Editing 1929 in music

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[[File:Stravinsky Igor 1929 by F Man. Germany.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Igor Stravinsky]] conducting in 1929]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1929.

==Specific locations==
*[[1929 in British music]]
*[[1929 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1929 in country music]]
*[[1929 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 1]] – Pianist and composer [[Abram Chasins]] makes his professional debut playing his own piano concerto with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]].
*[[January 11]] – [[Karol Szymanowski]]'s ''[[Stabat Mater (Szymanowski)|Stabat Mater]]'' is premiered.
*[[January 22]] – [[Gordon Jacob]]'s First String Quartet is premiered by the Spencer Dyke Quartet in London.
*[[February 4]] – First recording of [[George Gershwin]]'s ''An American in Paris'', by [[Nathaniel Shilkret]] and the Victor Symphony Orchestra
*[[February 19]] – UK première of [[Béla Bartók]]'s still-unpublished Third String Quartet, by The Hungarian String Quartet at the [[Wigmore Hall]], London.
*[[April 29]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s opera ''[[The Gambler (Prokofiev)|The Gambler]]'' premiers in Brussels, based on the story of the same name by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]].
*[[May 17]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 3]] is premiered in Paris.
*[[May 21]]
**Season opening of [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]], in Paris, with the first performances of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Renard (Stravinsky)|Renard]]'' and [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s ''[[The Prodigal Son (ballet)|Le Fils prodigue]]''.
**First recording date for a commercially issued RCA Victor {{frac|33|1|3}} rpm LP: ''Victor Salon Suite No. 1'' arranged and directed by [[Nathaniel Shilkret]]<ref>Victor Recording Book, p. 8282. (Victor's daily log at Victor Archives (SONY))</ref>
*[[May 22]] – [[Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly]] establish music publishing house Campbell, Connelly & Co, Ltd.
*[[June 13]] – [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Eugene Goosens]] conducts the UK premieres of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s [[Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Stravinsky)|Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments]], with the composer as soloist, and of [[Ottorino Respighi]]'s ''[[Feste Romane]]'', at the [[Queen's Hall]], London.
*[[June 27]] – First London performances of two ballets by [[Igor Stravinsky]], ''[[Apollon musagète]]'' and ''[[Le baiser de la fée (Stravinsky)|Le Baiser de la fée]]'', conducted by the composer at the [[Kingsway Hall]] and broadcast on the wireless.
*[[September 11]] – Louis Armstrong records his hit song "[[When You're Smiling]]".
*[[October 14]] – the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] opens its winter season, conducted by Alfred Coates, in a programme including [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor]] orchestrated by [[Alexander Goedicke]], [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi's]] ''Roman Festivals'', [[Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|First Piano Concerto]] (with soloist [[Shura Cherkassky]]), and [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms's]] [[Symphony No. 4 (Brahms)|Fourth Symphony]].
*[[December 31]] – [[Guy Lombardo]] plays "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" for the first time.
*December – Release in the United States of [[short film]] ''[[The Singing Brakeman (film)|The Singing Brakeman]]'' starring [[country singer]] [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]].
* [[Charley Patton]]'s musical career begins.
* [[T-Bone Walker]]'s recording career begins.
* [[Memphis Minnie]]'s recording career begins.
* [[Amédé Ardoin]] makes the first recordings of [[zydeco]] in [[Louisiana]].
* [[Manuel de Falla]] relocates to [[Granada]].
* The [[Musashino Academia Musicae]] is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
* [[Edison Records]] closes, ending production of [[Edison Disc Record|Diamond Discs]] and [[Blue Amberol Records|Blue Amberols]].
* [[Bessie Smith]] shoots a short film for "[[Saint Louis Blues (song)|St Louis Blues]]", which would become her only known film appearance.

