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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924. |
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924. |
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* Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on [[Okeh Records]]. |
* Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on [[Okeh Records]]. |
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* Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on [[Vocalion Records]]. |
* Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on [[Vocalion Records]]. |
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* August 13 [[Vernon Dalhart]] records "[[The Prisoner's Song]]" and "Wreck of the Old 97."<ref name=prisoner>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800004796/BVE-30633-The_prisoners_song |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> |
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* [[Vernon Dalhart]] records "[[The Prisoner's Song]]" and "Wreck of the Old 97." |
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==Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings== |
==Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings== |
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The following songs were extracted from records included in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]],<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate. |
The following songs were extracted from records included in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]],<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference. |
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| 1 || [[Wendell Hall]] || "[[It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo']]" || Victor 19171 || {{Start date|1923|10|12}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} || US BB 1924 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 678,403 sales |
| 1 || [[Wendell Hall]] || "[[It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo']]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800002783/B-28741-It_aint_gonna_rain_no_mo |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19171 || {{Start date|1923|10|12}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} || US BB 1924 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 678,403 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref> |
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| 2 || [[Henry Whitter]] || "[[Wreck of the Old 97|Wreck On the Southern Old 97]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72167. The wreck on the Southern Old 97 / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204321/S-72167-The_wreck_on_the_Southern_Old_97 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40015 || {{Start date|1923|12| |
| 2 || [[Henry Whitter]] || "[[Wreck of the Old 97|Wreck On the Southern Old 97]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72167. The wreck on the Southern Old 97 / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204321/S-72167-The_wreck_on_the_Southern_Old_97 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40015 || {{Start date|1923|12|12}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || US BB 1924 #163, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
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| 3 || [[Vernon Dalhart]] || "Wreck On the Southern Old 97"<ref name=prisoner /> || Victor 19427 || {{Start date|1924|8|13}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} || US BB 1925 #38, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales |
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| 4 || [[Fiddlin' John Carson]] || "[[The Arkansas Traveler (song)|Arkansaw Traveler]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 8613. Arkansas traveler / Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000200752/8613-Arkansas_traveler |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40108 || {{Start date|1924|4|3}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} || US BB 1924 #172, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
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| 5 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72011. You will never miss your mother until she is gone / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204161/S-72011-You_will_never_miss_your_mother_until_she_is_gone |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 4994 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|2}} || US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
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| 6 || [[Uncle Dave Macon]] || "[[Early Recordings (Uncle Dave Macon album)|Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion matrix 13330-13332. Keep my skillet good and greasy / Uncle Dave Macon - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000247142/13330-13332-Keep_my_skillet_good_and_greasy |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Vocalion 14848 || {{Start date|1924|7|8}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 5 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone" || Okeh 4994 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|2}} || US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
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| 7 || [[Eck Robertson]] and Henry Gilliland || "Done Gone"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-26669. Done gone / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800000590/B-26669-Done_gone |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19372 || {{Start date|1922|7|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 6 || [[Uncle Dave Macon]] || "[[Early Recordings (Uncle Dave Macon album)|Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy]]" || Vocalion 14848 || {{Start date|1924|7|8}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 8 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204166/S-72016-Fare_you_well_old_Joe_Clark |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40038 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|4}} || |
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| 7 || [[Eck Robertson]] and Henry Gilliland || "Done Gone" || Victor 19372 || {{Start date|1922|7|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 9 || [[Ernest Thompson (musician)|Ernest Thompson]] || "Little Rosewood Casket"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 81983. The little rosebud casket / Ernest Errott Thompson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000029748/81983-The_little_rosebud_casket |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 216 || {{Start date|1924|9|9}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} || |
