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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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== Events ==
== Events ==
* First broadcast of [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] Barn Dance in Chicago, led by the "Solemn Old Judge" [[George D. Hay]].
* First broadcast of [[WLS (AM)|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 "Old Times Tunes" series on [[Okeh Records]].
* Beginning of the "Special Records for Southern States" series on [[Vocalion 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."<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>


==Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings==
===No dates===
* [[Vernon Dalhart]] records "The Prisoner's Song" and "Wreck of the Old 97."


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.
==Top hits of the year==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
* "Arkansas Traveler" - [[Fiddlin' John Carson]] with the Virginia Reelers
! <big>Rank</big>
* "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark" - [[Fiddlin' John Carson]]
! <big>Artist</big>
* "John Henry Blues" - [[Fiddlin' John Carson]]
! <big>Title</big>
* "Run Nigger Run" - [[Fiddlin' John Carson]]
! <big>Label</big>
* "Little Rosewood Casket" - Ernest Thompson
! <big>Recorded</big>
* "[[Old Joe Clark]]" - [[Fiddlin' Powers and Family]]
! <big>Released</big>
* "The Prisoner's Song" - [[Vernon Dalhart]]
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
* "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep - [[Riley Puckett]]
|-
* "Whistling the Blues Away" - [[Wendell Hall]] and [[Carson Robison]]
| 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>
* "[[Wreck of the Old 97]]" - [[Vernon Dalhart]]
|-
* "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone" - [[Fiddlin' John Carson]]
| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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}} ||
|-
| 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}} ||
|}


== Births ==
== Births ==
* 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]]).
* June 20 - [[Chet Atkins]], session musician and record producer, primarily with [[RCA Records]] (died [[2001 in country music|2001]]).
* February 16 – [[Jo Walker-Meador]], [[Country Music Association]] Executive Director from 1962 to 1991 (died [[2017 in country music|2017]]).
* 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>
⚫
* 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 in country music|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 in country music|2011]])
* April 21 – [[Ira Louvin]], member of [[The Louvin Brothers]] (with brother [[Charlie Louvin|Charlie]]). (died [[1965 in country music|1965]])
* June 20 – [[Chet Atkins]], session musician and record producer, primarily with [[RCA Records]] (died [[2001 in country music|2001]]).
⚫
* June 28 – [[George Morgan (singer)|George Morgan]], pop-styled singer of the 1940s and 1950s; Grand Ole Opry stalwart and father of 1990s star [[Lorrie Morgan]] (died [[1975 in country music|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 in country music|2011]])
* September 19 – [[Don Harron]], Canadian comedian and playwright best known to country audiences as "Charlie Farquharson" on television's ''[[Hee Haw]]'' (died [[2015 in country music|2015]]).


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
{{main|Deaths in 1924}}
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}
{{Further|Category:1924 deaths}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
* 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)
* 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.
* Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
{{List of years in country music}}


[[Category:1924 in music|Country]]
[[Category:1924 in music|Country]]
[[Category:Years in country music]]
[[Category:Country music by year]]

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1924.

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Events

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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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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
1 Wendell Hall "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"[3] Victor 19171 October 12, 1923 (1923-10-12) November 23, 1923 (1923-11-23) 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 (1923-12-12) May 1924 (1924-05) 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 (1924-08-13) November 1924 (1924-11) 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 (1924-04-03) June 1924 (1924-06) 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 (1923-11-07) February 1924 (1924-02) 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 (1924-07-08) October 1924 (1924-10)
7 Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland "Done Gone"[9] Victor 19372 July 1, 1922 (1922-07-01) October 1924 (1924-10)
8 Fiddlin' John Carson "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"[10] Okeh 40038 November 7, 1923 (1923-11-07) April 1924 (1924-04)
9 Ernest Thompson "Little Rosewood Casket"[11] Columbia 216 September 9, 1924 (1924-09-09) November 1924 (1924-11)
10 Fiddlin' John Carson "John Henry Blues"[12] Okeh 7004 March 24, 1924 (1924-03-24) November 1924 (1924-11) 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 (1924-05-01) October 1924 (1924-10) 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 (1922-07-01) October 1924 (1924-10)
13 Riley Puckett "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"[15] Columbia 107 March 8, 1924 (1924-03-08) May 1924 (1924-05)
14 Henry Whitter "Lonesome Road Blues"[16] Okeh 40015 December 12, 1923 (1923-12-12) May 1924 (1924-05)

Births

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Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 1924
Further information: Category:1924 deaths

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "OKeh matrix 8613. Arkansas traveler / Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix B-26669. Done gone / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Columbia matrix 81983. The little rosebud casket / Ernest Errott Thompson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  12. ^ "OKeh matrix 8610. John Henry blues / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. ^ "Victor matrix B-29955. Whistling the blues away / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  14. ^ "Victor matrix B-26666. Sallie Johnson / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. ^ "Columbia matrix 81633. Rock all our babies to sleep / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  16. ^ "OKeh matrix S-72168. Lonesome road blues / Henry Whitter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  17. ^ Heartland musician and songwriter Jimmy Work, dies at 94
  18. ^ "Jimmy Work of Dukedom, Tennessee 1924 - 2018 Obituary". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

Further reading

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  • 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.
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