==Published popular music==

* "[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]"  w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Fats Waller|Thomas "Fats" Waller]] & Harry Brooks
* "After A Million Dreams" w.m. Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie
* "All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" w.m. Benny Davis and Joe Burke
* "[[Am I Blue?]]" w. [[Grant Clarke]] m. [[Harry Akst]]
* "Any Old Time" w.m. [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
* "Around The Corner" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Art Kassel]]
* "The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Barnacle Bill (song)|Barnacle Bill The Sailor]]" w.m. [[Carson Robison]] & [[Frank Luther]]
* "Big City Blues" w. [[Sidney D. Mitchell]] m. [[Archie Gottler]] & [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[Black and Blue (Fats Waller song)|Black and Blue]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Fats Waller|Thomas "Fats" Waller]]
* "[[Blue Turning Grey Over You|Blue, Turning Grey Over You]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Thomas "Fats" Waller]]
* "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]].  Introduced by [[Joan Crawford]] in the film ''[[Untamed (1929 film)|Untamed]]''.
* "[[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 (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. [[Sam Coslow]]
* "Dear Little Cafe" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Deep Night]]" w. [[Rudy Vallee]] m. Charlie Henderson
* "[[Do Something (1929 song)|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]]
* "[[He's So Unusual]]"  w.m. [[Al Sherman]], [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]] and [[Abner Silver]]
* "High And Low" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "[[Honeysuckle Rose (song)|Honeysuckle Rose]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Fats Waller|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 Plan]]" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]].  Introduced by [[Clifton Webb]] in the [[revue]] ''[[The Little Show]]''
* "I Have To Have You" [[Leo Robin]], [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "I Lift Up My Finger" w.m. [[Leslie Sarony]]
* "[[I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)|I May Be Wrong]]" w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan.  Introduced in the [[revue]] ''[[John Murray Anderson's Almanac]]'' by [[Trixie Friganza]] and [[Jimmie Savo]].
* "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. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[I'll Always Be In Love With You]]" w. Herman Ruby, [[Bud Green]], & [[Sam H. Stept]] m. Sam H. Stept
* "[[I'll See You Again]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "I'll Still Go On Wanting You" w.m. Bernie Grossman
* "[[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
* "[[Just You, Just Me]]" w. [[Raymond Klages]] m. [[Jesse Greer]].  Introduced in the film ''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]'' by [[Lawrence Gray]] and reprised by [[Marion Davies]] and [[Cliff Edwards]].
* "Kansas City Kitty" w. Edgar Leslie m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "Keepin' Myself For You" w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans.
* "Lady Divine" w.m. [[Nathaniel Shilkret]] and Richard Kountz
* "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Little By Little" w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan.  Introduced by [[Sally O'Neil]] and [[Eddie Quillan]] in the film ''[[The Sophomore]]''
* "The Little Things You Do" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Liza" w. [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Nick Lucas]] in the musical ''[[Show Girl (1929 musical)|Show Girl]]''
* "Looking At You" w.m. [[Cole Porter]].  Introduced by [[Jessie Matthews]] and [[Dave Fitzgibbon]] in the musical ''[[Wake Up and Dream (musical)|Wake Up and Dream]]''
* "Louise" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]].  Introduced by [[Maurice Chevalier]] in the film ''[[Innocents of Paris]]''
* "Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant.  Introduced by [[Jack Oakie]], [[John Harron]] and [[Ned Sparks]] in the film ''[[Street Girl]]''
* "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
* "March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger Introduced by [[Jeanette MacDonald]] in the film ''[[The Love Parade]]''
* "Maybe Who Knows" John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
* "[[Mean to Me (Fred E. Ahlert song)|Mean to Me]]" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
* "The Minor Drag" m. [[Fats Waller|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.  Introduced by [[Libby Holman]] in the [[revue]] ''[[The Little Show]]''
* "[[More Than You Know (1929 song)|More Than You Know]]" w. [[Edward Eliscu]] & [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Vincent Youmans]].  Introduced by [[Mayo Methot]] in the musical ''[[Great Day (musical)|Great Day]]''
* "My Ideal" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]] & Newell Chase.  Introduced by [[Maurice Chevalier]] in the film ''[[Playboy of Paris]]''
* "[[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 (composer)|Joe Burke]].  Introduced by [[Nick Lucas]] in the film ''[[Gold Diggers of Broadway]]''.
* "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 (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Rock Island Line]]" w.m. Clarence Wilson (written)
* "Rockin' Chair" w.m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Romance" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|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 (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[A Ship Without a Sail|A Ship Without A Sail]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]].  Introduced by [[Jack Whiting (cricketer)|Jack Whiting]] in the musical ''[[Heads Up! (musical)|Heads Up!]]''.  Performed in the film version by [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]].
* "[[Should I? (song)|Should I?]]" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
* "[[Siboney (song)|Canto Siboney]]" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
* "[[Singin' in the Bathtub]]" w. [[Herb Magidson]] & [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Michael H. Cleary]]
* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)|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
* "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Star Dust]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] Music 1927.
* "Sunny Side Up" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Too Wonderful For Words" w.m. [[Dave Stamper]]
* "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 (1927 song)|Thinking of You]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]
* "True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, [[Leo Robin]] & [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "Turn on the Heat" w. [[B. G. DeSylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]].  Introduced by [[Sharon Lynn]] and [[Frank Richardson (director)|Frank Richardson]] in the film ''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]''
* "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
* "Weary River" w. Grant Clarke m. Louis Silvers. Introduced by [[Johnny Murray (voice actor)|Johnny Murray]] in the film ''[[Weary River]]''
* "[[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]].  Introduced by [[Elsie Carlisle]] in the musical ''[[Wake Up and Dream (musical)|Wake Up and Dream]]''
* "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 (song)|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 (Cole Porter song)|You Do Something To Me]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]].  Introduced by [[William Gaxton]] in the musical ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]''
* "[[You Were Meant For Me (1929 song)|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]]
* "Zigeuner" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]

