This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1929.
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The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1929:[2] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Nick Lucas | "Tip Toe Through the Tulips"[3] | Brunswick 4418 | May 9, 1929 | September 1929 | US BB 1929 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks |
2 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | Honey"[4] | Victor 21869 | February 7, 1929 | March 1929 | US BB 1929 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 15 total weeks |
3 | Gene Austin | Carolina Moon"[5] | Victor 21833 | December 10, 1928 | February 1929 | US BB 1929 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks |
4 | Al Jolson | "Little Pal"[6] | Brunswick 4400 | April 7, 1929 | July 1929 | US BB 1929 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks |
5 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "The Wedding of the Painted Doll"[7] | Columbia 1780 | March 11, 1929 | May 1929 | US BB 1929 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks |
6 | Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring Orchestra) | "Pagan Love Song"[8] | Brunswick 4321 | March 29, 1929 | June 1929 | US BB 1929 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks |
7 | Cliff Edwards | "Singin' In The Rain"[9] | Columbia 1869 | May 28, 1929 | July 1929 | US BB 1929 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
8 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "Sweethearts On Parade"[10] | Columbia 1628 | November 10, 1928 | December 1928 | US BB 1929 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
9 | Ethel Waters | "Am I Blue?"[11] | Columbia 1837 | May 14, 1929 | June 1929 | US BB 1929 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007 |
10 | George Olsen and His Music | "A Precious Little Thing Called Love"[12] | Victor 21832 | October 3, 1928 | March 1929 | US BB 1929 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
11 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Great Day"[13] | Columbia 2023 | October 9, 1929 | December 1929 | US BB 1929 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks |
12 | Nick Lucas | "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"[14] | Brunswick 4418 | May 9, 1929 | September 1929 | US BB 1929 #12, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks |
13 | Ted Weems and His Orchestra | "Piccolo Pete"[15] | Victor 22037 | June 28, 1929 | September 1929 | US BB 1929 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 15 total weeks |
14 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Weary River"[16] | Victor 21868 | February 6, 1929 | April 1, 1929 | US BB 1929 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks |
15 | Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (vocal Burt Lorin aka Scrappy Lambert) | "You Were Meant for Me"[17] | Victor 21886 | February 15, 1929 | April 1929 | US BB 1929 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks |
16 | Helen Kane | "I Wanna Be Loved by You"[18] | Victor 21684 | September 20, 1928 | December 1928 | US BB 1928 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
17 | Ruth Etting | "Love Me or Leave Me"[19] | Columbia 1680 | December 17, 1928 | January 1929 | US BB 1929 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
18 | Eddie Cantor | "Makin' Whoopee"[20] | Victor 21831 | December 18, 1928 | February 1929 | US BB 1929 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks |
19 | Jimmie Rodgers and the Three Southerners | "The Sailor's Plea"[21] / I'm Lonely and Blue[22] | Victor 40054 | February 14, 1928 | April 19, 1929 | 236,231 sales[23] |
20 | George Olsen and His Music / The Troubadours | "Sonny Boy"[24] / Beggars of Life[25] | Victor 21683 | September 18, 1928 | December 1928 | 219,029 sales[26] |
21 | Gene Austin | "A Garden in the Rain"[27] | Victor 21915 | March 13, 1929 | May 3, 1929 | US BB 1929 #173, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, 84,063 sales[28] |
22 | Gene Austin | "Little Pal"[29] | Victor 21952 | April 3, 1929 | September 1929 | US BB 1929 #70, US #7 for 1 weeks 5 total weeks, 63,438 sales[30] |
23 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame"[31] | Victor 21920 | April 1, 1929 | July 1929 | US BB 1929 #154, US #13 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 44,431 sales[32] |
24 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Deep Night"[33] | Victor 21868 | February 6, 1929 | April 1929 | US BB 1929 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks |
25 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra | "Sleepy Valley"[34] | Victor 21986 | April 17, 1929 | July 1929 | US BB 1929 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks |
26 | The Carter Family | "Wildwood Flower"[35] | Victor 40000 | May 10, 1928 | January 10, 1929 | US BB 1929 #30, US #3 for 1 weeks 10 total weeks, Hillbilly 1929 #1, 1,000,000 sales,[2][36] National Recording Registry 2006 |
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries and Blues records)[2]
# | Artist | Title | Label | Recording date | Release date | Chart positions |
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1 | Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | "Ain't Misbehavin'"[37] | Okeh 8714 | July 19, 1929 | August 5, 1929 | US BB 1929 #75, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks |
2 | Pine Top Smith | "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie"[38] | Vocalion 1245 | December 29, 1928 | March 1929 | US BB 1929 #246, US #20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1983 |
3 | Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | "South"[39] | Victor 38021 | September 7, 1928 | August 1929 | US BB 1929 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks |
4 | Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five | "St. James Infirmary"[37] | Okeh 8657 | December 12, 1928 | February 1929 | US BB 1929 #172, US #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks |
5 | Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | "When You're Smiling"[37] | Okeh 8729 | September 11, 1929 | October 25, 1929 | US BB 1929 #175, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks |
6 | Bessie Smith | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"[40] | Columbia 14451 | May 15, 1929 | September 13, 1929 | US BB 1929 #184, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks |
7 | Duke Ellington & His Orch | "The Mooche"[37] | Okeh 8623 | October 1, 1928 | November 5, 1928 | US BB 1929 #192, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks |
8 | Fats Waller | "Ain't Misbehavin'"[41] | Victor 22108 | August 2, 1929 | November 8, 1929 | US BB 1929 #206, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total week, National Recording Registry 2004 |
9 | Blind Willie McTell | "Statesboro Blues"[42] | Victor 38001 | October 17, 1928 | January 4, 1929 | Hillbilly 1929 #9,[43] National Recording Registry 2015 |
10 | Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman | "Corrine, Corrina"[44] | Brunswick 7080 | December 1, 1928 | August 1929 | |
11 | Blind Willie Dunn (Eddie Lang) & Lonnie Johnson | "Hot Fingers"[37] | Okeh 8743 | October 9, 1929 | December 1929 | |
12 | Charley Patton | "Pony Blues"[45] | Paramount 12792 | June 14, 1929 | July 1929 | Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2006 |
13 | Mississippi John Hurt | "Stack O' Lee Blues"[37] | Okeh 8654 | December 28, 1928 | May 1929 | |
14 | Elder J. J. Hadley (Charley Patton) | "Prayer Of Death"[46] | Paramount 12799 | June 14, 1929 | August 1929 | |
15 | Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) | "Travelin' Blues"[40] | Columbia 14484D | October 30, 1929 | November 1929 | |
16 | Blind Blake | "Police Dog Blues"[45] | Paramount 12888 | August 17, 1929 | November 1929 |