The year in music

Best Songs of 1929

“Singin’ in the Rain” is heard for the first time, in “The Hollywood Revue of 1929”, and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust” gets its words. The Wall Street crash closes the Jazz Age.

Hot Chocolates on Broadway
Play 1929

10 songs

1929 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 10 songs first released in 1929. Blues, Jazz and Big Band lead the year. Charley Patton, Louis Armstrong and Cliff Edwards are among the voices of 1929.

Artists of 1929

The sound of 1929

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