==Top popular recordings 1929==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1929:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Nick Lucas]] || "[[Tip Toe Through the Tulips]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE498. Tip-toe thru' the tulips with me / Nick Lucas – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244511/LAE498-Tip-toe_thru_the_tulips_with_me |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4418 || {{Start date|1929|5|9}} || {{Start date|1929|9}} || US BB 1929 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks  
|-
| 2 || [[Rudy Vallee|Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees]] || [[Honey (Rudy Vallée song)|Honey]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49930. Honey / Connecticut Yankees; Rudy Vallée – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023537/BVE-49930-Honey |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21869 || {{Start date|1929|2|7}} || {{Start date|1929|3}} || US BB 1929 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 3  || [[Gene Austin]] || [[Carolina Moon (song)|Carolina Moon]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-48447. Carolina moon / Gene Austin – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800022234/BVE-48447-Carolina_moon |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21833 || {{Start date|1928|12|10}} || {{Start date|1929|2}} || US BB 1929 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Al Jolson]] || "Little Pal"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE447. Little pal / Al Jolson – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244452/LAE447-Little_pal |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4400 || {{Start date|1929|4|7}} || {{Start date|1929|7}} || US BB 1929 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Leo Reisman|Leo Reisman and His Orchestra]] || "[[The Broadway Melody|The Wedding of the Painted Doll]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W148054. The wedding of the painted doll / Leo Reisman Orchestra; Leo Reisman – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000037616/W148054-The_wedding_of_the_painted_doll |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1780  || {{Start date|1929|3|11}} || {{Start date|1929|5}} || US BB 1929 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Bob Haring|Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring Orchestra)]] || "[[Pagan Love Song]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E29562. Pagan love song (El pagano) / Copley Plaza Orchestra; Oliver Smith – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000228901/E29562-Pagan_love_song_El_pagano |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4321 || {{Start date|1929|3|29}} || {{Start date|1929|6}} || US BB 1929 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Cliff Edwards]] || "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)|Singin' In The Rain]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W148563. Singin' in the rain / Cliff Edwards – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038124/W148563-Singin_in_the_rain |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1869 || {{Start date|1929|5|28}} || {{Start date|1929|7}} || US BB 1929 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[Sweethearts On Parade]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W147502. Sweethearts on parade / Guy Lombardo; Royal Canadians – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000037067/W147502-Sweethearts_on_parade |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1628 || {{Start date|1928|11|10}} || {{Start date|1928|12}} || US BB 1929 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Ethel Waters]] || "[[Am I Blue?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W148532. Am I blue? / Ethel Waters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038093/W148532-Am_I_blue |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1837 || {{Start date|1929|5|14}} || {{Start date|1929|6}} || US BB 1929 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007
|-
| 10 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] || "[[A Precious Little Thing Called Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47801. A precious little thing called love / George Olsen and his Music – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021645/BVE-47801-A_precious_little_thing_called_love |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21832 || {{Start date|1928|10|3}} || {{Start date|1929|3}} || US BB 1929 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "Great Day"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W149124. Great day / Paul Whiteman Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038682/W149124-Great_day |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 2023 || {{Start date|1929|10|9}} || {{Start date|1929|12}} || US BB 1929 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Nick Lucas || "[[Painting the Clouds with Sunshine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE497. Painting the clouds with sunshine / Nick Lucas – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244510/LAE497-Painting_the_clouds_with_sunshine |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4418 || {{Start date|1929|5|9}} || {{Start date|1929|9}} || US BB 1929 #12, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems and His Orchestra]] || "Piccolo Pete"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-55067. Piccolo Pete / Parker Gibbs; Ted Weems Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026184/BVE-55067-Piccolo_Pete |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 22037 || {{Start date|1929|6|28}} || {{Start date|1929|9}} || US BB 1929 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 14 || [[Rudy Vallee|Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees]] || "[[Weary River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49926. Weary river / Connecticut Yankees; Rudy Vallée – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023593/BVE-49926-Weary_river |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21868 || {{Start date|1929|2|6}} || {{Start date|1929|4|1}} || US BB 1929 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Nat Shilkret|Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra]] (vocal [[Scrappy Lambert|Burt Lorin aka Scrappy Lambert]]) || "[[You Were Meant for Me (1929 song)|You Were Meant for Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49959. You were meant for me / Burt Lorin; Nathaniel Shilkret; Victor Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023566/BVE-49959-You_were_meant_for_me |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21886 || {{Start date|1929|2|15}} || {{Start date|1929|4}} || US BB 1929 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Helen Kane]] || "[[I Wanna Be Loved by You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47539. I wanna be loved by you / Helen Kane – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021408/BVE-47539-I_wanna_be_loved_by_you |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21684 || {{Start date|1928|9|20}} || {{Start date|1928|12}} || US BB 1928 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 17 || [[Ruth Etting]] || "[[Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)|Love Me or Leave Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W147711. Love me or leave me / Ruth Etting – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000037273/W147711-Love_me_or_leave_me |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1680 || {{Start date|1928|12|17}} || {{Start date|1929|1}} || US BB 1929 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Eddie Cantor]] || "[[Makin' Whoopee]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49001. Makin' whoopee! / Eddie Cantor – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800022787/BVE-49001-Makin_whoopee |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21831 || {{Start date|1928|12|18}} || {{Start date|1929|2}} || US BB 1929 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers and the Three Southerners]] || "The Sailor's Plea"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-41739. The sailor's plea / Jimmie Rodgers; The Three Southerners – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015973/BVE-41739-The_sailors_plea |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> / I'm Lonely and Blue<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47224. I'm lonely and blue / Jimmie Rodgers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021153/BVE-47224-Im_lonely_and_blue |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 40054 || {{Start date|1928|2|14}} || {{Start date|1929|4|19}} || 236,231 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32538/Victor_V-40054 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 20 || George Olsen and His Music / [[Nat Shilkret|The Troubadours]] || "Sonny Boy"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47529. Sonny boy / George Olsen and his Music – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021398/BVE-47529-Sonny_boy |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> / Beggars of Life<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-46966. Beggars of life / The Troubadours – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800020895/BVE-46966-Beggars_of_life |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21683 || {{Start date|1928|9|18}} || {{Start date|1928|12}} || 219,029 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 21683 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19230/Victor_21683 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 21 || Gene Austin || "[[A Garden in the Rain]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-50936. A garden in the rain / Gene Austin – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800024092/BVE-50936-A_garden_in_the_rain |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21915 || {{Start date|1929|3|13}} || {{Start date|1929|5|3}} || US BB 1929 #173, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, 84,063 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 21915 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19472/Victor_21915 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 22 || Gene Austin || "Little Pal"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-51603. Little pal / Gene Austin – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800024492/BVE-51603-Little_pal |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21952 || {{Start date|1929|4|3}} || {{Start date|1929|9}} || US BB 1929 #70, US #7 for 1 weeks 5 total weeks, 63,438 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 21952 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19510/Victor_21952 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 23 || Leo Reisman and His Orchestra || "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-50947. I kiss your hand, madame / Leo Reisman Orchestra; Ran Weeks – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800024103/BVE-50947-I_kiss_your_hand_madame |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21920 || {{Start date|1929|4|1}} || {{Start date|1929|7}} || US BB 1929 #154, US #13 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 44,431 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 21920 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19477/Victor_21920 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 24 || Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees || "[[Deep Night]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49925. Deep night / Connecticut Yankees; Rudy Vallée – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023592/BVE-49925-Deep_night |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21868 || {{Start date|1929|2|6}} || {{Start date|1929|4}} || US BB 1929 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 25 || [[Gus Arnheim|Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra]] || "Sleepy Valley"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-50837. Sleepy Valley / Gus Arnheim; Cocoanut Grove Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023993/BVE-50837-Sleepy_Valley |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21986 || {{Start date|1929|4|17}} || {{Start date|1929|7}} || US BB 1929 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 26 || [[The Carter Family]] || "[[Wildwood Flower]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019153/BVE-45029-Wildwood_flower |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 40000 || {{Start date|1928|5|10}} || {{Start date|1929|1|10}} || US BB 1929 #30, US #3 for 1 weeks 10 total weeks, Hillbilly 1929 #1, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019153/BVE-45029-Wildwood_flower |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> National Recording Registry 2006
|}

