Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1930s ==
* '''[[1939 in music]]''', '''[[1939 in British music]]''', '''[[1939 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Judy Collins]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Ray Manzarek]], [[Ginger Baker]], [[Tina Turner]] and [[Grace Slick]]; Cole Porter's ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady]];'' [[Judy Garland]] records "[[Over the Rainbow]]"
* '''[[1938 in music]]''', '''[[1938 in British music]]''', '''[[1938 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], [[Ben E. King]], [[Fela Kuti]], [[Kenny Rogers]], Death of [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], [[Benny Goodman]] presents a jazz concert in [[Carnegie Hall]]; Death of [[Dan W. Quinn]]
* '''[[1937 in music]]''', '''[[1937 in British music]]''', '''[[1937 in Norwegian music]]''' – Death of [[George Gershwin]], Birth of [[Roberta Flack]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Garth Hudson]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[Philip Glass]], [[Dame Shirley Bassey]], [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' premieres
* '''[[1936 in music]]''', '''[[1936 in British music]]''', '''[[1936 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Buddy Holly]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Wyman]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Bobby Darin]], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' publishes first U.S. music chart
* '''[[1935 in music]]''', '''[[1935 in British music]]''', '''[[1935 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Gene Vincent]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]], [[Julie Andrews]], [[Ronnie Hawkins]], [[Johnnie Mathis]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[Lou Rawls]], [[La Monte Young]], [[Terry Riley]]; [[Paul Tutmarc|Audiovox]] produce first electric bass guitar; ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' by [[George Gershwin]] premieres in New York
* '''[[1934 in music]]''', '''[[1934 in British music]]''', '''[[1934 in Norwegian music]]''' – Cole Porter's ''[[Anything Goes]]''; Birth of [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Jackie Wilson]]; [[Tammy Grimes]], [[Bob Shane]], [[King Curtis]], [[Florence Henderson]], [[Renata Scotto]], [[Shirley Jones]], [[Otis Rush]], [[Frankie Valli]], [[Pat Boone]], [[André Prévost (composer)|André Prévost]], [[Freddie King]], [[Brian Epstein]], [[Dave Guard]], [[Del Shannon]]; Deaths of [[Edward Elgar]] and [[Gustav Holst]]
* '''[[1933 in music]]''', '''[[1933 in British music]]''', '''[[1933 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Nina Simone]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Nick Reynolds]]
* '''[[1932 in music]]''', '''[[1932 in British music]]''', '''[[1932 in Norwegian music]]''' – ''[[Night and Day (song)|Night and Day]]'' by Cole Porter; Birth of [[Johnny Cash]], [[Joel Grey]], [[Petula Clark]], [[Patsy Cline]], [[Glenn Gould]], [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Miriam Makeba]] [[Carl Perkins]], [[Little Richard]], and [[John Williams]]; Death of [[John Philip Sousa]]; [[Adolph Rickenbacker]] produces first electric guitar; [[Bell Labs]] creates first stereophonic sound recordings
* '''[[1931 in music]]''', '''[[1931 in British music]]''', '''[[1931 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Teresa Brewer]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[João Gilberto]], [[George Jones]] and [[The McGuire Sisters|Phyllis McGuire]]; Death of [[Anna Pavlova]]
* '''[[1930 in music]]''', '''[[1930 in British music]]''', '''[[1930 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[Ray Charles]], [[Herbie Mann]], [[Odetta]], [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], and [[The Big Bopper]]