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

List of years in country music (table)
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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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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.