===1929 Harlem Hit Parade + [[Blues]]===
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries and Blues records)<ref name=PopMemories />
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recording date
! Release date
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra]] || "[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]"<ref name=Okeh850/> || Okeh 8714 || {{Start date|1929|7|19}} || {{Start date|1929|8|5}} || US BB 1929 #75, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks
|-
| 2 || [[Pine Top Smith]] || "[[Pine Top's Boogie Woogie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1000–1499 race series |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC1000.htm |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 1245 || {{Start date|1928|12|29}} || {{Start date|1929|3}} ||  US BB 1929 #246, US #20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1983 
|-
| 3 || [[Bennie Moten|Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra]] || "[[South (composition)|South]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42935. South / Kansas City Orchestra; Bennie Moten – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017118/BVE-42935-South |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 38021 || {{Start date|1928|9|7}} || {{Start date|1929|8}} || US BB 1929 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five]] || "[[St. James Infirmary Blues|St. James Infirmary]]"<ref name=Okeh850>{{Cite web |title=OKEH 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8500 – end of series |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK8500.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 8657 || {{Start date|1928|12|12}} || {{Start date|1929|2}} || US BB 1929 #172, US #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra]] || "[[When You're Smiling]]"<ref name=Okeh850/> || Okeh 8729 || {{Start date|1929|9|11}} || {{Start date|1929|10|25}} || US BB 1929 #175, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Bessie Smith]] || "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"<ref name=Columbia140>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 14000D series |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL14000D.htm |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 14451 || {{Start date|1929|5|15}} || {{Start date|1929|9|13}} || US BB 1929 #184, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington & His Orch]] || "[[The Mooche]]"<ref name=Okeh850/> || Okeh 8623 || {{Start date|1928|10|1}} || {{Start date|1928|11|5}} || US BB 1929 #192, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Fats Waller]] || "[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-49492. Ain't misbehavin' / Fats Waller – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023224/BVE-49492-Aint_misbehavin |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 22108 || {{Start date|1929|8|2}} || {{Start date|1929|11|8}} || US BB 1929 #206, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total week, National Recording Registry 2004
|-
| 9 || [[Blind Willie McTell]] || "[[Statesboro Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021116/BVE-47187-Statesboro_blues |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 38001 || {{Start date|1928|10|17}} || {{Start date|1929|1|4}} || Hillbilly 1929 #9,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021116/BVE-47187-Statesboro_blues |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2015]]
|-
| 10 || [[Papa Charlie McCoy|Charlie McCoy]] and [[Bo Carter|Bo Chatman]] || "[[Corrine, Corrina]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix NOR761. Corrine Corrina / Bo Carter; Chas. McCoy – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000246006/NOR761-Corrine_Corrina |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 7080 || {{Start date|1928|12|1}} || {{Start date|1929|8}} || 
|-
| 11 || [[Eddie Lang|Blind Willie Dunn (Eddie Lang)]] & [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]] || "Hot Fingers"<ref name=Okeh850/> || Okeh 8743 || {{Start date|1929|10|9}} || {{Start date|1929|12}} || 
|-
| 12 || [[Charley Patton]] || "[[Pony Blues]]"<ref name=Paramount125>{{Cite web |title=Paramount Race Series (12500–12999): 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Para125.htm |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Paramount 12792 || {{Start date|1929|6|14}} || {{Start date|1929|7}} || Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2006
|-
| 13 || [[Mississippi John Hurt]] || "[[Stagger Lee|Stack O' Lee Blues]]"<ref name=Okeh850/> || Okeh 8654 || {{Start date|1928|12|28}} || {{Start date|1929|5}} || 
|-
| 14 || [[Charley Patton|Elder J. J. Hadley (Charley Patton)]] || "Prayer Of Death"<ref name=Paramount120>{{Cite web |title=Paramount Race Series (12000–12500): 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Para120.htm |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Paramount 12799 || {{Start date|1929|6|14}} || {{Start date|1929|8}} || 
|-
| 15 || [[Blind Willie McTell|Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell)]] || "Travelin' Blues"<ref name=Columbia140/> || Columbia 14484D || {{Start date|1929|10|30}} || {{Start date|1929|11}} || 
|-
| 16 || [[Blind Blake]] || "Police Dog Blues"<ref name=Paramount125/> || Paramount 12888 || {{Start date|1929|8|17}} || {{Start date|1929|11}} || 
|}

