll"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "What Is This Thing Called Love?"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
  • "When It's Springtime In The Rockies"     w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer
  • "Why Can't I?"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Why Do You Suppose?"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Why Was I Born?"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
  • "With A Song in My Heart"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Without A Song"     w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
  • "You Do Something To Me"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "You Were Meant For Me"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Yours Sincerely"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "You've Got That Thing"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Ziguener"     w.m. Noël Coward

Musical theater

Musical films

Top hit recordings

Births

Deaths