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| 8 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" || Okeh 40038 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|4}} || |
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| 10 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "[[John Henry (folklore)|John Henry Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 8610. John Henry blues / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000200749/8610-John_Henry_blues |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 7004 || {{Start date|1924|3|24}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} || US BB 1924 #122, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
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| 9 || [[Ernest Thompson (musician)|Ernest Thompson]] || "Little Rosewood Casket" || Columbia 216 || {{Start date|1924|9|9}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} || |
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| 11 || Wendell Hall and [[Carson Robison]] || "Whistling the Blues Away"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-29955. Whistling the blues away / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800004066/B-29955-Whistling_the_blues_away |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19338 || {{Start date|1924|5|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || US BB 1924 #129, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
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| 12 || [[Eck Robertson]] and Henry Gilliland || "Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-26666. Sallie Johnson / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800000587/B-26666-Sallie_Johnson |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19372 || {{Start date|1922|7|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 11 || Wendell Hall and [[Carson Robison]] || "Whistling the Blues Away" || Victor 19338 || {{Start date|1924|5|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || US BB 1924 #129, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
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| 13 || [[Riley Puckett]] || "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 81633. Rock all our babies to sleep / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000029400/81633-Rock_all_our_babies_to_sleep |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 107 || {{Start date|1924|3|8}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || |
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| 12 || [[Eck Robertson]] and Henry Gilliland || "Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground" || Victor 19372 || {{Start date|1922|7|1}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} || |
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| 14 || Henry Whitter || "Lonesome Road Blues"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72168. Lonesome road blues / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204322/S-72168-Lonesome_road_blues |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40015 || {{Start date|1923|12|12}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || |
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| 13 || [[Riley Puckett]] || "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" || Columbia 107 || {{Start date|1924|3|8}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || |
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| 14 || Henry Whitter || "Lonesome Road Blues" || Okeh 40015 || {{Start date|1923|12|10}} || {{Start date|1924|1}} || |
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* January 6 – [[Earl Scruggs]], early [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] pioneer who, with [[Lester Flatt]], formed the [[Foggy Mountain Boys]] (died [[2012 in country music|2012]]). |
* January 6 – [[Earl Scruggs]], early [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] pioneer who, with [[Lester Flatt]], formed the [[Foggy Mountain Boys]] (died [[2012 in country music|2012]]). |
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* February 16 – [[Jo Walker-Meador]], [[Country Music Association]] Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died [[2017 in country music|2017]]). |
* February 16 – [[Jo Walker-Meador]], [[Country Music Association]] Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died [[2017 in country music|2017]]). |
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* March 29 – [[Jimmy Work]], 94, American country singer-songwriter ("[[Making Believe]]") (died [[2018 in country music|2018]]).<ref>[http://www.kfvs12.com/2018/12/25/heartland-musician-songwriter-jimmy-work-dies/ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94]</ref><ref> |
* March 29 – [[Jimmy Work]], 94, American country singer-songwriter ("[[Making Believe]]") (died [[2018 in country music|2018]]).<ref>[http://www.kfvs12.com/2018/12/25/heartland-musician-songwriter-jimmy-work-dies/ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com/obituary/jimmy-work |title=Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary |access-date=2018-12-27 |archive-date=2019-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504033542/https://www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com/obituary/jimmy-work |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* April 21 – [[Ira Louvin]], member of [[The Louvin Brothers]] (with brother [[Charlie Louvin|Charlie]]). (died [[1965 in country music|1965]]) |
* April 21 – [[Ira Louvin]], member of [[The Louvin Brothers]] (with brother [[Charlie Louvin|Charlie]]). (died [[1965 in country music|1965]]) |
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* June 20 – [[Chet Atkins]], session musician and record producer, primarily with [[RCA Records]] (died [[2001 in country music|2001]]). |
* June 20 – [[Chet Atkins]], session musician and record producer, primarily with [[RCA Records]] (died [[2001 in country music|2001]]). |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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{{main|Deaths in 1924}} |
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{{Further|Category:1924 deaths}} |
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==References== |
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* Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. |
* Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. |
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{{List of years in country music}} |
{{List of years in country music}} |
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[[Category:1924 in music|Country]] |
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[[Category:Country music by year]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 14 December 2022
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924.