==Classical music==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

* [[Kurt Atterberg]] – Symphonic Poem Älven, Op. 33
* [[Béla Bartók]]
** Rhapsody No. 1, for violin and orchestra
** Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, for voice and piano
* [[Arnold Bax]] 
** [[Symphony No. 3 (Bax)|Symphony No. 3]]
** Sonata for Two Pianos
** ''Legend'', for Viola and Piano<ref>{{cite web|title=David Parlett Bax Page 1920-9|url=http://davpar.eu/bax/bax/bax2529.html|accessdate=January 6, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Amy Beach]] – String Quartet, Op. 89
* [[Conrad Beck]] – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
* [[Boris Blacher]] – ''Jazz Koloraturen''<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=6915|title=Boris Blacher: '' Jazz Koloraturen'' (1929)}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Bloch]]
** ''Helvetia'' (Symphonic Poem)
** ''Abodah'' for Violin
* [[Benjamin Britten]] – Rhapsody for String Quartet<ref>{{IRCAM work|title=Benjamin Britten: Rhapsody|id=22980}}</ref>
* [[Alan Bush]] – ''Dialectic'' Op. 15 for String Quartet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alanbushtrust.org.uk/articles/article_rohiggins2.asp?room=Articles|title=Rhapsody in Red (about Bush's Dialectic, and other things)|accessdate=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Chávez]] – Sonata for four horns
* [[Aaron Copland]] – Symphonic Ode
* [[Henry Cowell]] – Piano Concerto
* [[Cornelis Dopper]] – Incidental Music to Vondel's ''Lucifer''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s3producties.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32|title=Cornelis Dopper|language=Dutch|accessdate=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Pierre-Octave Ferroud]] – Violin Sonata
* [[Alexander Gretchaninov]] – String Quartet No. 4 in F Op. 124
* [[Roy Harris]]
**''American Portraits'', for orchestra
**String Quartet No. 1
* [[Paul Juon]] – ''Litaniae'' for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor
* [[Wilhelm Kempff]] – Symphony No. 2
* [[Ernst Krenek]]
** ''Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen'', op. 62
** ''Triophantasie'', op. 63
* [[Igor Markevitch]]
** Sinfonietta in F
** Piano Concerto
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
** String Quartet No. 3 H.183
** Violin Sonata No. 1 H.355<ref>Baron, John H. (2002). {{Google books|p6miYGKhYpMC|Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide}}. Routledge. p. 402. {{ISBN|978-0-415-93736-8}}.</ref>
* [[Olivier Messiaen]] – Diptyque pour orgue<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=19447|title=Olivier Messiaen: ''Diptyque pour orgue''}}</ref>
* [[Darius Milhaud]] – Concerto No. 1 for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 108
* [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]] – ''Rondo Veneziano''
* [[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Aubade (Poulenc)|Aubade]]''
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]] – ''Prodigal Son'', op. 46 (1928–29, ballet)
* [[Silvestre Revueltas]] – ''Pieza para Orquesta''
* [[Julius Röntgen]] – Piano Concerto in E major
* [[Albert Roussel]]
** Petite Suite, op. 39, for orchestra
** Prelude and Fughetta, op. 41, for organ
** Trio, for flute, viola and cello, op. 40<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Roussel's Works|url=http://www.opus1.com/~ehoornaert/ROUSSEL/works.htm|accessdate=January 6, 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090618151922/http://www.opus1.com/~ehoornaert/ROUSSEL/works.htm |archivedate = June 18, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – Piano Piece Op. 33a<ref>{{cite web|title=Description of the Piano Pieces Op. 33|url=http://www.schoenberg.at/6_archiv/music/works/op/compositions_op33_e.htm|work=Schoenberg.AT|accessdate=January 6, 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060512013438/http://www.schoenberg.at/6_archiv/music/works/op/compositions_op33_e.htm |archivedate = May 12, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 3 E flat major, Op. 20]]
* [[Jean Sibelius]] – 5 Esquisses, Op. 114, for piano
* [[Igor Stravinsky]]
** ''Capriccio'', for piano and orchestra
** ''Berceuse'', for violin and piano (arr. from ballet The Firebird)
* [[Ernst Toch]]
** Bunte Suite, Op. 48
** Cello Sonata, Op. 50
** Kleine Ouvertüre zu der Fächer (Little Overture to the (opera the) Fan), Op. 51
* [[Joaquín Turina]]
** ''Recuerdos de la antigua España'', Op. 48, for piano
** Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 51
** ''Miniaturas,'' Op. 52, for piano
** ''Ráfaga,'' Op. 53, for guitar
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
** ''[[Chôros No. 9]]'' for orchestra
** ''[[Chôros No. 12]]'' for orchestra
** ''[[Chôros No. 13]]'' for 2 orchestras & band
** ''[[Introdução aos Chôros]]'' (Introduction to the Chôros), for guitar and orchestra
**''[[Chôros bis]]'', for violin and cello
** ''Mômo Precoce'', fantasy for piano and orchestra
** 12 Etudes for guitar
* [[William Walton]] – [[Viola Concerto (Walton)|Viola Concerto]]
* [[Egon Wellesz]] – String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28
}}

