Number 1 Songs in 1929 — UK and US Charts
UK #1
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips"
Nick Lucas
Nick Lucas's gentle, charming recording was one of the biggest hits of 1929. It would enjoy a bizarre second life decades later when Tiny Tim revived it in the 1960s.
US #1
"Ain't Misbehavin'"
Fats Waller
Fats Waller's joyous jazz standard from the musical 'Hot Chocolates' became one of the defining songs of the late Jazz Age. Louis Armstrong's recording of the same song was equally celebrated.
Biggest Films of 1929 — Box Office Hits
The Broadway Melody
Box Office: $4.4 million
The first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the first all-talking musical. It proved that musicals could be a box-office goldmine and launched a decade of lavish Hollywood song-and-dance spectacles.
Fashion and Style of 1929
Fashion, clothing and visual culture from the era
Architecture and Buildings of 1929
Buildings completed and structures opened in 1929