Best Known Popular Public Domain Songs 1930 List of 83
Works published in 1930 will enter the public domain on January 1, 2022.
The Most Popular songs are listed below.
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IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain music. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove PD status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1929 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1929 or earlier and include music, lyrics, and complete original copyright information. Some of these songs may not be PD in countries other than the USA.
| Title | V=Verse C=Chorus N=Note P=Production w=Words m=Music |
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| After I Say I'm Sorry [What Can I Say] | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | |
| All Alone Monday | 1927 - w. Bert Kalmar, m. Harry Ruby | |
| Am I Wasting Time On You | 1926 - w.m. Howard Johnson, Irving Bibo | |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight | 1926 - w.m. Roy Turk, Lou Handman | |
| At Peace With The World | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| Baby Face | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Harry Akst | |
| Barcelona | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Polchard Evans | |
| Because I Love You | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| Birth Of The Blues | 1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Black Bottom | 1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Black Bottom Stomp | 1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
| Blue Room | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | |
| Breezin' Along With The Breeze | 1926 - w.m. Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simmons, George Whiting | |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | 1926 - w. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Cannon Ball Blues | 1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
| Charmaine | 1926 - w.m. Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | |
| Cherie, I Love You | 1926 - w.m. Lillian Rosedale Goodman | |
| Chicago Breakdown | 1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton' | |
| Clap Yo' Hands | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. Georgia Gershwin | |
| Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love | 1926 - w. Raymond Klages, m. Jesse Greer | |
| Cross Your Heart | 1926 - w. Bud DeSylva, m. Lewis E. Gensler | |
| Dead Man Blues | 1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
| Desert Song | 1926 - w. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, m. Sigmund Romberg | |
| Do Do Do | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| Doll Dance | 1926 - m. Nacio Herb Brown | |
| Fidgety Feet | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| Following The Sun Around | 1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | |
| For My Sweetheart | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? | 1926 - w.m. Roy Turk , Jack Smith, Maceo Pinkard | |
| Girl Friend | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | |
| Hello Bluebird | 1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend | |
| Hello, Aloha, How Are You? | 1926 - w. I. Wolfe Gilbert, m. Abel Baer | |
| Horses | 1926 - w.m. Richard A. Whiting, Byron Gay | |
| How Many Times | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| I Can't Believe That You?re In Love With Me | 1927 - w.m. Clarence Gaskill & Jimmy McHugh | |
| I Know That You Know | 1927 - w. Anne Caldwell, m. Vincent Youmans | |
| I'd Climb The Highest Mountain | 1926 - w.m. Lew Brown, Sidney Clare | |
| I'm Coming, Virginia | 1927 - w. Will Marlon Cook, m. Donald Heywood | |
| I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers | 1926 - w.m. Fred Rich, Sam Coslow, Harry Link | |
| I've Got The Girl | 1927 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
| In A Little Spanish Town | 1926 - w. Sam Lewis, You Young, m. Mabel Wayne | |
| It All Depends On You | 1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry | 1927 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
| It Was Only A Sun Shower | 1927 - w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler, m. Ted Snyder | |
| Jealousy [Jalousie - Tango] | 1926 - m. Jacob Gade | |
| Just A Bird's Eye View Of My Old Kentucky Home | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Just A Memory | 1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Katinka | 1926 - w. Ben Russell, m. Henry Tobias N - NOT Katinka, 1915, w. Oscar Hauerbach, m. Rudolf Friml | |
| Kinkajou | 1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | |
| Let's Tallk About My Sweetie | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Little White House At The End Of Honeymoon Lane | 1926 - w. Eddie Dowling, m. James F. Handley | |
| Lonesome And Sorry | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Con Conrad | |
| Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses | 1926 - w.m. Tommy Malie, Jimmy Steiger | |
| Lucky Day | 1926 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Mary Lou | 1926 - w.m. Abe Lyman, George Waggner, J. Russel Robinson | |
| Me Too | 1926 - w.m. Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman | |
| Moonlight On The Ganges | 1926 - w. Chester Wallace, m. Sherman Myers | |
| More We Are Together | 1926 - w.m. Irving King N - Based on 'Did You Ever See A Lassie' | |
| Mountain Greenery | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | |
| Muddy Water | 1927 - w. Joe Trent, m. Peter DeRose & Harry Richman | |
| My Dream Of The Big Parade | 1926 - w. Al Dubin, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
| One Alone | 1926 - w. Oscar Hammerstein II, m. Sigmund Romberg | |
| Play Gypsies - Dance Gypsies | 1926 - w. Julius Brummer, Alfred Grunwald, Harry B. Smith, m. Emmerich Kalman | |
| Poor Papa. He Got Nuthin' At All | 1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Harry Woods | |
| Ranger's Song | 1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | |
| Reaching For The Moon | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis & Jessee Greer N - NOT Reaching For The Moon, 1931, w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| Rio Rita | 1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | |
| Say It Again [I Don't Believe It But] | 1926 - w. Harry Richman, m. Abner Silver | |
| Sidewalk Blues | 1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
| Sleepy Head | 1926 - Benny Davis & Jesse Greer - Seller on Vacation | |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| Song Of The Wanderer | 1927 - w.m. Neil Moret | |
| Sunday | 1926 - w.m. Ned Miller, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger | |
| Tamiami Trail | 1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend, Joseph H. Santly | |
| There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight | 1926 - w. Irving Mills, J. Keirn Brennan, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
| Thinking Of You [I've Grown So Lonesome] | 1926 - w. Paul Ash, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Ting-A-Ling [Waltz Of The Bells] | 1926 - w. Addy Britt, m. Jack Little | |
| Tonight You Belong To Me | 1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Lee David | |
| When Day Is Done | 1927 - w. Bud DeSylva, m. Robert Katscher | |
| When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' | 1926 - w.m. Harry Woods | |
| Where Do You Work-a John? | 1926 - w.m. Mortimer Weinberg, Charley Marks, Harry Warren N - Push-a Push-a Push' Comic Song with Many Verses | |
| Where'd You Get Those Eyes | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | |
| Yankee Rose | 1927 - w. Sidney Holden, m. Abe Frankel |