==Opera==
*[[Marc Blitzstein]] – ''[[Triple-Sec]]'' (Philadelphia, May 9)
* [[Hans Chemin-Petit]] – ''Der gefangene Vogel''
* [[Umberto Giordano]] – ''[[Il re]]'' (La Scala, January 12)
* [[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Neues vom Tage]]'' (June 8, 1929, [[Kroll Opera House]], Berlin)
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]] – ''[[The Gambler (Prokofiev)|The Gambler]]'' (first performance)
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – ''[[Von heute auf morgen]]'' (completed January 1, 1929; first performance February 1, 1930)
* [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[Sir John in Love]]''

==Film==
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[The New Babylon]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1929 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==

* ''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]'' ([[Noël Coward]])
** London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
** Broadway production opened at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on November 5 and transferred to the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on February 17, 1930, for a total run of 159 performances
* ''[[Boom Boom (musical)|Boom Boom]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
* ''Dear Love'' opened at the [[Palace Theatre (Broadway)|Palace Theatre]] on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
* ''[[The Threepenny Opera|Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' Vienna production
* ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (1903 New York City)|Lyric Theatre]] on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
* ''[[Follow Thru]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
* ''[[Follow Thru|Follow Through]]'' London production opened at the [[Dominion Theatre]] on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
* ''[[Heads Up! (musical)|Heads Up!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on November 11 and ran for 144 performances
* ''[[Hold Everything!|Hold Everything]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
* ''[[Hot Chocolates]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Hudson Theatre]] on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
* ''[[The House That Jack Built (1929 musical)|The House That Jack Built]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
* ''[[Das Land des Lächelns]]'' ([[Franz Lehár]]) – Berlin production opened at the [[Metropol-Theater (Berlin)|Metropol Theater]] on October 10
* ''[[The Little Show]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
* ''[[Love Lies (1929 musical)|Love Lies]]'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
* ''[[Mr. Cinders]]'' London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
* ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Paris production
* ''[[Spring Is Here]]'' (Music: [[Richard Rodgers]] Lyrics: [[Lorenz Hart]] Book: [[Owen Davis]])  Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
* ''[[Toad of Toad Hall]]'' London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on December 17
* ''[[Top Speed (musical)|Top Speed]]'' Broadway production opened at [[Chanin's 46th Street Theatre]] on December 25 and transferred to the [[Royale Theatre]] on March 10, 1930, for a total run of 104 performances
* ''[[Wake Up and Dream (musical)|Wake Up and Dream]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Cole Porter]])
** London [[revue]] opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion]] on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
** Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Selwyn Theatre]] on December 30 and ran for 136 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==

* ''[[Applause (1929 film)|Applause]]'' starring [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]]. Directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]].
* ''[[The Battle of Paris]]'' starring [[Gertrude Lawrence]], [[Charles Ruggles]], [[Walter Petrie]], [[Gladys DuBois]] and [[Arthur Treacher]].  Directed by [[Robert Flory]].
* ''[[Broadway (1929 film)|Broadway]]'' starring [[Glenn Tryon]], [[Merna Kennedy]], [[Evelyn Brent]] and [[Otis Harlan]].  Directed by [[Paul Fejos]].
* ''[[The Broadway Melody]]''
* ''[[The Cocoanuts]]''
* ''[[The Desert Song (1929 film)|The Desert Song]]'' starring [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], [[Carlotta King]], [[Louise Fazenda]] and [[Myrna Loy]].  Directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]].
* ''[[Glad Rag Doll (film)|Glad Rag Doll]]''
* ''[[Glorifying the American Girl]]'' starring [[Mary Eaton]] and [[Dan Healy (actor)|Dan Healy]] and featuring [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]] and [[Rudy Vallee]].
* ''[[Gold Diggers of Broadway]]''
* ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]'' starring [[Charles E. Evans]] and [[Marjorie White]] and featuring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]]
* ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929|Hollywood Revue of 1929]]''
* ''[[Honky Tonk (1929 film)|Honky Tonk]]'' starring [[Sophie Tucker]]
* ''[[Hot for Paris]]'' starring [[Victor McLaglen]], [[Fifi D'Orsay]] and [[El Brendel]].  Directed by [[Raoul Walsh]].
* ''[[The Love Parade]]'' starring [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Lupino Lane]] and [[Lillian Roth]]
* ''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]'' starring [[Marion Davies]], [[Lawrence Gray]] and [[Cliff Edwards]]
* ''[[On with the Show! (1929 film)|On with the Show!]]'' starring [[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]], [[Betty Compson]] and [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]], and featuring [[Ethel Waters]]
* ''[[Paris (1929 film)|Paris]]'' released November 7 starring [[Irène Bordoni]], [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Zasu Pitts]].
* ''[[Pointed Heels]]'' starring [[William Powell]], [[Helen Kane]] and [[Fay Wray]].  Directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]].
* ''[[Rio Rita (1929 film)|Rio Rita]]'' starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]
* ''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]'' starring [[Marilyn Miller]], [[Alexander Gray (actor)|Alexander Gray]] and [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]]
* ''[[Show Boat (1929 film)|Show Boat]]''
* ''[[So Long Letty (1929 film)|So Long Letty]]'' starring [[Charlotte Greenwood]]
* ''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]'' starring [[Belle Baker]], [[Ralph Graves]] and [[Eve Arden|Eunice Quedens]]
* ''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]'' starring [[Janet Gaynor]], [[Charles Farrell]] and [[Marjorie White]]
* ''[[Tanned Legs]]'' starring [[Ann Pennington (actress)|Ann Pennington]], [[June Clyde]], [[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]], [[Dorothy Revier]] and [[Sally Blane]].  Directed by [[Marshall Neilan]].
* ''[[The Vagabond Lover]]'' starring [[Rudy Vallee]], [[Sally Blane]] and [[Marie Dressler]]. Directed by [[Marshall Neilan]].
* ''[[Why Leave Home?]]'' starring [[Sue Carol]], [[Nick Stuart]], [[Dixie Lee]] and [[Ilka Chase]].  Directed by [[Raymond Cannon (actor)|Raymond Cannon]].
* ''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]'' starring [[Lois Moran]], [[Helen Twelvetrees]] and [[Tom Patricola]].  Directed by [[James Tinling]].

