1930 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1930.

Events[]

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Top hits of the year[]

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).

Deaths[]

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Further reading[]

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

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