1930 in British music

This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

8 February – Singer Sam Browne makes his first recording with Bert Ambrose's band on Decca.^[1]
5 April – 25-year-old Michael Tippett gives a concert at Oxted consisting entirely of his own works—a Concerto in D for flutes, oboe, horns and strings; settings for tenor of poems by Fry; Psalm in C for chorus and orchestra, again with a text by Fry; piano variations on the song "Jockey to the Fair"; and a string quartet.^[2]
7 June - The Daily Herald reports that Jack Hylton and his band sold nearly four million records in the previous year.^[3]
29 September – Roy Fox gives his first London performance.
22 October – The London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert in Queen's Hall, conducted by Adrian Boult.^[4]
date unknown
- The Joe Loss Orchestra is established.
- Gerald Walcan Bright adopts the name "Geraldo" to further his career as a bandleader.^[5]
- Songwriter Fred Godfrey and Irish tenor Tom Finglass form a short-lived variety act.
- The Dagenham Girl Pipers are established, under the direction of Rev. Joseph Waddington Graves, the minister of Osborne Hall Congregational church.^[6]

25 June – The Love Race opens at the Gaiety Theatre where it runs for 237 performances.
30 October – Nippy (music by Billy Mayerl; book and lyrics by Arthur Wimperis and Frank Eyton^[9]), starring Binnie Hale,^[10] opens at the Prince Edward Theatre and runs for 137 performances.

17 February – Frank Wappat, singer and radio host (died 2014)
5 March – Isla Cameron, actress and folk singer (died 1980)
10 March – Jimmie Macgregor, folk singer
17 April – Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano
30 May – Gordon Langford, composer and arranger (died 2017)^[12]
1 June – Edward Woodward, actor and singer (died 2009)
20 July – Sally Ann Howes, actress and singer
1 August – Lionel Bart, composer and lyricist (died 1999)
13 August – Bernard Manning, comedian and singer (died 2007)
12 October – Cyril Tawney, singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1 November – John Scott, conductor and composer
2 November – Peter Hope, composer and arranger, also known as William Gardner^[13]
1 December – Matt Monro, singer (died 1985)

^ Sam Browne Discography, by Barry Wolsey (2nd ed. 2004)
^ *Bowen, Meirion (1983). Michael Tippett. London: Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-099-2., pp. 19–20
^ Deborah Mawer, "'Parisomania'? Jack Hylton and the French Connection," Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 133 No. 2 (2008): 271.
^ *Kennedy, Michael (1989). Adrian Boult. London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-333-48752-4., pp. 144-45
^ "Gerald Walcan Bright". Oxford DNB.
^ Olechnowicz, Andrzej (1997). 'Working-class Housing in England Between the Wars: The Becontree Estate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-19-820650-X.
^ Short, Michael (1990). Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-314154-X.
^ "Birds of Prey". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
^ ReadingProgrammes 1927–1933
^ Stock Photography image of Nippy , Music sheet cover for the 1930 music stock photo
^ BFI Database entry
^ "Gordon Langford (11 May 1930 – 18 April 2017) - Rhinegold". Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "Brian Kay's Light Programme". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2014.