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Ernst Mahle]], Brazilian composer and conductor
*[[January 6]] – [[Wilbert Harrison]], American singer (died 1994)
*[[January 15]] – [[Lord Woodbine]] (Harold Adolphus Phillips), Trinidadian calypsonian (died 2000)
*[[January 22]] – [[Petr Eben]], Czech composer (died 2007)
*[[January 25]] – [[Violeta Hemsy de Gainza]], Argentine pianist and music teacher (died 2023)
*[[January 28]] – Mr [[Acker Bilk]], English jazz clarinetist (died 2014)
*[[February 4]] – [[Stanley Drucker]], American clarinetist (died 2022)
*[[February 10]] – [[Jerry Goldsmith]], composer for film and television (died 2004)
*[[March 4]] – [[Bernard Haitink]], violinist and conductor (died 2021)
*[[March 8]] – [[Ardis Krainik]], operatic mezzo-soprano and general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (died 1997)
*[[March 25]] – [[Cecil Taylor]], free jazz pianist (died 2018)
*[[March 26]] – [[Charles Dumont (singer)|Charles Dumont]], singer-songwriter (died 2024)
*[[April 1]] – [[Jane Powell]], singer and actress (died 2021)
*[[April 5]] – [[Joe Meek]], UK record producer (died 1967)
*[[April 6]] – [[André Previn]], pianist and conductor (died 2019)
*[[April 8]] – [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer-songwriter (died 1978)
*[[April 16]] – [[Roy Hamilton]], American singer (died 1969)
*[[April 17]] – [[James Last]], German bandleader (died 2015)
*[[April 29]]
** [[Halina Łukomska]], soprano (died 2016)
** [[Peter Sculthorpe]], composer (died 2014)
** [[April Stevens]], singer (died 2023)
*[[May 1]] – [[Sonny James]], country singer-songwriter (died 2016)
*[[May 2]] – [[Link Wray]], American guitarist (died 2005)
*[[May 3]] – [[Denise Lor]], singer (died 2015)
*[[May 11]] – [[Fernand Lindsay]], Canadian organist and educator (died 2009)
*[[May 16]] – [[Betty Carter]], jazz singer (died 1998)
*[[May 25]] – [[Beverly Sills]], operatic soprano (died 2007)
*[[June 2]] – [[Jimmy Bryant (singer)|Jimmy Bryant]], singer, arranger and composer (died 2022)
*[[June 6]] – [[Don Hassler]], American saxophonist and composer (died 2013)
*[[June 9]] – [[Johnny Ace]], R&B singer (died 1954)
*[[June 23]] – [[June Carter Cash]], singer-songwriter, wife of [[Johnny Cash]] (died 2003)
*[[June 26]]
**[[June Bronhill]], operatic soprano (died 2005)
**[[Josima Feldschuh]], Polish pianist and composer of Jewish origin (died [[1943 in music|1943]])
*[[June 27]] – [[Jarmila Šuláková]], folk singer (died 2017)
*[[June 30]] – [[Othmar Mága]], German conductor (died 2020)
*[[July 3]] – [[Pedro Iturralde]], composer (died 2020)
*[[July 9]] 
**[[Lee Hazlewood]], American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2007)
**[[Jesse McReynolds]], American singer and mandolin player ([[Jim & Jesse]])
*[[July 15]]
**[[Charles Anthony (tenor)|Charles Anthony]], American tenor (died 2012)
**[[Francis Bebey]], Cameroonian-French guitarist (died 2001)
*[[July 18]] – [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]], singer (died 2000)
*[[August 4]] – [[Vellore G. Ramabhadran]], Mridangam performer from Tamil Nadu, India (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[August 12]] – [[Buck Owens]], singer and guitarist (died 2006)
*[[August 16]] – [[Bill Evans]], jazz pianist (died 1980)
*[[August 24]] – William Winfield, doo-wop singer ([[The Harptones]])
*[[September 13]] – [[Nicolai Ghiaurov]], operatic bass (died 2004)
*[[September 28]] – [[Lata Mangeshkar]], playback singer (died 2022)
*[[October 2]] – [[Kenneth Leighton]], composer (died 1998)
*[[October 12]] – [[Nappy Brown]], blues singer (died 2008)
*[[October 24]] – [[George Crumb]], composer (died 2022)
*[[October 26]] – [[Neal Matthews Jr.]], ([[The Jordanaires]]) (died 2000)
*[[November 7]] – [[Benny Andersen]], Danish author, poet and pianist (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Bert Berns]], songwriter record producer (died 1967)
*[[November 10]] – [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Marilyn Bergman]], songwriter (died 2022)
*[[November 11]] – [[LaVern Baker]], R&B singer (died 1997)
*[[November 12]] – [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]], jazz pianist
*[[November 15]] – [[Joe Hinton]], American soul singer (died 1968)
*[[November 18]] – [[Gianna D'Angelo]], American soprano and educator (died 2013)
*[[November 24]] – [[Eileen Barton]], singer (died 2006)
*[[November 26]] – [[Slavko Avsenik]], composer, musician and accordionist (died 2015)
*[[November 28]] – [[Berry Gordy Jr.]], record producer, founder of the [[Tamla Motown]] label
*[[November 30]] – [[Dick Clark]], host of ''[[American Bandstand]]'' (died 2012)
*[[December 4]] – [[Wilhelm Georg Berger]], composer (died 1993)
*[[December 6]] – [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], conductor (died 2016)
*[[December 23]] – [[Chet Baker]], jazz trumpeter and singer (died 1988)
*[[December 25]]
** Bill Horton, doo-wop singer ([[The Silhouettes]]) (died 1995)
** [[Chris Kenner]], R&B singer-songwriter (died 1976)
*[[December 26]] – [[Régine Zylberberg]], discothèque pioneer (died 2022)
*[[December 27]] – [[Gyula Kovács (drummer)|Gyula Kovács]], Hungarian drummer (died 1992)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Géza Gábor Simon |author2=Rainer E. Lotz |date=2003|entry=Kovács, Gyula  |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J251500}}</ref>

