I want to know where I might find a listing, year by year, of popular
music (incl. jazz and blues), 1934-1950?   I think Billboard was
around back then, but I could only find charts going back 10 years on
their site.  e

Dear eugenio-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

There are lots of places out there that have what you are looking for.
These two alone for example, offer more links to music of these eras
than you are probably interested in looking at. Some are listed by
genre, some by year, some by artist name, and so on:

AMERICAN MUSIC 1900-1949
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/music-2.html

AMERICAN MUSIC 1950 – PRESENT
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/music-3.html


These two basically summarizes the popular music specific to certain
periods of time, broken down by TOP 40 HITS and #1 SONGS (Song of the
year):

TOP 40 HITS, 1930-1998
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/index.html

#1 SONGS, 1930-1998
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top1/index.html


Here are some others I threw in just to keep you busy:

HISTORY IN SONG
(Listed alphabetically, but most are also dated)
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/atoz.html

SOME POPULAR SONGS OF 1920’s & 1930’s
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/depress.html#top

SOME POPULAR SONGS OF 1940’s & 1950’s 
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/1950s.html

SOME POPULAR WORLD WAR II ERA SONGS
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/ww2.html#top


I hope you find that that my research exceeds your expectations. If
you have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. I welcome your rating and your
final comments and I look forward to working with you again in the
near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga



INFORMATION SOURCES


AMERICAN MUSIC 1900-1949
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/music-2.html


AMERICAN MUSIC 1950 – PRESENT
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/music-3.html


TOP 40 HITS, 1930-1998
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/index.html


#1 SONGS, 1930-1998
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top1/index.html


HISTORY IN SONG
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/atoz.html


SOME POPULAR SONGS OF 1920’s & 1930’s
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/depress.html#top


SOME POPULAR SONGS OF 1940’s & 1950’s 
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/1950s.html


SOME POPULAR WORLD WAR II ERA SONGS
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/ww2.html#top


RECOMMENDED READING

“Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950”
Ed. by Roger D. Kinkle. 4 vols. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House,
1974.
Ref. ML102/.P66/K55
“Important reference tool for the period it covers. Includes musicians
whose careers began before 1950 and therefore may include works
actually written up to the early 1970s. Vol. 1: Contains lists of
significant works organized by year of appearance.”

“Jazz Reference and Research Materials: A Selected Annotated
Bibliography”.
Edited by Eddie S. Meadows. 2nd ed. NY: Garland, l995. 
Ref.MLl28/.J3/M33/l995
“A comprehensive annotated listing of books, dissertations, journals,
transcriptions, videos, collections of recordings, and other material
relating to jazz research, performance and teaching from the 1920s to
early 1995.”

http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/findingaids/jazzmusic.html



SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:

Jazz index “by year”

Jazz index “by decade”

Music index “by year”

Music index “by decade”

"1930's music"

I appreciate the excellent research help.  Saved me at least a day.