Events in 1930
- Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded the song “Go Home and Tell Your Mother”.
- R&B singer and saxophonist Jackie Brenston was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He sang lead vocals on Ike Turner's song “Rocket 88”.
- Irish actor and singer Richard Harris was born. He was known, among other things, for the hit song “MacArthur Park”.
- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was heard for the first time in a CBS radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall.