==Deaths==
*[[January 11]] – [[Elfrida Andrée]], organist, composer and conductor (born 1841)
*[[January 22]] – [[Adolph Brodsky]], violinist (born 1851)
*[[January 24]] – [[Jacques Bouhy]], baritone opera singer (born 1848)
*[[January 30]] – [[La Goulue]], can-can dancer (born 1866)
*[[February 24]] – [[André Messager]], conductor and composer (born 1853)
*[[March 15]] – [[Pinetop Smith]], jazz pianist (born 1904) (shot, during a fight in a dance hall)
*[[April 3]] – [[:da:Sophus Hagen|Sophus Hagen]], composer and music publisher (born 1842)
*[[April 4]] – [[Édouard Schuré]], poet and music critic (born 1841)
*[[April 12]] – [[Harry Liston]], music hall performer and composer (born 1843)
*[[April 15]] – [[Antonio Smareglia]], opera composer (born 1854)
*[[April 30]] – [[Birger Sjöberg]], poet and songwriter (born 1885)
*[[May 17]] – [[Lilli Lehmann]], operatic soprano (born 1848)
*[[June 2]] – [[Don Murray (clarinetist)|Don Murray]], [[jazz]] clarinettist (born 1894) (car accident)
*[[June 4]] – [[Harry Frazee]], producer of Broadway musicals (born 1881)
*[[July 3]] – [[Dustin Farnum]], singer, dancer and actor (born 1874)
*[[August 3]] – [[Emile Berliner]], inventor of the gramophone (born 1851)
*[[August 19]]
** <!--August 19-->[[Sergei Diaghilev]], ballet impresario (born 1872)
** <!--August 19-->[[Chris Kelly (jazz)|Chris Kelly]], jazz musician (born c. 1890)
** <!--August 19-->[[Meta Seinemeyer]], operatic soprano (born 1894)
*[[August 22]] – [[Lucy Broadwood]], folk song collector and researcher (born 1858)
*[[September 4]] – [[Frederick Freeman Proctor]], vaudeville impresario (born 1851)
*[[September 7]] – [[Frederic Weatherly]], songwriter (born 1848)
*[[October 3]] – [[Jeanne Eagels]], Ziegfeld girl and actress (born 1894)
*[[October 6]] – [[Mikhail Ivanovich Mikhaylov]], operatic tenor (born 1858)
*[[October 14]] – [[Henri Berger]], composer and royal bandmaster of Hawaii (born 1844)
*[[October 17]] – [[Ada Crossley]], singer (born 1874)
*[[October 26]] – [[Swan Hennessy]], composer (born 1866)
*[[October 27]] – [[Alfred Maria Willner]], composer and librettist (born 1859)
*[[December 19]] – [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], blues musician (born 1893)
*[[December 28]] – [[Hans Kreissig]], pianist and conductor (born 1856)
* ''date unknown''
** [[Antonio Chacón]], flamenco singer (born 1869)
** [[Carl Herman Unthan]], disabled violinist (born 1848)

==References==
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