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Events
[edit]- First broadcast of WLS Barn Dance in Chicago, led by the "Solemn Old Judge" George D. Hay.
- Beginning of the "Old Times Tunes" series on Okeh Records.
- Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on Vocalion Records.
- August 13 Vernon Dalhart records "The Prisoner's Song" and "Wreck of the Old 97."[1]
Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings
[edit]The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[2] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Wendell Hall | "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"[3] | Victor 19171 | October 12, 1923 | November 23, 1923 | US BB 1924 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 678,403 sales[4] |
2 | Henry Whitter | "Wreck On the Southern Old 97"[5] | Okeh 40015 | December 12, 1923 | May 1924 | US BB 1924 #163, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
3 | Vernon Dalhart | "Wreck On the Southern Old 97"[1] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1925 #38, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales |
4 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Arkansaw Traveler"[6] | Okeh 40108 | April 3, 1924 | June 1924 | US BB 1924 #172, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
5 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"[7] | Okeh 4994 | November 7, 1923 | February 1924 | US BB 1924 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
6 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy"[8] | Vocalion 14848 | July 8, 1924 | October 1924 | |
7 | Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland | "Done Gone"[9] | Victor 19372 | July 1, 1922 | October 1924 | |
8 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"[10] | Okeh 40038 | November 7, 1923 | April 1924 | |
9 | Ernest Thompson | "Little Rosewood Casket"[11] | Columbia 216 | September 9, 1924 | November 1924 | |
10 | Fiddlin' John Carson | "John Henry Blues"[12] | Okeh 7004 | March 24, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1924 #122, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
11 | Wendell Hall and Carson Robison | "Whistling the Blues Away"[13] | Victor 19338 | May 1, 1924 | October 1924 | US BB 1924 #129, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
12 | Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland | "Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground"[14] | Victor 19372 | July 1, 1922 | October 1924 | |
13 | Riley Puckett | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"[15] | Columbia 107 | March 8, 1924 | May 1924 | |
14 | Henry Whitter | "Lonesome Road Blues"[16] | Okeh 40015 | December 12, 1923 | May 1924 |
Births
[edit]- January 6 – Earl Scruggs, early bluegrass pioneer who, with Lester Flatt, formed the Foggy Mountain Boys (died 2012).
- February 16 – Jo Walker-Meador, Country Music Association Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died 2017).
- March 29 – Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter ("Making Believe") (died 2018).[17][18]
- April 21 – Ira Louvin, member of The Louvin Brothers (with brother Charlie). (died 1965)
- June 20 – Chet Atkins, session musician and record producer, primarily with RCA Records (died 2001).
- June 28 – George Morgan, pop-styled singer of the 1940s and 1950s; Grand Ole Opry stalwart and father of 1990s star Lorrie Morgan (died 1975).
- July 22 – Margaret Whiting, female country and pop vocalist of the 1940s and early 1950s; first female vocalist to top the Billboard country charts (1949's "Slippin' Around," as part of a duet with Jimmy Wakely). (died 2011)
- September 19 – Don Harron, Canadian comedian and playwright best known to country audiences as "Charlie Farquharson" on television's Hee Haw (died 2015).
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Victor matrix BVE-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72167. The wreck on the Southern Old 97 / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "OKeh matrix 8613. Arkansas traveler / Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72011. You will never miss your mother until she is gone / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Vocalion matrix 13330-13332. Keep my skillet good and greasy / Uncle Dave Macon - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-26669. Done gone / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 81983. The little rosebud casket / Ernest Errott Thompson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix 8610. John Henry blues / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-29955. Whistling the blues away / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-26666. Sallie Johnson / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 81633. Rock all our babies to sleep / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72168. Lonesome road blues / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94
- ^ "Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
Further reading
[edit]- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.